Color is such an important aspect of decorating, perhaps more than any other choice you’ll have to make when you craft a design. Not only will color give you the visual flair that you’re looking for to perfectly express your own personality, but it’s important to make an emotional connection with others.
We often associate colors with particular feelings or moods. Selecting the right colors to conjure a particular state of mind goes a long way towards separating a room that’s just okay, from a room that could be called a master work. But repainting an entire room can be tricky – you’ve got to sort through hundreds of thousands of different hues to find what you’re looking for, budget to buy good quality paint, and it can be a project that takes days.
If you want to make more of an impact with your room, while saving both time and money, one of the simplest things you can do is to add a new piece of home decor to give your room some pop. Following are three great items you can use to do just that!
Handmade Decorations
Nothing gives a unique, personal touch to a room like something crafted by hand, especially if you’re the one doing the crafting! Crafts are a great way to stimulate creativity, connect with our family and friends, and make something that is truly unique.
But crafts can also be a great option to help liven up the feeling of a room! Whether it’s hand painted stars that you can put on a children’s ceiling to create a cool outer space theme, or a custom photo frame you can use for your family portraits, handmade crafts are excellent option to round out your color scheme, and introduce some much needed variety!
A Colorful Rug
One of the mainstays of any home, rugs are one of the best pieces of home decor you can get. Not only can they help to protect your floors from damage, they are very versatile pieces that come in a wide variety of colors, patterns, and textures to round out any color pallette.
Enhancing the functionality and aesthetics of your living space, rugs play a key role in home decor. Beyond protecting floors, their versatility allows them to seamlessly fit into various color schemes and design preferences. To add a personalized touch, consider decorating with custom sisal rugs, allowing you to tailor the texture and look to match your unique style while maintaining the practical benefits of these essential home accessories.
Rugs can also be used to draw attention to other aspects of your room you want to highlight. By using patterns with a clearly indicated direction, like arrows, diamonds, or triangles, you can naturally lead your visitors’ gaze towards the centerpiece of your room.
You can also use rugs in unique ways if you take the notion. Consider multiple, smaller rugs as foot rests at your dinner table to give your dining room an exotic feel, or use your rugs as wall art to truly make your room unique.
Unique Chairs or Sofas
When it comes to establishing your color palette, the biggest items that will help to make your design effective, next to your base paints, is your furniture. Whatever color scheme you’re using, often, it’s very boring to stick with only one color. Choosing furniture in a different color from your walls is the perfect way to add variety and flavor to any room.
But you can go even further with this concept, beyond the simple couch/loveseat combo we’ve all seen hundreds of times, and mix it up a little! You can add in a rocking chair, or get some fluffy bean bag chairs to make your room both fun and memorable!
Even if you don’t want to go to extremes, go beyond using furniture with just a base color, and chose seating that has a unique design! Using something based in the Moroccan or Egyptian designs can add an air of elegance and mystery, while something based in Norse or Native American traditions can give your room a captivating, rustic quality.
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