![]() When it comes to home decor, we all dread the day when we have to do a makeover and or a renovation in our home, but it also comes down to the most exciting part, picking out new colors, new decor for our home, and it always mean a fresh start in life or better yet a new change. I also came across something that I like best when doing a makeover, it picking out new paint and even new furniture. There are couple of things that I came across when designing a new room, most of these items are statement pieces, well actually, one big statement piece with a color scheme that you can take from. Here are rules that you can follow or take advice from. 1) Always have a statement piece This could be a rug that you absolutely want or love, or just something that you can have color with. 2) Always have a color scheme What I mean is if you are going to paint your walls, don't have it the same like your rug or your couch, like for example if your couch is grey, don't have grey walls. If you want to paint your walls grey, because there is a tint of grey in your rug, then that fine, but if your couch is grey, and you want to paint your wall grey, that is a big NO NO. But there one thing that I figure out, that you should always have a statement piece that you can follow, especially the one that has color, Like with the rug that I chose, it have greys, blues, teals and with a mixture of white. I incorporate greys, blues and teals in with the room, I took the grey couch, with the blue walls, (which is not picture), then I took, the teal and the light grey as accent pieces, for the room. 3) Wall art You can either buy wall art or make it, or even print it online. You can always buy a canvas and find something that you actually like, cut it out and take some glue and glue it, and everyone will think that you painted it yourself. It really simple to make wall art for your home. I called it therapy, for when you are having a bad day or just feeling depressed, just do something that can relax you and have fun with, even if you have kids, make it a family night or a family project to do with the family. 4) Cabinet/dresser The room is complete when you have an accent piece in the room, that is light grey, and also that can define the room. One thing that I like about this type if piece is that you can display, your plants, lamp, and/or mirror, or basically anything that you want sitting on the dresser. The type of dresser that I like is the one with cabinets and drawers, that way I can store items in it, to hide, so they won't be all over the house. 5) Less is More Should always have less stuff in a room instead of making looking like it clutter or a room fill stuff that doesn't have a place to go. So I preferred a room with less rather then more, because I rather have room to move around in, or a place to dance in or a place to do yoga in. Remember less is more. 6) Curtains When you go and get curtains always get the second color from the rug or anything that you are using. When picking out curtains, you can always pick out 2 types of curtains, like for example, teal curtains with a light grey lace curtains or sheers, or white lace, that way your windows can pop also, not just your floor or walls or sitting arrangements. 7) Sitting Arrangements When it comes to sitting arrangement, you pick out the deep color that in the rug or anything that you like, like for example dark grey sofa, with maybe a teal chair, with a light grey chair to go with the color scheme, because one thing that I notice, everyone have to have one color sitting arrangement in the living room, So I pick 3 to go with the rug, that I chosen, it has dark, light and medium grey, teal and blues, so I pick the dark grey for the sofa, the light grey for the chair and the teal for the chair. So when it comes to picking out colors just make a color scheme that you are using, you should always have 3 or 4 color scheme that you are doing. When I was doing my room makeover, it was hard, I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't know what colors that I was going to do, so I decided to do colors that I love and find a rug that I thought was pretty cool and I decided to use it. It wasn't something that I went with, I think I went thought about 1,000 rugs in order to pick the one that I like. It was hard. But hey I had fun, doing the home decor thing on Polyvore, which is one of my favorite sites to do styling and home decor, I decided to do this home decor thing, to show my readers what they can do with their homes other then listening to other designers. I hope this helps, since I am designing my own home, actually bedroom. I will give you a tour of my bedroom, once everything is complete.
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