Getting Started on Your Interior Design

The hardest part about redecorating a room is getting started. The starting point for a new room design can seem confusing. Should you start with the walls? The window treatments? The furniture? If you've always admired the people who can take a seemingly cluttered room and make it into a real show place that people enjoy seeing, you can have that ability too, you just need a few tips.

First, start small; pick one room in your home that you can do comfortably in a weekend such as a guest room, bedroom or dining room. Then you need to decide on the "feel" you want for the room. Do you want cozy, formal, whimsical or serene? Depending on your color, fabric and accessories you can go any of those directions in your decor.

Since you're starting with a small room. Avoid dark colors they will only make the room seem smaller. Make the larger part of your color choices ones that are lighter on the color spectrum as they will add an illusion of space to your room. Now, pick your colors for your furniture, accessories and accent items. If your furniture doesn't match your decor ideas you have two choices - reupholster it or use a slip cover or ditch it.

Sometimes just changing two pieces of furniture can transform a room. Getting rid of your big overstuffed Euro-style couch and trading it in for the elegant lines of an antique couch and love seat set or simply a chair and a chaise lounge. You can sprinkle a few occasional tables around and complete the mood from sleep Euro-modern to a cozy and comfy country feel.

Change your curtains to match your furniture, it doesn't have to be in the same fabric, complimentary colors will do just fine to tie the design of the entire room together. You don't have to change every single item in your room, sometimes just a few items changed will make a big impact. When you feel your room projects the mood you were looking for, kick back and enjoy your new decor -you're done!
posted by Home Decor Experts - Accent Architecturals