Accessories For Enhancing Your Rooms

Just as you would accessorize a fancy dress, putting the finishing touches on a room involves accessories. Several accessories, carefully chosen, can make a dull room come to life. You can accessorize an area in so many ways, including tablescapes, paintings, pillows and throws, decorated mantles or shelves, and also throw rugs.

Wall Art

Wall art doesn't only consist of paintings, posters, or prints anymore - today you can let your imagination run wild; hang anything on the wall which might be hung with a nail. Plates and architectural elements are excellent wall art. Should your tastes run to the more fun, eclectic, relaxed look, then think about using boat oars, road signs, or some skis, particularly if you are trying to achieve a lodge appearance and feel. Things that cannot be hung on the wall, like pottery or figurines can still be included in a grouping by placing them on wall shelves. Make use of a shelf on its own, or stack several shelves to look like a book case.

When you are using a group of mixed items like pottery, prints, plus some plates, use them in a symmetrical arrangement because this lets each piece be noticeable on its own merit.

Certainly, photographs hung in striking unique picture frames always supply a room a warm, classic feel and can bring personality into any decor.

You can utilize collections of prints to produce some terrific wall art. If you would like some examples of wall art, below are a few:

A small grouping of contemporary prints in brilliant orange picture frames, the orange color (or another appropriate color for the room) also being found on other accessories inside the room makes one wonder what came first - was the room's color scheme inspired because of the color of the frames or vice versa?

It is possible to reproduce the horizontal lines of any tall headboard with three paintings which can be hung alongside each other in a straight line above your headboard.

If you have a location whose asset is its soaring high ceiling, draw the eye upward using a set of prints stacked vertically on the wall. You can make the architectural attributes of prints really get noticed by framing them in dark wood or black picture frames.

Mixing different materials if fine, so long as the subject matter provides the necessary continuity in a grouping - such as a grouping that features a few gold framed black and white prints on a wall just above a table and black and white pictures in frames on the table that vary from gold to contemporary acrylic. The fact that the prints and photographs all are black and white supplies the continuity to help make the grouping cohesive.

It sometimes only takes one piece to make a dramatic difference in the room, like a large architectural piece on a wall within a room with all clean, simple lines and smooth surfaces.

Tablescapes

Whenever you desire to design an arrangement for a flat work surface, then make sure that the quantity of items used will not overwhelm the space that you have available. A reasonably large collection of family photographs might not look great on a small end table, but they might go perfectly on top of a grand piano. As soon as you see how much space is available, pare down what you would like to showcase to an odd number; it helps encourage the eye to advance from item to item and not focus on just one section of a display.

Place your tallest object at the rear, set in just a bit from one side or the other. Work your way forward, winding up with the placement of the littlest piece right in front. Make certain that the heights do go up and down (from side to side and front to back) for a balanced look. Should your items appear to be somewhat a similar height, then set some atop of some antique books to help you create height. Don't crowd the pieces together, as you wish each piece to look as if it has a little space.

Tip for maintaining a pleasing tablescape come cleaning day: Once you've got a pleasing arrangement, take a photo of it and keep it close-by and handy, so when it's time for you to clean the dust off the objects you can place them back within their proper design.

So, use these strategies and suggestions for accessorizing your rooms, and you'll love the end results!

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