Posts Tagged ‘Neutral Colors’

Living Room Decorating Ideas: Three Tips for Color Schemes, Furniture Arrangement and Home Decor

These three simple and easy living room decorating ideas will help you create pleasing color schemes, a cozy furniture arrangement and stylish home décor in a room where friends and family can gather and feel like they're part of a community.#1: Living Room Color Schemes Paint color schemes work best when they complement the size, the design style and the mood you want to create in the room.While a large area allows you to decorate with many colors, it's best to use similar colors on the walls and furnishings in a small room. With less contrast between the furniture and wall color, the furniture blends into the background and the room appears larger.Often paint colors are associated with particular design styles. Modern furniture looks good in rooms painted white, beige, gray, sage and other neutral colors. Country style rooms feel homey when painted in colors named for things found in .. more»

2010′s Top 5 Home Decor Trends

Home decor trends for 2010 can be just those small touches you put into your home if you don't want to go with the entire trend. The benefit is that you never have to be chasing a trend and can still appear to be in the know. Check out these new trends in decorating to see what you can implement easily.1.) Being flashy is still out in 2010. Now that cheap credit has come and gone, finding items to decorate or repurpose from a thrift store or yard sale is now very cool. If you can find affordable items that need just a bit of TLC, now you can be part of the shabby chic trend that has evolved. It no longer needs to look like the old shabby chic style, but more like you have collected items passed on to you from your grandmother. Vintage is in!2.) Its easy .. more»