Thursday, December 23, 2010

Home Décor Tips for Modernizing your Home


Everybody wants to incorporate modern décor into his or her home. It is important to ensure that regardless of what you do, your home will be welcoming, warm and comfortable. If you do too much of one thing, it will upset the balance and make your home look dull, cold and boring or too bright, excessive and overbearing. Most furniture items today come in oblong shapes and are therefore not that warm or inviting. However, you can find an accessory to jazz up that item and make it more inviting. Ensure you have a theme and work around it but remember to keep it simple, fresh and refined.

Another way you can modernize your home décor is by changing the face of your house. This means you apply a new coat of paint using more vibrant colors as compared to the pale and regular cool colors that most people used to have in the past. Although these were considered very appropriate in the past, do not be scared of trying bolder shades such as bright oranges and reds in your living room and dining area. You can try more subtle lilacs and purples as well as blues in the bathrooms and bedrooms and some gentle greens in the kitchen. In addition, try to mix up the colors in different rooms but ensure that any rooms that open into other rooms have a theme and they flow.

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