You have bought a home and now you are looking forward to decorating and furnishing it to reflect your tastes and interests. Wall art, art objects, special rugs, light fixtures, mirrors, planters and vases are all wonderful pieces for accenting you home and spicing up the decor.
Oil paintings are wonderful focal points on walls, especially if hung where lamps or track lighting strips highlight them. Acrylic paintings are just as beautiful and a little easier on the budget. Watercolor prints provide a softer look and generally a smaller size for pleasant nooks and corners. Shadow boxes as a frame for any work of art will allow them to interact with light differently, for a new look. Shadow boxes as wall ornaments are perfect for displaying special family artifacts and heirlooms in a unique way.
Elegant sleek lighting fixtures help set the mood with their special softness or intensity of light. Electric wall sconce fixtures and candle holding sconces can light halls and pathways, adding to your home's beauty and appeal. They also offer accent lighting that can help you save on having an overhead light fixture on all the time.
Carefully placed wall mirrors will add depth and width to a room, making a small room appear roomier. Mirrored panels used to cover a corner or even a short wall are guaranteed to make any space seem bigger. When paired with glass table tops and good lighting, the effect can be stunning. Consider framing a mirror in an art deco or more ornate style of frame for added interest.
For true warmth and beauty, a textile wall hanging or tapestry is uniquely able to add just the right palette of interwoven colors to complete your room and tie all of its decorating elements together beautifully. Colors chosen to match a special rug, to complement the upholstered furniture or to provide a contrasting color for dramatic effect will all contribute to the ambiance.
Natural fibers produce a comforting effect and even can literally keep the room warm or help it to remain cool, because of the fabric's insulating properties. Floral designs, landscapes or outdoor scenes and abstracts are all used in tapestries. Choose what appeals to you for your room decor.
The use of large specially placed rugs or small area rugs is not generally though of as part of the artistic decor but they definitely are. Think of all the beautiful hand made Persian rugs that have been handed down through families for generations. Sometimes these rugs have even been hung on a very large wall, like a tapestry, for dramatic decorative effect. Today there are many man-made fibers that create beautiful rugs at a fraction of the cost of an imported wool rug. Start your own heirloom with a special rug you select for your home. Add rugs for color and warmth in hallways, on hardwoods and in sun rooms and outdoor entertainment spaces.
Wall decor is not limited to paintings, tapestries and sconces. Wooden accents such as theater or tribal masks, carved stone or other organic materials, such as a piece of driftwood, will spice up the room for more special focal points. Items such as a hand carved jade Aztec calendar or a family crest piece above the fireplace are dramatic and entertaining.
Bring the outdoors in with flowers and plants in interesting vases and planters or urns. Plants will freshen the house, literally, as the plants replenish the oxygen in the air. Cut flowers add scent, texture and color anywhere they are placed. In today's stores there are many silk arrangements so realistic it is had to tell them from real bouquets. These more permanent arrangements are easy to maintain also, for those who lack a green thumb. Flowers make the finishing touch to any dinner table but they also do the same for any home's decor. Enjoy making your choices and displaying the pieces that will make your house a home.
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