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Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
FFDM Antebellum pieces are great choices for a statement piece.
Many people are given the useless advice to play it safe or go neutral when it comes to choosing their furniture. Not a lot of folks dare to take risks in accessorizing or changing up. Still fewer are those who are willing to break some design rules and purchase statement pieces that anchor the rest of the pieces in a room.
Statement Piece Shouldn’t Go Over the Top
There are things to consider when you want to effectively use a statement piece. Of course you wouldn’t want to go over the top with your furnishing. Pick a classic style with a bold pattern or color, even the most dramatic shape that you could find, if you want to play up the rest of the elements.
In adding a statement piece, be sure to stay within the boundaries. You can follow trends, even do it your own way, but just make sure that it’s not some crazy fad that would go away in the next few months. Classic styles include striking patterns, different wall color, and interesting textiles.
The Statement Piece Does Not Compete
It is not right to have many competitive elements inside a room. Apply the opposite of the neutral furniture-bold accessory rule. This does not equate to having every piece of accessory in a neutral color. A lot of statement pieces inside a single room can make it look unbalanced.
The Statement Piece Is a Guide
Use the statement piece as a guide when you are out to stylize the rest of the room. If you picked to use a strong pattern, then find shades of the same color elsewhere. This should help you tie things all together. On the other hand, if you pick a solid color in a bold hue, then find complementary tones. These should harmonize the elements and could make your statement piece pop.
Statement Piece Must be Stylish
Always consider the statement piece’s style. Don’t make the room look like it’s too staged, though. Just incorporate enough pieces that pick up on the pattern, shade, shape or style of your chosen statement piece.
Would you even dare look away if you lay your eyes on this Hooker Furniture Dining Room Studio 7H Cinch Round Dining Table?
Statement Pieces Elicit Second Look
A statement piece almost always never fails to get a positive response especially when it is displayed correctly in a room. Guests stop to take a second look at a beautiful piece, even a third or fourth glance if you were able to get a piece that naturally grabs attention. A bust stationed in the middle of the foyer could do create wonders.
Use Statement Furniture
Making any piece of furniture as a statement piece is not ordinary but it has worked for many designers. It is a versatile way of upping the look of your bedroom, the living room, or that contemporary kitchen.
Pick the style and aesthetics for the final look then find the best chair that would fit into that image.
Use Statement Art
Art is the most used statement piece in the world so you might as well use it to your advantage. Bring in a piece of art that is big enough to be noticed. There are many ways that you can introduce art into you home, especially the living room. Bring in a provocative piece of art, place it on an unusual spot, then shine a magnificent piece of light on it.
This should get the best first impressions ever.
Collections As Statement Pieces
Collections are wonderful things that you can place inside the living room, dining room or the kitchen. Just like art, collections already have a proven visual impact on a lot of people. Hobbies and knickknacks can provide a loud, collective statement piece in your home.
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Saturday, March 5th, 2016
Punches of yellow, red and green can be seen in a neutral backdrop. Featured items are from Hooker Furniture’s Archivist Collection.
Going eco-friendly is the way to go this season of spring. This green design is one that is sure to stay as more and more people are getting involved in making earth a much cleaner place to live in. Nowadays, the paint to use if you consider yourself responsible is a toxic-free paint; green furniture pieces are also the latest craze; and practically every interior design shop is geared towards going green. If you want to begin this revolutionary green movement right inside your home, then consider these spring decorating tips –
Scan and Go
Have a pen and a notepad in hand as you go through every room in your home. Look quickly inside every room and spot the objects that appear to clutter the room. Remove anything that is no longer needed then work your way from there.
Learn to prioritize. You may be tempted to create a long, cumbersome list of things to do, but don’t. Just remove whatever you consider useless then redecorate.
Make a Statement
Your lighting fixtures and cabinetry should be able to help you make a statement during this season. Brushed metal hardware and chandeliers can evoke romantic feelings inside any home. The distressed look in furniture can be carried all throughout your home as a unique theme.
Sunshiny colors are in and are considered as the fashionable color palette for the spring season; however, do not overdo these colors. Just add bright and colorful accent pieces, add a dash or so of wall color, and have it seen in some of your furniture.
Playing with punches of yellow is as easy as adding a glass vase filled with lemons or pots of yellow daffodils. The yellow succulents can be placed in the kitchen where they can serve a double purpose – first as a decor, then as an ingredient in one of ‘em pasta dishes!
Spring’s most popular colors include bright yellow, violet, coral and turquoise.
White accents can also brighten up any room so go ahead and use a white wall as your canvas.
Let the Outdoors Inspire
Just think of mountains, spring beaches and the bluest coastlines and you should be filled with inspiration to dress up your home this spring. Moss green, ocean blue and, yes, just to reiterate, turquoise – are the colors of the year that you should incorporate in your home.
Mixing these bold colors with neutrals is also a surefire way to set up your spring indoors. This is the way to go if you are a tad worried about painting a whole room with bright colors. Paint the walls with pink champagne or violet gray. Have some colorful accent pieces brought in if you chose a neutral backdrop.
Nature will always be a popular theme for spring so go ahead and bring in those natural fabrics. Let them be seen on your area rugs, throw pillows, sofa upholstery, curtains, even your bedding. Sea grass, jute, and wool are just the right kinds of materials that can bring a natural appearance without being too green.
Create Contrast
Creating contrast is as easy as bringing in some metallic accent pieces. Add a framed mirror, some photos in metallic frames, metallic artworks, or metallic lighting fixtures. The master bedroom or living room would surely come to life with these metallic accents added.
Contrast is not solely provided by metallic interior design pieces. Mix colors that come from the same shade, for instance, fuse dark blue with powder blue. Use one color on three walls and the darker one as a statement wall. The darker color could also be used on the accessories that will dot your entire home.
Keep Everything Light and Airy
Lastly, spring decorating is all about the removal of heavy drapes and using sheer instead. Update your home soon, after all, spring is the best season to reinvent the look of your dwelling place.
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