Choosing The Home Interior Decor Style That
Is Right For You
The home interior decor plan that you
ultimately choose should identify with a given period in time and fit your
own unique pattern of living. Basic home interior decor styles include
traditional, contemporary and transitional.
Should you choose to create a home interior
decor in the traditional style, which typically refers to design movements
from Jacobean English up to and including Victorian, you'll want to consider
characteristics of the furniture, predominant colors, and accessories that
characterize the period.
The main credo of contemporary interior decor
is that form must follow function. In short, simplicity. Abstract paintings,
hand-woven rugs, simple artifacts and furniture with clean lines revealing
the basic structure of the piece accurately depict a contemporary home
interior decor scheme. The hallmark of this decor style is a home interior
that is light and airy, where people provide much of the pattern, and focus
is on human interchange rather than possessions.
The transitional home interior decor is
perhaps the most difficult to bring off successfully. As with the other
decor styles, there are rules regarding what can be mixed with what. Keep in
mind, a transitional style is primarily one of the two other styles with
touches of the other.
For the best success in home interior
decorating, take your time and be sure before you buy. Put the elements of
your decor scheme together carefully... background, color scheme, pattern
balance, furniture and accessories. Applying these simple principals will
help you achieve a home interior decor you'll be proud of.
Home
|
Living Room |
Dining Room |
Family Room |
Bedroom |
Bathroom
|
Kitchen
|
Furniture |
Lighting |
Wall Coverings
|
Floor Coverings |
Window Treatments |
Fabric |
Colors
