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Home Furnishing Style
The first thing that you need to do, before you start furnishing
your house, is to decide on a home furnishing style. Once you decide
on a style it is easier to choose the furnishings and accessories
that suit that style. Given below is a general overview of a few
home furnishing styles, which you can consult before deciding on a
particular style.
Cottage Style:
The word cottage brings to mind a quaint little house, with a white
picket fence, tucked away in the countryside or by a lake. For this
style:
- Use white couches and
chairs or white wicker furniture and for the
cushions use floral prints.
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Paint the house in pastel shades.
- Use soft lighting and use dimmers if
necessary.
- For
curtains use sheer fabric or gauze. This will
create the ambience of a cottage.
- Place antique accessories around the house.
- Use patchwork quilts as throws.
Mediterranean Style:
This style of home furnishing is associated with the Italian and
French styles.
- Use warm colors like earth colors or yellow.
- Use fabric with simple patterns in blue
enhanced with a little gold.
- Use natural
wood furniture
- Decorate with pictures of flowers especially
sunflower and ships.
Oriental Style:
This style involves using simple and sleek Oriental patterns.
- While trying to create this style remember
less is more.
- Use little furniture.
- Use tables made of teak wood and lacquer and
coffee tables.
- Furnish with Oriental rugs, silk fabric with
Oriental prints.
- Use pictures of dragons, cherry blossoms and
Japanese seascapes.
Traditional Style:
This style is the original classic home furnishing style, which is
elegant but not loud.
- Use fabric with floral prints for curtains,
cushions, couches, sheets etc.
- You can use plaids and damasks for
furnishing as well.
- Use heavy material to make curtains.
- Use mahogany for furniture.
- Decorate with china, crystal.
- Used framed landscapes to decorate walls.
Victorian Style:
This style is the beautiful and grand styles used in the mansions in
England during the Victorian period.
- Use furniture that is small and elegant like
couches and armchairs.
- Use silk fabric for cushions in stripes and
with simple floral patterns.
- You can use velvet and rich brocades for
furnishing your home.
- Decorate with
porcelain and dried flowers.
Choose a style that you like and that reflects your personal style
and use it to furnish your home.
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