Easy cheat to make a statement in your home design? Change your color scheme (aka wall paint). Read on for more. How To Get Maximum Impact (With Minimum Effort) In Your Living Room London-based interior designer Julia Kendells tips to easily update your living space. 1. Maximum impact for minimum effort Sometimes the simplest changes can have a dramatic effect on the appearance of a room. Over-time rooms tend to fill with accumulated ‘stuff’ and what might once have been a neat and open-feeling space can become cramped and muddled. Have a de-clutter and be ruthless. 2. Let in the light Consider swapping heavy curtains with something more light-weight. You’ll be amazed how much larger a room will appear and how much more daylight you’ll have when there’s less fabric and texture at the window. 3. Change the color scheme This is by far the most transformational of modifications. Plan your scheme carefully before you start. Putting a mood board together will help to minimise mistakes and keep you on-track both with the balance of colour and pattern in the room and also the budget. 4. A new view Moving the furniture around can increase the sense of space, but when you’re re-planning your room, try to look at it with as objective an eye as possible. It might be that different sized furniture will use the space better, but sometimes something as straight forward as taking away a piece, will open up the furniture layout possibilities. 5. Light up Lighting is key to any successful decorating project and, like simplifying the window treatments, can totally transform the room. Install a dimmer to be able to take the light level down to a more moody ambience for an evening. Where possible use lighting at different levels to create a layered 3D effect. 6. From the floor upwards Buy a new rug to produce a clean, fresh feel. Source: House Beautiful UK
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:00:01 +0000