Revamping Home Decor New Mexico

In today’s world of home channel popularity and all things fashionable, making your home magazine-perfect and envied by all isn’t such a hard or expensive thing to do. Even the smallest changes and additions can make a huge difference for less than a weekend getaway. After all, you live in your home before and after the getaway.

1. Start with space. You’ll need to open up the cluttered space in your home to make it instantly appear larger and cleaner. Take a look at the corners of your rooms and you should be able to find something to store away or move into a more appropriate room. Books add brains to a home, but too many can cause it to feel like a library or bookstore, not a homey retreat.
2. Decide which decorative items you really have outgrown and get rid of them! Too many eye-distracting knickknacks cause the brain to feel jumbled and that certainly doesn’t help with stress or relaxation.
3. Tops of entertainment centers and stands shouldn’t be bare but they also should show! Often times homeowners pack on the pictures and collectables too heavy, leading to lots of beautiful items with no way to focus in on any. Less is more. Pick the items you want to keep or the ones that make the best statement or compliment the room’s décor. Select a few focal points and let them stand alone.
4. It truly is amazing what a fresh coat of paint can accomplish. Nothing beats this upgrade for the price. It really all comes down to the color selection. If your walls are a contemporary white, spruce it up! Make one wall a focal wall and paint it a bold color. This will energize the room and everything placed on that wall will pop. If your walls are a tad too neutral and drab, try a modern earthy tone such as sage green, mocha, or a pale deep yellow. Depending on your furniture color, flooring, and drapery, select a color that will compliment and yet not blend in too much.

   Note: using a semi-gloss finish may be great for washing or children, but flats are really the best finished look for a room.

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Author: Cecilia Sherrard