am writting this post in respect to Annie mason suggestion about a question i posted on my forum asking to know what i should post next on my blog, and i decided to go with annies’ suggestion.
she specialised on Stories about painting, techniques, tutorials, kid crafts, her artwork is watercolor, pen, and graphite on paper; any light editing is done digitally. All of her watercolors are painted in vivid, saturated, and harmonious permanent watercolour,
so if you are a lover of art well she’s the perfect one for you.
A home interior is the best reflection of its residents. So, it is very important that you make sure what you are purchasing for your home and how it reflects your personality. Your each piece of furniture talks about style, preference and choice. So, you have to be very selective while choosing the furniture for your home. When we consider home decor, we think about paintings, vases, showpieces, and much more. The most important fact is that the first and the foremost thing that makes a room is the furniture.
Whether you are refurbishing your old furniture or going for a new one, here are few tips that will help through this.
Size
The size matters in everything so does in furniture too. You have to consider the size of the place for which you are going to purchase the furniture. If you are going to purchase furniture for your kitchen, then you should be going for smaller furniture pieces. For example, you can go for a dining table that can create that extra space like round, collapsible, or wall-mounted. Nowadays, dining tables with butterfly patterns have become popular to save the usage of space.
Now, if you are going for your bedroom furniture then consider the overall space and size of your bedroom. Purchase a bed that will not only fit in your bedroom but will also allow the space for other furniture pieces to occupy the remaining space. Accordingly, you have to plan the other furniture pieces for your bedroom.
Likewise, you have to plan the furniture for your living room too. If you have a large living room, then consider having larger furniture pieces which will occupy your living room’s space and make it look larger. Also, it will make the living room look less crowded.
Cost
You have to look at your budget first before go for buying your home furniture. See for the shops that offer good deals and discounts on furniture which will help you get good furniture at a good and reasonable cost. Prevent yourself from overspending when you get good deals on your budget.
Utility
Before buying your home furniture, you also need to consider the usage of the furniture in terms of how many years that furniture will be useful and also if that furniture will really be useful for any purpose or will it be just a showpiece. For example, a velvet couch with hard wooden arms might look stylish but, it is not at all ideal for a family to sit on and laze around. Similarly, leather furniture is very popular but it gets very hot in summer days so, in summers, its utility will go down to nil. So, it is very important that while buying your home furnitures you also need to consider the climate. It is on you whether you want to have a comfortable furniture or just a piece of decoration for your home.
Make sure your wall and floor materials are complementary.
Think of furniture items as space fillers for the area that connects your walls to the floor. Essentially, the eye will move seamlessly from one to the next, which is why any pieces of furniture need to work well with not just your walls and wall colors, but also the style of flooring that you've chosen too. There should be a flow that feels consistent, not interrupted, which is why cohesive colors, materials and shapes are vital, particularly in regularly used spaces, such as bedrooms and living rooms.
Draw up a plan to check proportions
This is SUCH a good idea! Instead of measuring a few things and hoping you got everything right, why not sit down with a cup of coffee and draw up a to-scale plan of how your chosen room, complete with new furniture items, will actually look. A visualization will help you to really understand how transitional spaces can be maintained, what usable room will be leftover. It will also help you to decide whether you should trust your first design ideas or not!
Think about furniture height too.
I bet by now you might have fallen in love with certain styles and designs of furniture, but would it be more prudent to consider items that can be transformed and adapted to meet a multitude of needs? There's no point in cutting your nose off in order to meet a certain aesthetic, so always take your time and properly account for everything you will need to do in a particular space.
Conclusion:
When you really think of decorating your home with furniture, you need to be cautious in all the ways so as to not only get good quality and useful furniture, but also, the one that can reflect your personality.
subscribe to Annie mason blog
subscribe to my blog
follow me on Pinterest
follow on Instagram for more exciting tips