Solved: The Most Common Decorating Disasters
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Stuck in a bit of a pickle about how best to bring your home to life? Not sure how to arrange furniture, choose paint colours or clean clutter? Some decorating mistakes just keep rearing their ugly heads again and again. Here are five of the most common home improvement problems and how to banish them forever.
Make a room pop not explode
Interior design means more than simply stuffing all of your favourite textiles, decorations and pieces of furniture in the same space and stepping back with a ‘voila’! One aesthetic issue is the use of colour: more is not always better. Make sure you’re in the know about how colour theory works. Another way a room can make heads turn for all the wrong reasons is by disregarding the effects of scale: you should aim to incorporate objects of a wide range of sizes, to add dimension to the space. Decluttering is key.
Prevent uneven brushstrokes
Painting may be the classic of DIY home improvement but that doesn’t mean it’s without its own issues. Streaks are one of the most common reasons for dismay after a home painting job. As always, prevention is key but if you’re already at the nail-biting-pulling-hair-out-stage, then it’s time to strip and prep properly to ensure you get a flawless coat.
Keep furniture fresh
In the course of our lives, we amass a wide range of furniture and home items. Some dusty (and ultimately purposeless) family heirloom? Check. Some dodgy television cabinet that looks like it’s just wandered in off the set of an American frat house comedy? Check. It’s important to keep your home’s furnishings fresh, not just in terms of white goods maintenance, but also in keeping with the current aesthetic of your home. Cabinets can be repainted, paintings rearranged or stored away and everything can be accessorised!
Use a budget creatively
One commonly-cited obstacle standing between the average family and any kind of interior design is budget. If decoration isn’t a personal priority and you’d rather not loosen the purse strings too vigorously, it can feel like you’re destined for a life of blu-tacked posters and tacky half-hearted pharmacy gifts. Not so: stylish minimalism is something defined by taste not money. Thanks to the discursive space that is the internet, it’s easy to find ideas for how to stretch your dollar.
Stop letting size get to your head
Don’t doom yourself before you even start! Having a small space to work with can feel like a death sentence: like you shouldn’t even bother at all. This is one of the silliest things to think about home decoration since it actually specifically offers tonnes of ways to manipulate and maximise space and get your home feeling much larger than it is! Try our Home Office Hacks For Small Spaces or 5 Clever Ways To Handle Small Interiors. You might also like How To Get The Most Out Of A Small Backyard and 30 Tiny But Surprisingly Beautiful Bedrooms.
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