Ever so often even the perfect apartment can seem dull and boring. What is it lacking? You've got the decor and styling down pat, you love the colors, every individual element is carefully curated and collected but still can’t get rid of that niggling feeling that something is seriously missing. You’re missing that ‘wow’ factor, but not to worry!
Ever so often even the perfect apartment can seem dull andboring. What is it lacking? You've got the decor and styling down pat, you lovethe colors, every individual element is carefully curated and collected but stillcan’t get rid of that niggling feeling that something is seriously missing. You’remissing that ‘wow’ factor, but not to worry! We've got the simple, quickdecoder to all your design woes.
Just read on to add instant pizzazz to your home.
Mix And Match
Colors cannot clash. If you worry too much about using coloryou’ll end up with a beige room! Experiment with color to brighten up decor,choose to use a color that is a personal favorite in you decor.
A colorful room with a mix of patterns
Color The Floor
Putting color somewhere unexpected, like the floor, is agreat way to bring a dull room to vivacious life. An all white room with anexceptional rug can be modern design heaven!
A black rug in an all white room
Unexpected Neutrals
Deep stormy grays, chocolate browns or intensely hued teal blues?Take your pick of the stylish and chic new neutrals. Banish beige and white in favor of more intense tones to electrify room decor.
Intense deep grey walls in a living room
Color Stroke
One piece in an undiluted out-there color will do what anentire room full of elegant accessories and accents cannot. Pick a bold fuchsiapink or poppy orange to do the job.
The red chandelier stands out in this colorful room
Chandelier
Nothing can dress up a room more dramatically than achandelier. It’s a piece you cannot miss when you walk into a room. Lit or not,a chandelier will make the plainest room look grand and regal.
A chandelier in a living room
DIY
Personal touches never hurt because they are one of kind anduniquely ‘you’. If you are crafty and curious try your hand at making your ownart, furniture, re-purpose old pieces, anything that piques you fancy! Even simply arranging your decor accents in quirky or innovative ways brings a personal touch to any room.
Decor accent pieces in a living room
Uncommon Pairings
Layer up with decor! A painting as a door to a book cabinet,a bookshelf built into a door, a modernly stark acrylic coffee table in atraditional room! Go down a different route with decor for that extra something. An uncommon pairing will underline thedifference between elements making them stand out.
A traditional fire place in paired with modern decor
Go Glamorous
Modern contemporary homes tend towards muted palettes andunderstated colors. A melange of beiges, browns and whites with natural finishedwoods and burnished metallics. unless you want your home to look like a generic clone out of amagazine spread, make a glamorous concession and mirror up surfaces to lightenup your room. Put mirrored surfaces on a coffee table, or the back of shelvingfor major decor plus points!
A glamorous metallic gold table with a mirror base
OTT Bathroom Furniture
Take your functional bathroom and turn it into a statementpiece by adding a completely over the top (OTT) piece of furniture. The juxtaposition is startlingand sumptuously luxurious!
OTT furniture can make a bathroom look regal
Dissect your rooms element by element, and piece by piece,add or subtract, try different combinations! Have fun making these tips areality for punchy decor!
