Beautiful Home Furniture

Hi, I am a terrible decorator. I have some nice paintings, but other than the paintings and my furniture I don't have a flare for making my space more pretty. I am in an apartment, so I can't paint the walls. My walls are cream and my carpet beige. I have a black couch and tan-colored marble topped kitchenette. So its very basic. My paintings are kind of Victorian. Does anyone have any basic inexpensive ideas how to keep my home more beautiful? By the way, I don't want any plants or flowers, because of allergies and I think they bring bugs. Thanks.

Black sofa? ... Contempory meets Victorian.

Print black and white photos from your computer ... you could even find some Victorian photos to convert into black and white. The internet is a wonderful source of artwork. Mount pictures in black frames and arrange over your sofa.

Arrange frames over the sofa but do not line everything up. Scatter frames within a defined space ... such as the length of your sofa.

Go to the dollar store for you frames ... paint them black if necessary.

I have done this to my studio and it looks stunning.....
Get a black vase and put a splash of color ... red, turquoise ... what ever your favorite color is. Simpler and streamline are always a good way to go even if it means using just one flower.

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Find colorful postcards and mount them in small black frames

2007-02-01 10:58:27 by wcarolinew

Beautiful Home Decorating - Interior Decorating Ideas - Luxury House Plan by Interior Designer

Walk in the house there's a 16-8''x21-4'' living room then to the left a 12'x5x13-6'' dining room, straight forward is a 13-10''x16-6'' family room that's in the kitchen also with a 8'-0x8'- nook any ideas with furniture and decorations ???? oh i got the the floor plan which has to be looked at reversed.

Are you going to paint? If you are, you will want to decide colors first. Choose colors based on what furniture you have and love.

As for furniture placement, think of activities.

In the livingroom the main thing is conversation. You have a large livingroom, so begin by placing a conversation grouping around a focal point such as a fireplace or large window. This will include your sofa. Fill in with a coffee table, end table and lamps. Seating should be close enough to eachother for comfortable conversation, and every seat should be within reach of a table. Then place lamps.

The family room will be similar, with the focal point being the entertainment unit. If you have young children, find a space for them out of the viewing area where they can play with their toys.

In the bedrooms place the bed first, usually so that you face it when you enter the room. For the master bedroom a table goes on either side with lamps. At this point it's usually obvious where to place the dresser.

The kitchen nook could use a breakfast table and chairs. Usually people like round tables for something like this because they are easy to step around.

I hope this helps you get started. Have fun with it!

2009-07-21 07:23:13 by mrmiami

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There is beautiful furniture in my home is the correct sentence.

2007-02-23 01:15:00 by radha g

Price: $39.99 $26.12

I have a 15 year old daughter who is friends with some rather wealthy kids. She loves her family and is not ashamed of us, but recently she said she didn't want to invite someone over because our house wasn't as nice as theirs. We live in a doublewide, but it is extra nice, bricked under, the yard is beautiful and we live out in the country. Our house is furnished with very nice furniture, we have a beautiful home. There is a porch on the front, a patio on the back, etc. This really broke my heart. Do you think it is a phase she is going through? We are not poor, we are middle class. I am a teacher and my husband works for the USPS. We chose to live close to my parents out in the country. Should I just get over it and not say anything else about it?

Fifteen year old children can be cruel. I bet they are the brick home, pool in the yard, mommy and daddy gives them everything they want, popular girls, we all went to school with.
Yep. It is a phase, one a lot of teens go through. I would let her know in a calm sweet voice that It made me sad that she chose friends that she feels would look down on anyone just because they didn't have material things just like theirs. She is wanting to fit in so much she is losing site of the real issue. Should she be friends with someone that is that materialistic? True friends don't care where you live or what your house looks like, they come to see you not your things. Then drop it. I just hope her friends are not as wild as the "popular" girls at my high school were. Good luck.
PS: I am glad that she is so close to her mother that she was able to tell you how she feels, that is a good thing.

2007-08-10 21:00:48 by i'm trying

very unique angles that are making it hard to figure out my furniture placement. the room is an L- shaped with the fireplace a little to the right of the bottom part of the L ( hope this makes sense i wish i could draw the layout). I had been thinking of making the fireplace a focal point but it doesn't seem possible and so far all i have come up with is dividing the room in two sections.Maybe a tv area and a reading area but i don't want the fireplace to disappear. Any ideas will be GREATLY APPRECIATED on how i can arrange and decorate. Also what colors would work to make the room warm and inviting. Thanks everyone.

Get some graph paper and draw out the dimensions of the room using one square for every six inches. Then use another piece of grid paper and measure and draw out your furniture. Cut your furniture pieces out and then move them around to see what fits best where. You don't have to buy graph paper - I found some online at http://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/li te/

http://www.hgtv.com has LOTS of cool ideas for decorating.

When I bought my house I picked up "1001 Ideas For Color & Paint" at Lowes and it gave me some great ideas for color schemes for my various rooms.

2007-08-22 16:32:18 by sara