Finishing touches- continue

Combine Textures and Feel 

• Contemporary interiors are often sleek and smooth, while cottage style rooms are usually soft and snuggly. For a really interesting look and a comfortable feeling for a room, combine smooth and rough, shiny and matte, hard and soft in one room. The contrasts will add interest and help to avoid a boring room. For example, Use table runners on the glass dining table or metal vases on wooden side tables. Use magazine holders, say leather ones for contemporary touch or wicker baskets for cottage look.  

• Read more about focal point

• Emphasis on  Lighting

• Instead of overhead lighting or a basic lamp, drama with interesting spot lights, ceiling track lighting, and decorative lamps. Focus lighting on works of art, light up a dark corner on a bookshelf or any antique, dimmers switches creates an instant drama as you can manipulate amount of light according to your mood. If you have a plant in the room add a spot light from behind. Use more than one source of light.

• Old Architectural Elements

• You want something different instead of typical art work on the wall. Well, a great place to visit would be an architectural salvage. You can find great pieces like an  old iron fence section use it on the wall behind the sofa or make a headboard of your bed, use wide baseboard molding for a mirror frame,or use column as pot holders. These are just a few of the ways you can use interesting old salvage pieces to decorate room in a different way. I remember one of my friend got small large stamps and placed them on the credenza in his dining room. It looked fabulous.
  
  
• The salvages piece add character which can also be mixed them with antiques. For example, An old chair, side table for entry way, wall shelf, lamp, or set of china. Bring them in light and see your room transformed into a delightful retreat

• Custom Stencils and Faux Painting

• If you're an artist, or willing to give it a try, add color with a hand-painted border, faux details, or color accents. If you're not so artistic, use some of the new wonderful stencils and provide interest with wall words, vines, or floral motifs. Ikea has some really nice and colorful ideas.
  
  
• Add Interest Above

• Do not forget the 5th wall, the ceiling. Eye will be drawn to it if something unique is done. For example, all hardware stores have ceiling medallion. You can buy those and may be spray paint to the desired color or just leave it the way is. If your ceiling is  very heigh, use faux ceiling beams or just paint it to draw a high ceiling down. If you are looking for traditional or cottage feel than add design with stenciling around the ceiling for an added touch or include crown moldings. This however, should be part of your decorating project as this can be very messy if you decide to do it later.

These are some of the finishing touches. Whether it takes a week or a month, finding just the right finishing touches for your space, it is really the fun and important part of decorating. Finishing touches add welcoming and complete feel to the space. It is just like adding the jewelry to the room, the personality that makes the room reflect who you are, what your interests are.

Enjoy decorating!!!!

Related Topics

Focal Point
Lighting
Accessorize
Contemporary
area rug
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Emhasis on Lighting

adding Interest above

Salvage pieces add character