Archives for January 2013

Choosing the Perfect Flooring for Your Home

Filed Under: Buying

Choosing flooring for your home is a task that the majority of people take very lightly. It is an extremely important part of the design of the house and is fundamental in representing its appearance. With a range of factors such as price, style and location to consider which dictate your decision, it can become hard to choose the right flooring for you. This guide will help you evaluate the different factors that influence your choice, helping you decide on the flooring that is perfect for you.

Budget

Probably the single most influential factor to consider is the amount you are willing to spend. Get an idea in your head of how much you are willing to spend, and it will allow you to fine tune your options to specific flooring within your budget. As a result, you will save the time and hassle of choosing flooring way out of your budget, which you then have to return or struggle to pay off. Ask yourself questions such as; how many rooms am I buying flooring for? Or what is the most I am willing to spend in total? This will be very helpful in making your decision.

Type

Another very important thing to consider is the type of flooring that you are interested in. Even if you have particularly high standards or taste, having pets, kids or just clumsy family members is going to influence your decision. Wooden flooring might be more appropriate because it is easier to clean up after spills. On the other hand, wooden flooring can be quite cold and that is unappealing for many people. Carpets are a good choice if this is an issue for you, however obviously you will not want to spill anything on a brand new carpet, as it won’t clean up as easily! These types of things you will need to take into consideration when choosing the perfect flooring for your home. It is all about weighing up the pros and cons of each and making a decision based on that.

Here is a list of the types of flooring you might be interested in:

Wooden
Carpet
Laminate
Ceramic Tiles
Hardwood
Marble

Choosing the flooring most suited to your home is going to be all about personal preference and the amount you are willing to spend. Flooring is a big investment so make sure that you plan well and make sure you are not making a mistake you will later regret.

Daniel blinman recently chose N and S Flooring when choosing his flooring for his new home. He highly recommend them!

The Importance of Decorating your House in 2013

Filed Under: Design

Home design is constantly developing. Every year a lot of new decorating ideas come about and we have the opportunity to draw inspiration from many innovative, smart tips to decorate the place where we live according to our exigencies.

As the trends change, home furniture is improved according to new interior design standards, so we can, for example, replace some cabinets with the latest model of combined furniture and experience a new way to live our living room. Every year is a very good occasion to plan a home decoration and it can be done efficiently just having a look at the latest design trends and tips.

This year too we can benefit from plenty of decorating ideas that can help us to decorate our home in an effective way. It’s important in order to not just make a random choice of the furniture.

Decorating your home is not about that. Home decoration is not only a matter of replacing an old piece of furniture with a new one. Planning your home decoration is an opportunity to decide how much you are going to enjoy your house environment. Pushing the furniture on the wall, for example, and put a table in the centre of the room, is just one of the thousands of ways to decorate the room and it might not be the most effective one.

Every home decoration project is aimed to determine the room atmosphere according to the latest design trends. In 2013 home decoration ideas are aimed to create an open feel. Spacious, light-filled rooms are gaining favour and can be effectively decorated with minimalist modern furniture, which is still on high demand and can be used to decorate every room in the house. This style of furniture is also a good match for small, cosy spaces and a very good idea to improve their look. According to the latest home decorating trends, small, compact rooms are becoming a frequent choice. Many opt for compact home offices. Corner furniture is an effective way to decorate small rooms and can be a very good solution for your home decoration in 2013.

The always enhancing design industry offer us every year a wide range of innovative and stylish solutions for our home decoration, all aimed to significantly improve the house environment in order to make it more functional and spacious. By following 2013 new design tips you can learn a new way of doing it.

West London painters and decorators from Decorwise provide tailored decorating services for home and business owners.

Decorating a Home With Bold Colors

Filed Under: Design

Bold colors are currently all the rage, on the fashion runways, and now in homes. Whether you’re looking to pack some punch into a bland bedroom or a dreary dining room, you can’t go wrong with a little bit of bold color… Well, actually you can, but lucky for you, this guide will avoid a poorly designed room. By keeping your bold color choices to a minimum, choosing the right color, and keeping your color scheme in check, you can add a pop of color to your home without going overboard. Whether it’s a pair a bright red drapes or a purple circular rug, sometimes it doesn’t take much to completely transform a room with a touch of bold.

Less is more
When it comes to choosing some bright, bold colors for your room, less is most definitely more. Too much bold color equals a hot mess and results in a room’s feng shui becoming completely out of whack – seriously, color can have a direct effect on your mood. Too much color can make you feel disorganized and over-stimulated. When choosing one bold color, it’s important to take into consideration what color scheme will fit best. For example, when choosing a bright red, you may want to stick with neutral browns and cream colors to make the red really pop and to avoid over-doing it.

Choose the right color
It’s also important to choose the right color for the room. In rooms meant for relaxation, deep colors such as blues are more common and in rooms meant for socialization, such as living rooms or dining rooms, you may want to choose “louder” colors such as red, orange, or yellow. Whatever you may choose, opt for a color to match the mood of the room that you’re going for.

Nervous about trying a new bold color? Begin to add a bit of color to smaller items before splashing the walls with a color you’re unsure about. Opt for a new pair of curtains, a cute circular rug, or a fun pair of throw pillows – something removable. If you find that you like the color, you can slowly begin adding more and more until you feel satisfied with the room’s aesthetic. Keep in mind that less is more, so sometimes a few subtle pops of color or an accent wall will do the trick.

Adding a bold color to a room can be a great way to brighten up the room, as long as you keep it to a minimum and choose the right color scheme for the room!

Samantha Wideman is part of a team of writers and specializes in writing about fashion and beauty trends.