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Using Contemporary Decorating to Update Your Home
Fri 15 Jun 2007 - 09:47
Using Contemporary Decorating to Update Your Home
By Andrew Caxton
Your living space is something that needs to be relaxing and welcoming and it also should reflect your character and the character of your home. This is why many people choose to have a contemporary design throughout the home as it helps you to create a really inviting and interesting living space. Another great advantage of the contemporary style design is that it has a really modern feel to it.
Bringing the Contemporary Design to Life
Contemporary design focuses on minimal furnishings which really stand out. So when looking at the colors of a contemporary home you will notice intense blacks which white as a contrast and also brown colors seem to work really well too. As the contemporary design is so simplistic, you really need to be looking at natural colors for the walls and they can be livened u a little with a few accessories such as pictures or tribal masks if you want a really modern and unique look.
The furniture inside a con temporary home is always sleek and linear in style. Mainly created from dark wood, it should be clean cut and not patterned in any way. You should also not even think about old fashioned pieces of furniture as although they could look really nice within the home, they will not go with a contemporary design. This is not to say that you have to stick with one particular style as you could always mix up the style of the furniture just as long as it looks similar in appearance.
When you are looking to decorate the windows, bamboo tends to come in really handy with a contemporary theme. You could also use plain sheer fabric too, especially in the summer months. Many people like to use blinds only for their windows in order to create a true contemporary style, but you could choose to use curtains as well as blinds if you wanted to. Just try not to make everything too busy looking and that way you will stay within the guidelines of a contemporary style home.
If you choose to use accessories remember that you only need a few and they should not make the room look cluttered. They should have a clean and simple design and generally pictures make good use out of wall space. Plain walls are fine but often they can look a little too plain and because you are trying to create an inviting environment you really need to spice things up a little with a few pictures or even tribal masks as mentioned earlier.
Overall contemporary design in a home can be inviting and it can look really stylish. Just make sure that everything stays simple and plain and if you do add accessories only use a few.
Andrew Caxton is the editor of different articles published at http://www.home-decorating-reviews.com with reference to floor lamps and clean lines.
You can find more information and resources on contemporary decorating at his website.
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