What Are Your Interior Decorating Tips?

jack_hammarred · 2019-08-16T16:29:47+00:00

I obsessively pinned images of home decor until finding a style that worked for us. He prefers slightly more architectural and sleek looks mixed with eclectic colorful pieces, and I prefer ornate vintage French and Mediterranean looks, and so I carefully mix these, deferring primarily to his tastes in his bathroom and our bedroom.

I use Facebook marketplace and Nextdoor to find vintage pieces I could never afford at an antique store or auction.

I’m curious about the idea of using rugs to better unify areas in our open concept (🤮) Apartment. I adore our apartment, make no mistake! But I don’t enjoy open concept living spaces. While it’s just the two of us it isn’t bad, but once we have children I will prioritize this in our house hunt! Anyway, I saw this tip in Real Simple’s blog and thought it’d be interesting to play with.

Zegiknie · 2019-08-26T15:13:48+00:00

Our home is filled with a bunch of handmedowns and second hand freecycled stuff (we can afford new, but we value nature and heritage). It works because it's mostly natural wood, classic old stuff. Paired with some small red and white touches (things like teapots and mugs, some of the pillows) it gives a log-cabin feel.

We have some wall art, also classic stuff (nature scenes) and do seasonal stuff (fall wreaths, lights for yule, etc).

Wicker baskets display seasonal produce.

And then there's educational posters and toys here and there. We try to go for woodland/waldorfy stuff.

StepfordInTexas · 2019-09-03T16:25:53+00:00

My aunt who recently passed away was the best interior decorator. She said every vignette needs these elements; light - dark, tall - short, shiny - dull and hard - soft.

She said you could put any random anything together and it would be pleasing if you had those elements.

Kara__El · 2019-08-16T19:01:25+00:00

My husband is not like most husbands. He has an opinion on everything. When we got engaged and I wanted to start planning our bedroom decor, we got in the biggest fight over a pillow. True story.

Decorating was a real challenge for the longest time, because where he likes leather and dead animals, I like bright colors and pink glitter. That's a pretty big discrepancy that seems to be unique to the suburban librarian/Southern cattle rancher pairing. I didn't want our home to look like no man's ever set foot in it, but I also wanted to feel at home. Once we stopped talking about what we didn't like and started presenting ideas we did like, we were able to find some common ground. I painted the kitchen red, one of the few colors we both love and we registered for solely red appliances. I painted the living room light grey, the weirdly wide hallway chocolate brown, and the bedroom a greige of sorts. We have neutral colored primary pieces, such as the furniture, and brightly colored pops here and there, from smaller pieces we can easily replace (pillows, throws, and rugs). The wall decor isn't much of an issue, because the animal mounts have moved into our converted garage room that doubles as a family room and I mostly decorate in family photos.

I did win one or two battles. I hate, hate, hate coffee tables and carpet and now, so does he.

g_e_m_anscombe · 2019-08-16T19:55:48+00:00

I read through the House That Cleans Itself and I found it to be a good guide in how to decorate in such a way that it’s tidy. Marie Kondo has like one line about this in her book that’s something like “you want to make things easy to put away by putting them in around the same spot, not just easy to take out!”

For me I realized I don’t have the patience for dusting knick knacks. I also can’t figure out where I want to clean first if there’s too many things around. So I got rid of almost all of them. When I travel I send myself a postcard rather than buying souvenirs. We have a lot of things with cabinets or drawers so that I don’t see clutter. I prefer flat cabinet faces that (again) require less dusting. This also makes it easier to keep things clean with a baby as there are less messes for them to make! We use magnetic childproof locks on everything that we don’t want baby to get into - we are still getting used to remembering about the magnet but it’s nice to have 1 system for everything and that the whole house doesn’t look like it’s childproof. I love our locks too because you can turn them off or on, so as our daughter gets older we can open up more parts of the house to her.

I also refuse to buy our daughter more toys. We have a few high quality wood toys and that’s it. When she got bored, we borrowed some toys from a friend. Keeping her toys in one box makes it easier for me to maintain as clean. She loves exploring the house and the drawers and cabinets she IS allowed to open (because they open).

We use color to provide warmth rather than things. Husband likes bright colors so our dining room is a happy orange. We are in an apartment so it’s just one orange wall really. We used removable wallpaper for it. That accent wall is the base for other things. When he authorized a little more money for decorating, I got pillows for the couch with different flowers that picked up on the color of the wall. It’s floral but not overly girly. When we have a little more time/money, I want to put a blue wallpaper in the kitchen that also picks up on those colors. Blue is a more calming color so I used that in the bedroom - not on the walls, but on the bedspread. The bedspread is the defining color feature of a bedroom so that’s what dominates.

love_minus_zero · 2019-08-17T13:49:57+00:00

My husband and I live in an unconventional, rustic type of dwelling. Our crown jewel is our beloved soapstone woodstove that heats our home wonderfully and adds perfect ambiance in the winter months (right now in the heat of the summer, not so much!). We have an open space with 360 degree windows and views of fields and woods. We try to have as little clutter as possible and prefer a more streamlined, simple kind of look. All of our furniture is wood, a couple pieces painted. We decorate mostly with houseplants and favorite pictures. We are slowly building our art collection, which we are very picky about.

Making sure we don't have any clutter visible is really most important to us. Having a tidy home really makes all of life less stressful, and certainly makes cleaning a pleasure.

_tiff_ · 2019-10-01T21:30:06+00:00

Hmm... I think it's appropriate to share this here. I just recently made a blog post sharing some of the things I've been doing in our home to make things feel cozy and to welcome Autumn. Maybe you all will find some little nugget of inspiration in it: https://washingtonslastfrontier.com/blog/autumn-hygge-cozy-homemaking-ideas-for-fall

littlepearlisland · 2019-10-23T00:54:01+00:00

When something doesn't feel quite right, take a picture of the room. For some reason seeing it on a screen highlights different things than you see in person and can help identify blind spots.

Galaxine · 2019-08-16T18:42:02+00:00

We don't decorate with any rhyme or reason. It creates a really eclectic look that we both enjoy. All of our furniture save a few bookshelves from IKEA is hand me down.

Our couch is blue, white, and yellow tartan. It belonged to one of his aunts. On that we have 2 afghans that I got at an estate sale, one shades of pink and the other in earth tones. Our throw pillows are covered with old t shirts that I sewed with a pattern I found online. We have 3 cat towers that he and I built. They're covered in brightly colored fabric and carpet. To round out the living room is a burgundy ottoman that converts to a table, 3 mismatched end tables, an old brown leather chair and footstool, and a tv that we put on a storage shelf. That is full of DVDs, playstation stuff, and remotes.

On the walls we have a variety of stuff. We have a WW2 era katana, 3 crucifixes, a stained glass butterfly, 4 pictures, a massive poster of a dragon that sits in a floating glass frame, and a fairy shaped hook to put keys on.

Our bedroom is fun. I have an antique trunk and 2 antique dressers, all from my great grandmother's mother's family. Our bed has a blue jersey comforter. The walls are covered in a variety of art prints and one wall has all my scarves hanging from decorative cabinet pulls that I screwed into the wall.

Throughout the house I have a lot of sheepskin- throws, rugs, etc.

Our kitchen table and chairs are oak. Everything else is pine and maple.

There is no theme or pattern. Just things that we both like.

ArtwithEvie · 2023-10-08T14:59:01+00:00

Check out this blog! https://artwithevie.ca/blogs/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-artwork-for-your-space

Title	What Are Your Interior Decorating Tips?
Author	jack_hammarred
Upvotes	10
Comments	18
Date	August 16, 2019 4:24 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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