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A color-wheel primerThe Seattle TimesBy Home and Garden Television When decorating, choosing a color scheme can be a perplexing task. It's hard enough whittling down your choice, and when you have to mix and match them into an eye-pleasing scheme sometimes considering the whole color ...and more » |
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Drawn to water, couple finds dream home on pier in BaltimoreBaltimore SunLinda Olsen refers to her decorating scheme as "informal eclectic," where a heavy, Baroque-style dining room set shares space with smaller, more contemporary living room pieces in leather. "My idea was to purchase basic pieces that will go in any color ... |
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Milking it for all it's worthFort Wayne Journal GazetteContemporary country and shabby chic meet in the barn's interior décor. Auctions provided many of the furnishings. Four years of planning and construction went into converting the barn, which the Imels moved into in 1998. Converting a barn into a home ... |
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Home Interiors Catalog Declares 2012 Interior Decor Trends OutMiddle East North Africa Financial NetworkSince home owners have a loosened leash where colors are concerned, repainting the room may not be necessary in case the current color scheme has an elegant touch to it or makes the room bright and happy. Interior decoration gurus have pointed out that ... |
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2012 Decorating Ideas: It's All about Blue & WhiteBlogHer (blog)The word to describe blue and white color scheme--CLASSIC. Blue and white made a huge reappearance about 4 years ago, and it's never really gone away. Sure other color schemes have had increased popularity, but blue and white has since remained, ... |
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Color preference no reason to be blueLas Vegas Review-JournalThis color has popped up in conversation so many times in the past few months, relative to decoration and design, that I thought it needed some exploration. I don't like to be so definitive as to say I do or don't like something (really?) ... |
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Cumston inspired youthLewiston Sun Journal“He designed and executed the plaster ornamentation, the stained glass windows, the stenciling and murals, the molding of the exterior and interior wood trim, and the color schemes. To cap his achievement, for dedication day in 1900, he composed the ... |
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Your Family Decorator: When painting, high-quality brand is keyPalm Beach Daily NewsThe most important part of any decorating scheme after a move involves color: What colors are needed to complete the new décor? Of course, everyone thinks that new color costs nothing and that paint is the most inexpensive way to give a room, ... |
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Books to help decorate your homeSyracuse.com (blog)By Peter Schaffer By Holly Nichols After moving into a new dwelling, when everything is unpacked, it's often challenging to decide on color schemes to integrate into your living space. Once the wall color is selected, it also can be tricky to decide ... |
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Interior Decorating Featured Article
Decorating Your Rooms with Area Rugs
02/08/12
by www.kidzworld.com
Area rugs, such as Tibetan rugs, are the number one decoration choice for many people because of their rich history, enchanting designs, and outstanding collection value. Hanging on the wall or covering the floor, each every single piece of rug is unique with its own story to tell. Choosing the right rug for a given room will have different touch to the living environment, since the appearance of these rugs will enhance and be enhance by the surroundings.
There are many things we should know and consider when buying area rugs. The pattern, color, shape, size, religious symbol, and the location you want to put it, all these make up the uniqueness of your area rug.
Patterns of area rugs have the most long lasting first impression to people. As its history suggests, a certain rug style evolved along with the development of a certain group of people. The tradition and belief of these people was abstracted into motif, pattern, and colors on the rug. Most area rugs we see in the market today are well-designed to cater to the taste and commercial needs of modern society, and most of them are well-accepted in the Western world. This is somehow different than the origianl rugs that have been existing in the region for thousands of years. The rug trading has a long history that can be traced back to fourteenth century, when Italian merchants introduced the first pile carpets to Europe from Ottoman Empire. As European and American merchants' involvement into the carpetmaking industry, the patterns and style are more or less influenced by Western culture.
Sizing is probably the most important question you should think about. Ideally, the best time to choose rug is when the room is empty. You can set off your room around the theme that the rug renders and there is more choice in wall paper and furniture than there is in rug. However, in most cases, the room is already filled with something, or you already have something in mind. This can make the decision more complicated. After all, bear in mind that area rugs is not a solution for wall-to-wall floor covering. If you are thinking cover the whole floor area, you may need to consider broadloom carpeting and use small colorful throw rugs as accents on top of it. To cover the most floor area with a single piece of area rug, it's better to leave eighteen to twenty-four inches of bare floor at all four sides. This works as frames to beautiful pictures and can emphasize the beauty of the uniqueness of the rug you've chosen.
The color and pattern of an area rug usually goes hand in hand together. The traditional color comes naturally from the original material and very basic dye technology. The modern contemporary rugs inherit and improve the coloring techniques. With so many choices, there is actually no standard of choosing a right theme color for a given room and each person has own judgement and taste. The choice of color also depends on the furnitures in the room. Whether cool or warm, the basic tone of the room needs to be harmonious. As a rule of thumb, visually, a light rug enlarges a room and a darker one reduces the size.
The location of the rug is part of the plan when you purchasing the area rugs. Will it be hanging on the wall? Will it be covering bedroom where the traffic is low, or living room where the family chat together, or the hallway where you meet your guests? These questions lead to the choice of color, material, and shape of the rug. Don't underestimate the traffic where someone sits. The digging-moving feet can wear out the carpet quicker than you think.
The rug you choose is the one you love and you want to enjoy it every moment. Put it where you and your guest can see, well protect it, and you will admire it for a long time.
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