Top 10 Decorating Myths

#1 White Rooms Always Look Bigger

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As any graphic artist, or anyone that needs to know how people's eyes

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move across a space, will tell you eyes tend to move from dark to light. It

is uniformity in color that keeps your eye steady. Walls with different colors

cause your eye to move between them and your mind to differentiate the distance

between the walls. So whether you use light or dark color it is the uniformity

that gives rooms a bigger feel. Keep in mind bigger isn't always better.

Different color walls may make a room seem smaller but that can convey an intimate

yet livelier feel.

#2 Every Living Room Must Have At Least One: Sofa, Chair And Coffee Table I don't know if this is as much of a decorating requirement as it is a

reflex. But you should hold back from that reflex and think about what the room

is for. If it is a living room and primarily used for entertaining, you must

take some time and think about how you like to entertain. For example sofas

are a very efficient way of maximizing seating but if you only like to entertain

in small groups you may not need that efficiency. You want that room to work

for you.

#3 Sofas Always Go Against A Wall

If you do opt for the sofa don't be afraid to be creative with how you

place it in a room. A sofa is usually a large object and putting it against

a wall can free up floor space. But it can also change the flow or feel of a

room to angle it in a corner. Sometimes the best design ideas come from throwing

out the practical efficient way of doing things.

#4 All Decor Color's Must Match Perfectly

Your homes décor is like a painter's canvas. You will want to decide

on a pallet (set of colors) but that hardly means a few colors that match perfectly.

It is usually smart to use similar tones but using different shades of the same

colors will give a room a much more dynamic feel.

#5 All Ceilings Must Be White

White ceilings are the norm for the most part because of the way they help spread

light around a room. There reflective quality helps illuminate the room more

evenly. But if you look at it from a design perspective white isn't always

what will get you the effect you looking for. As I alluded to earlier the lightest

color in a space will draw the eye. This means a white ceiling will tend to

draw our attention up. Conversely with a darker colored ceiling our eyes can

be drawn to other areas of a room's décor. Whether you have a white

ceiling or not is solely dependant on how you want peoples eyes to move across

your room.

#6 White Shows Dirt

OK so that is not a myth. White does show dirt more than darker colors but don't

let that keeping you from using it. As I said before light colors are a great

way to draws peoples eyes around an environment. There are many new fabrics,

textiles and paints that are stain resistant and clean well. Of course I don't

think I will take this advice. I have two small boys who would test the stain

resistant abilities of anything out there.

#7 Low Light Hides Dirt

Dim light in a room actually makes the room look dingier. If your décor

is old and a little worn and you have limited funds to perk things up try adding

lights. A bright room looks newer and cleaner. I know this sound counterintuitive

and it would seem lighting your slightly worn room would exasperate the problem.

Trust me and try it.

#8 Small Rooms Must Have Small Furniture

Fewer bigger pieces can be more effective and more efficient. I'm not

talking about bigger furniture as in bulky furniture. A love seat and chair

with thin arms and backs can seat more people than two chairs in as little or

even less space. A day bed can add sitting or even stretching-out space, usually

has thin arms and often has storage space underneath. Remember lots of small

pieces can look cluttered which is exactly what a small room doesn't need.

#9 You Pick Rugs Last When Decorating

This may also fall under the reflex not myth category but it is important we

talk about it. The rug has to be understood to be the basis of your room design.

Professional designers pick the area rug first to define the palette of colors

for the room. As the basis of the room décor, the area rug needs to visually

tie the other colors in the room together. Buying furniture and other furnishings

and then trying to find a rug that has those colors is much tougher than doing

it the other way around. The best procedure when decorating a room from scratch

is to pick an area rug in the color array you like best and build the room décor around that.

#10 There Are Decorating Rules

So maybe this should have been the first and only myth. If you think there are

rules and that if you break them everyone will laugh at you, you're wrong.

OK so maybe I don't know your friends but you shouldn't care what

they think. Some of the best, most important, and highest paid decorators break

the rules all the time. Be creative, have fun and remember your not breaking

rules your starting new trends.

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