Budget Tips.......

Budget Home Décor Tips

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As it’s a natural phenomenon that all us wanted to live in a home which is beautifully decorated based on our income levels. We can decorate our home for less with savvy ideas for affordable, impactful updates. You can get the look you love while maintaining a budget that works for you. Through this blog I will try to show you how to spend less and get more when decorating your home. Everybody wants to make their home look amazing without spending a fortune.

In order to give a new look to your home décor one must redo a room for as little money as possible, for this you need to approach it differently. Instead of changing everything, your goal should be to keep as much as you can, while finding ways to make your old stuff look new. Instead of buying brand-new items, you should try to use things you already have or can pick up secondhand for a song. And instead of bringing in pros, you should do the work yourself whenever possible. In bulleted form creative ways to save money when decorating your home are:

Ø  DIY (Do It Yourself)

Ø  Prolong the life of your furniture. Bring your leather furniture back to life by using olive oil.

Ø  Rearrange the Furniture.

Ø  Whenever needed repaint and specially paint an Accent Wall, Move away from earth tones.

Ø  Play with Accessorize.

Ø  Try with up cycling.

Ø  Use accent lighting.

Ø  Choose a decorating style, and incorporate other styles sparingly.

Ø  Install mirrors to make your space look bigger.

Ø  Never let go the opportunity of buying second hand furniture.

Ø  Try as much as possible to invest in multi-functional items.

Ø  Don't be afraid to mix metals.

In order to come out of a new syndrome that started surrounding many of middle class family and is called a “home inferiority complex,” they must give a due consideration to their home décor uplifting. Once you realize you could never afford a new makeover on your modest personal budget, feelings of inadequacy set in. But fortunately, that isn’t true. There are actually plenty of ways to transform a room from top to bottom spending merely hundreds instead of thousands of dollars. In fact, with a bit of time and creativity, you can sometimes give a room a whole new look by applying few of below mentioned techniques and tips.

1.       Be Resourceful & Do It Yourself.

2.       Rearrange the Furniture.

3.       Repurpose Furniture and Accessories.

4.       Shop Secondhand.

5.       Paint Doors, Use Paint with a Versatile Wall Color with Staying Power.

6.       Wall Paper adds life and beauty to your rooms.

7.       Use Fabric to disguise a dated Sofa or other furniture with a Slipcover.

8.       Play with Flowerpots, Vases, baskets, dishware, lamps & books.

9.       Add more and more Woodwork.

10.   Focus on Details.

11.   Create Cheap Artwork & get rid of unsightly Items.

12.   Rearrange your furniture. Nothing is so simple as rearranging furniture.

13.   2. Make use of those old paint cans.

14.   Put old fabric swatches to use.

15.   Freshen up the linens.

16.   Display your wares.

17.   Mirror, Mirror on the wall.

18.   Put your unused fireplace to good use.

19.   Pull the photo boxes out from under the bed.

20.   Add scenic wallpaper to bring more color and personality to your bedroom.

21.   Visit secondhand stores and look for accessories or retro-style furniture to add a special touch.

22.   Change the curtains.

23.   Place many cushions on everywhere in your home.

24.   Decorate with fresh, dry and artificial flowers.

25.   Switch the carpets around.

For many of you It may be sounding too dramatic, but on the other hand, I like the idea of doing something unexpected since I tend to play it safe in my decorating style, pay a lot of attention to details and trends, and I think it’s fun to see a space transform with a few basic changes. The most obvious advantage of budget decorating is that it lets you have high quality room without putting in a hefty budget. When you redo a room on a budget, you’re forced to be creative and think outside the box. Instead of just turning over all the decisions to a decorator, you have to use your own labor and your own ingenuity to get the job done with as low as possible budget. Once done you will have a great feel of achievement and ownership too.

I hope this article has been inspiring and many of my readers will try to adopt the tips and techniques mentioned in the blog in certain numbers if not fully – Happy get going, all the best.

Team DecorLOot

MAGIC OF .........

Magic of Sceneries & Art

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One should keep in mind that sceneries and other art pieces are the most important element of décor in every house, reason being that we have large number of empty walls in our house. Scenery is defined as the features of landscape that exist in a certain area, or painted sets created to represent places and surroundings in theater productions. Nowadays interior designers and interior experts, develop their spaces, basing their project on a piece of artwork, implementing their chromatic pallet, their fabrics and decorative details, in a painting essence, a sculpture or other plasticity. To them filling space with piece of art is better than anything else.

It’s a famous saying that “Art is in the eye of the beholder”, and some people do not see beauty where others do. Art should challenge you and make you look at the room it’s in differently, as well as the scheme that it forms part of. Art informs the mood. You can tell a lot about somebody by the books they read, if they have a library, and you can do the same by looking at the paintings on their walls. Any piece of artwork can immediately make or break a room. Art can help to tell a story though your interior design, add life to a space, bring bold elements into the room or just be the perfect piece for your composition.

Keeping in mind that nothing shapes a house like home than a beguile paint art! It embodies an additional personalized look to your home décor. Painting annexes the interior with a visual art and culture of the house. Which painting will complement the theme of the house, one of the biggest mistakes that can be made during an interior design project (even by the professionals) is not treating art as an important part of the design process. The artwork in a room should never be an afterthought – it should be a part of the project from the very beginning. By pushing it to the side during the design process, you will lose an incredible opportunity to create focal points, color palettes and finishing touches to a room, which can make or break the overall image.

Some of the guiding principles to décor you home walls with art pieces and paintings are:

Ø  You should Love what you are putting on the walls.

Ø  Take great care where you hang it (don’t put an amazing painting in the lobby or hall), and

Ø  Make sure you hang it at the right height. The horizon line should be at average height eye level.

Ø  Fit it to the mood of your home décor.

Ø  Make the right impact with size and scale, and

Ø  Be watchful and don’t be psychologically intrusive.

Different ways to Decorate A Blank Wall

v  Cluster colorful baskets.

v  Layer giant letters.

v  Make a dip-painted wall sculpture.

v  Paint (or wallpaper) the wall a rich, vibrant color.

v  Hang a patterned rug.

v  Add a wall mural.

v  Create a gallery wall.

v  Hang a room divider.

v  Hang a horizontal painting or mirror.

v  Hang a series of wall art horizontally.

v  Tape off a graphic statement wall.

v  Use wall brackets to bring dimension to your art.

v  Add oomph with framed paper.

v  Go subtly sophisticated with wainscot paneling.

Some of the Ideas For Tall Walls

·         Hang vertical artwork. A perfect complement to tall walls is vertical artwork. ...

·         Be sure of their Size, scale up your artwork to complement it.

·         Always use bold colors.

·         Consider installations.

·         Play with textiles.

·         Bring in wood trim.

·         Try stone.

·         Mix it up.

In short if you don’t take these things into account at the beginning, you could wind up designing something that doesn’t work with those finishing touches you had at the back of your mind. Everything, including the artwork and furnishings, should be taken into account from the very beginning of any design process. That way, you can achieve a truly inspired design with final touches that really do make a room appear finished and finished to a professional standard at that! You can use part, or all of our room painting ideas, or maybe just use the inspiration to come up with a whole new approach of your own. It's your space. Transform it with your own personal sense of style. Art and interiors are inextricably linked in complex aesthetic and emotional ways for designers and homeowners.

Get started and make your dull walls talkative one adding more liveliness to you home and making them aesthetical master pieces.

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ART OF ...........

ART OF LIGHTING YOUR HOME

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that”

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We all know it very well that lighting in the house gives it a lively and vibrant look, but here it is important to mention that lighting should be in accordance with the room décor and mood. Lights should be complimenting your room setting and must be in accordance with the theme of your entire home.

Needless to mention that good lighting assures a warm, inviting and functional atmosphere in your home. Hence selection of proper lighting is the key element in interior design as it enhances everything in a room – from the furniture, flooring, fittings to the finishes and textures. You should have a settle blend of dim and glowing lights in your room.

All interior designer and home decorators knew that lighting is an important aspect of interior design as it enhances the aesthetic appeal and creates the mood and ambiance of a living space. Lighting fixtures that illuminate a room creates a safe and comfortable environment besides adding style to the interior décor. However one must have dim light romantic corners in their home too to give a cozy feel and romantic aura.

If you are living in apartments then the building owners and managers have the potential to add value, reduce costs and enhance performance through the application of good lighting. It’s no secret that people are attracted to well-lighted public facilities, commercial shopping districts and parks as it gives safe and secure feelings.

Lighting design is an art as well as a science. Science part of it highlight, the amounts of illumination needed and certain aspects of the quality of light have been quantified. Where as an art part of is attached to the fact that light is an experience of the SENSES. It is not an INTELLECTUAL experience. Thus playing with your sensory stimuli will surely lead to an artistic creation.

We all know that lighting in a space is a positive force that can motivate people to be active, relaxed, productive, lively, depressed, fearful or overactive. It should make people important. It should create atmosphere pleasing to the occupants whether in an office, store, showroom or home. Comfort and convenience is what everyone is seeking in his/her environment and surroundings.

Needless to mention that lighting should provide visibility, character and mood as well as relate harmoniously to the space in which it is used. The complex and temporal nature of lighting is one of the least understood of its many variables.

Because of this complexity, lighting design can be one of the most creative areas of all of architecture which need our greatest attention at the time of constructing our house or at the time of setting the interior décor.

Here I will highlight few major areas that lighting will affect in our architectural designs.

Ø  Light should be considered as much a “building material” as steel or concrete.

Ø  Although such structural components are needed to enclose a space, it has no real existence for an individual until it is seen and it registers in his consciousness.

Ø  Light defines space;

Ø  Light surely reveals texture.

Ø  It helps in showing form.

Ø  Considered as a great indicator of scales.

Ø  It separates functions.

Ø  Helps in creating mood.

An architectural designer uses good lighting to make a building look and work the way it is intended at all hours of day and night. As lighting is dynamic. Change the lighting and the world around us changes. It can make or break a space both functionally and aesthetically.

There are three basic types of lighting that work together to light your home: General, Task and Accent. A good lighting plan combines all three types to light an area, according to function and style. General Lighting provides an area with overall illumination.

General Lighting provides an area with overall illumination. Also known as ambient lighting, general lighting radiates a comfortable level of brightness, enabling one to see and walk about safely. It can be accomplished with chandeliers, ceiling or wall-mounted fixtures, recessed or track lights, and with lanterns outside your home. A basic form of lighting that replaces sunlight, general lighting is fundamental to a lighting plan.

Task lighting helps you perform specific tasks such as reading, sewing, cooking, homework, hobbies, games, or balancing your checkbook. It can be provided by under cabinet, tape and track lighting, pendant lighting, and portable lamps. Task lighting should be free of distracting glare and shadows and should be bright enough to prevent eyestrain.

Accent Lighting adds drama to a room by creating visual interest. As part of a decorating scheme, it is used to spotlight paintings, houseplants, sculpture, and other prized possessions, or to highlight the texture of a wall, drapery or outdoor landscaping. Accent lighting requires at least three times as much light on the focal point as the general lighting around it. This usually is provided by track, under cabinet, tape, or wall-mounted fixtures.

Following are the various types of Light Fixtures that are commonly used in our homes:

·         Recessed Lighting.

·         Under-Cabinet Lighting.

·         Floor Lamps.

·         Table Lamp.

·         Desk Lamp.

·         Chandelier.

·         Home Jewelry

·         Wall Sconces.

·         Ceiling Lights.

·         Mid-Century Mobile

·         Track Lighting

·         Pendant Lighting

·         Going Global

·         Cove Lighting

·         Soffit Lighting

·         Something Old, Something New

·         Line of Light

In the last I would like to highlight few tips by which you can have more light in your home, it can be done by:

a.       Bring more mirrors in. Mirrors reflect light, so the more mirrors you have in a room, the more light will bounce from wall to wall!

b.      Color with light shades

c.       Rearrange and move furniture to create space.

d.      Get away with the heavy fabric curtains.

e.      Change the door.

f.        Select the right shades.

g.       Last but not the least add a skylight.

I believe that after going through this blog most of you must have realized the importance of light and lighting in your home and how to make the best use of your lighting fitting and fixtures. Do share your comments about this and other blogs on my blog page, as it will help me in enhancing my the quality of my blogs and will also come to know as what you like to read.

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Romantic Getaway!!!

romantic getaway!!

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It’s something about winters that I end up writing about romance and love, more than my usual fairy tale , filmy thoughts…Anyways Romance is not always about  copulation, it’s about having a wonderful time with your especial someone and be happy together creating wonderful memories of smiles and laughs or just being together!

I was thinking what people can do to create a warm wonderful environment to make their especial someone happy, little small gestures to induce romance and that extra pinch of effort, of making someone be reassured of being loved and cherished! This can be done by both men and women, but I guess efforts from the guys side will seriously be more extraordinary considering men don’t emote that well when it comes to feelings.

It’s hard to feel romantic when you can’t find a space to sit down for all the clutter left lying around. Have a good clean up before your romantic date. This applies to our own self as well. Tidy yourself up nicely, dress up and smell nice of course! Subdued lighting always helps to create a romantic atmosphere, but not too dark or you won’t be able to see what you are eating or even find your date. Candles will give you the soft glow that will create the perfect atmosphere, mixed with lamp lights, keep it soft and simple.

Our sense of smell is stronger, than you think, and it can really impact on a mood. You can fragrance the moment with scented candles( CANDLES ARE SUCH A WONDERFUL AIDE , THEY CAN CREATE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING AS WELL AS SCENTED ONCE GIVE OUT A WONDERFUL FRAGRANCE IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT BEAUTIFULLY) or a plug-in air freshener, OR add a diffuser, be it electric or reed one . Flowers are the most romantic gesture. They are the most cherished gift and can brighten up any kind of soar mood. Flowers can brighten up any room and guys can appreciate them too. Remember that a few, well placed flowers will look much better, than a whole flower shop.

Music too creates the ambiance that you need for romance, so chose your music wisely. Soft melodious tunes are the best. Get the volume right, so the music doesn’t get in the way of the conversation, and don’t necessarily go for popular songs or you could end up paying more attention to the music, than to each other.  Another important point to remember is always ‘’Turn off the phone and avoid distractions’’, An ill-timed telephone call will instantly ruin the moment, so switch all your phones to silent and keep them face down. Give importance to get importance. Food is important, make sure that it’s easy eating items and the other person’s favorite, and served nicely Make sure that everything is prepared in advance, so you don’t spend half the time in the kitchen. Also, make an effort at crockery and color co-ordinate the arrangements where you can. The extra effort will be appreciated.

With all this ambiance set , and efforts made , remember one thing that the main aim of all this is to bring spark and happiness to the relationship and make your beloved happy and feel especial , I am sure it will bring out the best in both of you and rekindle the romance in the relationship , one more tip, nicely wrapped gifts can make someone jump over the moon!  😊 Hope you try this for your someone special and have fun! Do let us know if you like the ideas and the results of course! Best of luck for your romantic time out!

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