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Beautifying Your guest room By Accenting It With A traditional Decorating Scheme |
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No matter how bad your decorating skills are, you can end up with a traditional theme in your guest room with a few changes such as painting and coordinating your bedding and pillows to give your room a little bit of tradition. Some of the accessories in the room you might change include the wall paint, the lighting, accessories, and the floors in conjunction with your bed and bureaus. Lighting is a must in any room and the guest room is no exception. To augment your traditional look, you need to consider the style of fixtures together with the type. Many guest rooms can work with nightstand lamps in addition to an overhead light. While you are incorporating a traditional style, take a look at a brass hanging light or chandelier with brass or glass table lamps but Remember to steer clear of anything that is too modern or artsy. Your flooring must balance your overall decor, but if it costs too much for new floors for your guest room then work with your floors by covering them with area rugs that have a traditional decor. If new floors are in your budget, try hardwood floors or plush wall to wall carpet. A major component when decorating your guest room with a traditional theme is your wall coverings. For this design theme the the colors can make or break the look - you should consider adding creams and whites and blues and pale yellows either as paint or wallpaper. Try using a wallpaper in traditional patterns on the walls, or apply paint with a stencil border. You don't have to get too fancy or spend a lot of money and if you are afraid of too much color, just paint the walls a neutral color and and put the color into your flooring and accents. Decorative accessories are vital to pulling your traditional theme together. You can even totally alter the appearance of your room just by changing the accessories! Concentrate on picking bedding, pillows and artwork, in that match your traditional design style. You'll be surprised at how simple and cheap it is, and what a large difference these changes make! You should to add in lots of porcelain and bronzes in conjunction with antiques and you could even try some new pieces with a traditional look to really spruce up your guest room. Extra items such as sterling or crystal vases with flowers can help give the room a picture perfect decorative look. Window treatments can make or break your traditional decorating style. To see a fabulous look in your guest room try installing silk drapes or decorative valance and drape set. There are A lot of window treatments that you can match up to this decor, particularly if you coordinate them with other elements in the room, but you probably want to avoid modernistic window coverings. It's not crucial that you coordinate your bed, bureaus, and side table but the guest room should maintain lots of mahogany and upholstered furniture. To really compliment the traditional style, bring in furnishings with an inlaid pattern. One area that is often ignored when decorating your room is the wall space. Even the ugliest walls can be made to look good with great accessories and wall art. Try adding antique oil paintings in gilded frames or even antique platters or plates hung in decorative hangers to your guest room walls to really bring out the style of your traditional decor. Attaining a nice traditional look in your guest room can be as basic as changing out a few accessories or as involved as replacing everything. Either way, working on the details and matching your furniture and decorative accessories will help you pull off a successful new traditional look that you will be proud to claim you accomplished all by yourself! |
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