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Your guest room is an area set aside for making guests feel welcome and you can enhance that by decorating it with a simple and uncluttered plantation decor.
Whether you have an interior designer or not you can bring in a plantation look in your guest room by making a few alterations such as stencilling and Putting together your bedding and pillows to bring some tropics to the room. Some of the aspects of the room you will want to change include lighting fixtures, floors, wall paper and decorative items and your bed and bureaus.
A vital component when decorating your guest room with a plantation style is what you put on the walls. For this decorating style the the colors can make or break the look - consider employing earthtones and medium yellow and cream as a paint color. Try using a paint in a solid color on the walls, or go with a tropical wall paper border. It doesn't need to cost a lot and if you are afraid of too much color, simply paint the walls a neutral shade and let the accents in the room do the decorating.
What's on your floor can add to the decorating style, but if it's too much work to put new floors in your guest room then just use area rugs with a plantation style. If you are lucky enough to be able to afford new floors, go with wood or tile.
How you dress your windows can affect your plantation look. For a great design in your guest room go with working with wooden plantation shutters or sheer drapes with a plain design. There are lots of treatments that can be paired with this style, especially if you match fabrics to your window treatments, but you probably want to avoid heavy dark drapery.
It's not critical to buy coordinating bed, bureaus, and side table but the guest room should have lots of solid and rustic pieces. To really pick up on the plantation theme, go for furnishings that have a dark stain.
Lighting is vital in most rooms and the guest room is no exception. To match your plantation theme, you need to keep in mind the style of light fixtures along with the type. Most guest rooms can work with nightstand lamps in addition to an overhead light. When you will be going for a plantation interior design, try using palm frond ceiling fans with tropical theme lamps but Always stay away from anything that is too modern or contemporary.
Decorative accessories are crucial to pulling your plantation look together. Even if you can't do anything else - you can get a new look with different decorative items! Concentrate on buying bedding, pillows and artwork, in patterns and colors complimentary to your plantation theme. You'll be surprised at how basic changes can make a huge difference. Be sure to include loads of wooden bowls as well as wooden boxes and you can even try some interesting knick knacks to really give a great look to your guest room. Extra touches such as lots of plants can make your room look like it came from a magazine.
One big aspect that is frequently overlooked when redecorating your room are your walls. Any wall can look terrific with great wall decor. Try applying prints of palm trees to your guest room walls to really show off the tropical feel of your plantation design style.
Designing a decorative plantation look in your guest room can be as minor as just buying new decorative accessories or as involved as replacing everything. Either way, attention to the fine details and making sure you match your decorative items and furniture will help you pull off a magnificent new plantation theme that you'll have fun showing off to your friends!
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