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Enlarge the Room – Decoration Ideas

The high price of housing has made it increasingly smaller the size of the flats. Small rooms in which hardly have space to decorate or almost to live. But we want to give you a few tips and tricks to increase the size of a room, even visually. With these small gestures are going to show then you can enlarge these tiny bedrooms and offer a little more scope and visual beauty.

There are different techniques that allow us to create an illusion of more spacious room, a semblance of a size greater than it actually has. These techniques are simple and accessible to all. Revolve around the following elements: walls, furniture, lighting, colors and textures and materials and accessories.

There are different techniques depending on the size of the room that want to expand visually. Some are useful in very small room, while others are more rooms in a larger size of a medium size. In these two types we have grouped sizes, and so we are going to show you.

And we’ll start with the measures for very small rooms. The first thing we look at is the color of the walls. We choose a very light color for the walls, even white. The ceiling should be white. It also uses a light color for the frame and door moldings and windows. Choose shades of the same color as the wall color or very similar. So they will blend with the decor. Also, you should choose a curtain that let you spend as much light as possible.

We exploit and maximize all that natural light entered the room through the window. If the room has no natural light and we have to use artificial light sources, using a uniform light source, avoiding the light and shadow. The living room furniture should be light and no frills. Remember that furniture on feet, feet visible, give an impression more air and provide a greater sense of space.

If your room is of average size, not too small, it allows you more flexibility in decorating. It gives us more options. For example, when choosing the color of the paint on the walls, you have a wider range of colors, not only very light colors or white. You should certainly choose. While there will always be pale colors or pastel type cameo. You can also choose the option of placing wallpaper. In that case, you can choose light-colored or with small motifs.

The ceiling should remain white, as happened in the smaller rooms. For the curtains, however, may have colors identical to those on the walls, or a little more obscured, but following the same tones of the wall. You can also choose a color the same as the reasons for the wallpaper.

In a general way, be aware that there are some materials that favor more than others the sense of space: the pale wood of beech or pine, metal, mirrors, satin fabrics, glass … You can opt for this type of material When buying new objects for interior decoration.

How to decorate the bedroom of a teenager

The basic furniture for the bedroom, are bed bedside table where to place the lamp and keep the closet where clothes and accessories.

You have a space to put a desk for the study area that also has enough space for the computer.

The bed is the main element of the room you place it in a way that allows you enough space for other functions do not forget that you’re decorating a teenager’s bedroom.

The beds are many varieties, with or without support, box springs and mattresses with different designs styles, sizes and materials.

The back of the bed is very important you should keep the same line of decoration and to keep pace with paint and curtains.

According to the space you have in the room of the distribution of cabinet doors, windows and give him flight to your imagination to decorate the bedroom, while taking into account the needs and tastes of your child.

In a room of 25 or 30 square meters can create different areas, rest, study, work, recreation and reading.

Define each area by function placing furniture so that they define the spaces.

If you choose a decorating theme, according to the tastes of your child’s bedroom gun with items having to do with your preference if you like football for example motorcycling and windsurfing area intended to place the table and decoration in this case will to do with the ocean.

It is essential that you use good materials to heavy use especially because do not forget: are adolescents.

Choosing Outdoor Furniture

We tend to always focus on the decoration inside the house, but with the arrival of spring is time to start arranging the outdoor spaces to enjoy the beautiful weather outdoors.

Gardens, patios, swimming pools are areas that allow us to spend time relaxing and distension, in contact with nature. So this is a good time, besides putting in place the gardens, plants, flowers also renews the furniture.

There are a variety of proposals for garden furniture or pool, of which the most important are couches, chairs, comfortable and spacious to sit back and relax, sunbathe, tables that allow us to have everything you need to enjoy the time and to eat, drink tea or afternoon tea.

Among the preferred materials for outdoor furniture, wood continues to have a place of privilege, but also the rattan is a very interesting and warm, other options are aluminum furniture. In either case, when we choose outdoor furniture repair especially in his capacity as these will be exposed to the elements, perhaps in many cases indoors, but still be exposed to sunlight, changes temperatures, water and therefore must be resistant material and properly treated.

In terms of design, supply of outdoor furniture is very diverse we can find all kinds of designs, from simple and elegant to some more sophisticated and elaborate, but it is clear that tastes and also the availability of space.

Decorate in Black and White

Decorate in Black and WhiteWhite and black are two opposite colors, but they convey a harmony of elegance, simplicity and sophistication. Both colors combined to achieve a sense of harmony due to the clarity, light and white brings peace of mind and seriousness of the dark and black. With them you can achieve a very balanced space.

We use the two colors mixed with gray and silver, as they combine very smoothly, besides the silver is in full today. If you also want to give it a more modern and cheerful to our house, we may use other colors decorative items, combining the basics with red, pistachio green or fuchsia.

One option if we focus in the classroom to the combination of these colors is to paint the walls of both tones, for example, we can paint some white areas and other black walls, in the latter case focusing on smaller spaces. This technique will use primarily to avoid creating a boring environment.

The living room decorated in black and white

We will use the white sofa, which will give plenty of light into the room. Furniture black, white or even a red table (if ultimately we chose this color for the space is more cheerful). If you decorate the couch cushions, they should be black, red and white. The color of the lamps and centerpieces is red, so we create a harmony of colors in space.

To give a more modern you can paint on a wall with an oriental flower, or some detail of the opposite color to the base. The white curtains are very appropriate to let the light and give the rooms more spacious feel. We may also give hints of red or black curtains, so they are not boring.

The white doors make the rooms more spacious places, large and bright. And the silver knobs, brass knobs and leaving for other areas in which better combine. The pictures are an important decorative element to consider. They must be consistent with other ornaments of space, such as the white box and black and red frame, or vice versa.

Indoor Marine Style

Indoor Marine Style Indoor Marine StyleThe marine world, often become a leading player in fashion design, we can adapt it to the interior decoration and shape with small details the characteristics of this style in every room of the home. This trend is appropriate for decorative houses and apartments in coastal areas, so it usually reserves for summer homes. This is not to recreate a true catamaran, but to achieve harmony with nautical touches.

This style based on the combination of blue and white colors in all shades, from blue sky to the sea and from the purest white to creamy white, light search and quiet. To achieve the perfect harmony are necessary furniture light wood, maple or birch and must flee the recharging preventing the most functional furniture is white or blue.

As with any trend, it’s the little details that really shape the environment. It is not about putting fish and networks everywhere, but knowing adapting the various decorative elements. Plants, like in any other style, are a key element, can be planted in terracotta pots and aluminum matte blue and nautical motifs. We can also decorate corners, tables and shelves with vases and glass jars filled with beach stones and small baskets full of shells.

Textiles do not charge an excessive role in this style, however it should be noted that the best option is a combination of cotton and linen textiles in white with light to multiply the household, also must take precedence over the smooth tones of the prints and forget the predictable blue and white striped curtains and sofas.

Lamps, as always, are critical to creating ambiance. If the room is large, it is advisable to place a series of spotlights on the roof, and use some other point of light in the room, such as a lamp can serve to illuminate some corner, next to that place a small reading corner.

Avoid decorating with nautical motifs predictable as rudders, lifeguards or tables of knots sailors. Instead you can place a slide or photograph marine nautical themes. We leave the details as sailors for household crockery, glassware, linens, rugs … thus the comfort of home will you print the real character of this decoration in the home.

Finally we must point out the main ideas of this style trend, as they are placed in the living room a fishbowl with goldfish design or make reforms to achieve large windows for light to penetrate the home. The relaxation be breathed in every corner of the house and simplicity should prevail over any kind of recharging.