Making Your New Home Your Own
Moving to a new home is an exciting event. A new space to decorate can be fun and exhilarating and at times challenging. Finding a new home or apartment is a task that might come easily or might be a process that takes months to complete. Once you have found your new living space and are able to move in you may feel a relief to be in your new space. After the relief wears off, you will most likely desire to make the space ‘yours’.
You will move all of your furniture in and your photographs will be hung on the walls. You may find that the new location goes perfectly with the colors you already have, or you may need to paint or refloor to get the home decorating feel that you want. One easy way to make your house decorating come together is with the use of area rugs. Utilizing large rugs in large areas or runners in hallways can help to solidify your home decorating. Rugs come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Rugs can define an area, add color to bland floors, or even tone down overly dramatic flooring.
Keeping in mind the size constraints or lack thereof in the room you wish to decorate will help you to determine what size rug to purchase. If you have an overly large room, make sure that the rug you use coincides with that. You wouldn’t want to place a diminutive rug in a massive room. It will end up looking out of place. Likewise, utilizing an overly large rug in a small room can make the rug seem more like wall to wall carpet than an actual rug. It is important to keep in mind the space issues you will be working with.
Another thing to keep in mind when decorating with area rugs is the furniture that will be in a room. If you will be placing furniture on top of the rug it will visually bring the space closer together. Placing furniture around the edges of a rug will make a room seem larger. Both of these decorating techniques are viable and can lead to attractive rooms. Both are very different than each other and could be used simultaneously in different areas of your home. If you are trying to create an intimate setting ringing furniture around your area rug will visually close the space and promote a more intimate gathering place.
Area rugs are visually appealing in many different places in your home and can be used in any room or space in your home. Moving into a new space is an adventure and a chance to create and decorate a new space to live in. Using rugs to help decorate and enhance your living space is a smart and attractive option. Making your new space into a space that reflects your decorating style and your tastes can be a fun and exciting process that can reflects your personality.