While I love to decorate and find that it comes pretty naturally, I have many friends who find decorating and figuring out what to do as fun as doing your taxes while listening to NPR.
To those of you decoration-ally challenged or to anyone who saw a room you just LOVE, you can put a room together better than you think with one easy step.
What is the secret? What is the step?
FOLLOW THEIR FORMULA.
Most people see a room and think, “I love it!” so I’m going to use those colors or buy that one rug or picture they have. But, how can you get a whole room that is more tied in together? Whether you know it or not, you love that perfect home picture or perfect decor pin for more than just that print or wall color. What you love and what you really want is how it ALL ties together and how they did that is the “formula”. It’s easier than you think!!
It goes a little something like this….check this, y’all. Look at this picture here. Let’s pretend I love this room from Young House Love, but no pretending necessary because I totally do! It’s a very simple room so a great example to start with.
The Formula:
Rug in a bold and LARGE print (Try Overstock for the best prices, free shipping and a gabillion choices to search by. You can find a similar rug to what you are looking for there, I’m sure!)
Nuetral Walls
Bring the color of the curtain rods into the legs of the furniture piece. Also note, they are both metal.
Use a chair in a SMALL, not large print. (Tip: If you use a large print focal point, you want to use smaller prints in other spots. A room can’t be all large or all small busy prints, but a balance adds interest.)
Pull a solid color from the chair for the curtains.
Add greenery as decor and use a natural wood to add texture like they did in the table top.
Large metal pendant fixture, nuetral, but ties in with your rods and furniture legs.
If you can, paint your ceilings and make that color choice, your accent color.
Pull accent color down into the table and or wall decor.
If you cannot paint your ceilings and you are mimicking a room, use a large piece of art and pull a main accent from that piece.
The overall formula: a few bold pieces and a simple 4 toned color scheme (including the white walls as part of that scheme) with simple decor. Clean, non busy, airy, with pops of color.
You can do this with any room or pin you see! How and where did they use a pattern? What is the main color they use and what are the accent colors? How often and where did they use those accent colors? I’m basically telling you, don’t copy a room, copy it’s blueprint! You can look like a better decorator than you are! You might just surprise yourself…and your walls….and your friends….and your family….and your eyeballs.
Send me a picture of a look you want to achieve by attaching a picture in the comments or sending me an email herpartypants@gmail.com and I’ll break the code for you!