Ultimate Home & Garden Guide by Roger Keyserling (reading eggs books txt) 📕

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Everybody gets the urge now and then to totally revamp their living space.

The trick to successfully updating your home without spending a fortune is thinking outside the box. For instance, painting molding or cabinets in lacquer. This will absolutely add an instant dose of glamour to your home, and sometimes just changing your light bulbs can make a lot of difference.

Don’t forget the lights are very important in how your decorating works. To set the right mood, add dimmers on all of your lights. Bright isn’t always right.

While the process of decorating your home is thrilling, it also comes with its fair share of challenges.

Regardless of the type of space, you're decorating, there's nothing more important than paying attention to details. Good decorating should express your creativity and personality in style.

Plan Before You Begin To Purchase

While proper planning is essential for any home improvement project, its necessity increases much more when you’re working on a tight budget. After all, no one wants to find themselves in a situation where they’ve found the perfect living room set only to discover that they don’t have enough money in their account. Another situation could be that the non-refundable kitchen counter they’ve ordered online won’t fit into space. Doing a little research beforehand will drastically cut down on the likelihood of encountering an unpleasant surprise along the way.

Looking at your home from a holistic perspective. Try seeing how each room works in the balance against the others. This can help craft a variety in your decor spaces.

Stick to colors like beige or gray, especially on the first floor, where the flow is important. "You want to minimize jarring transitions. Neutral walls give you the greatest decorating flexibility, allowing you to easily switch up your accessories. And if you have two small rooms next to each other, painting them the same neutral color helps them feel larger.

Wallpaper the back of shelves

Paper the back of a cabinet or bookshelf in wallpaper or even faux-snakeskin for an unexpected decor surprise.

You might already be familiar with the rule of thirds for photography and this also works for decor. Designing with odd numbers as a foundation can create harmony and visual interest.

The basic idea of the rule is that details and objects that are arranged or grouped in odd numbers are more appealing, memorable, and effective than even-numbered pairings.

It helps to have groupings of objects in varying heights, shapes and textures. At the same time, there should be something similar to them. This advice seems to contradict itself, but the point is, there should be something that groups your items together, but also something about each of them that is slightly different.

Solve practical problems inexpensively. 
If your kitchen cabinets are drab, for instance, freshen them with paint and change out the hardware. And don't bother installing overly decorative (and very expensive) cabinet hardware on cheaply fabricated woodwork. It will look out of place and the money can be put to better use elsewhere. In the bathroom, something as simple as replacing the lighting can immediately improve the room's appearance.

Paint lampshades for a new fresh look

Buy an inexpensive paper shade and paint it red, which will add a romantic and flattering touch to any room.

Make sure your own personal style shows through, which most likely isn't bland, brown and boring.

Top priority should be proportion, scale, and balance of your furniture and accessories within each room. Don't shove five pieces of oversized lounge furniture into a 15x5 den that has a modest 8-foot ceiling. It will look like a clown car. Conversely, putting only a low buffet and a delicate, round dining table for four into a 20x30 room with a soaring 12-foot ceiling will look equally awkward and unsatisfying.

Every room can benefit from accessories that have a history. Rather than showcasing your collectibles on a shelf, set them out on a table

Mirrors

Mirrors are great for making a small space feel larger. For larger rooms or a room with less natural light, placing mirrors directly across from the windows adds instant brightness. Decorative mirrors can also be used in lieu of art to fill empty wall space. Large or small, mirrors add light and dimension to your living space. Brighten and amplify the light in a room with mirrors on walls opposing light sources. I love mirrors because they double the visual square footage of any room. Hang a series of three or four mirrors opposite a window to reflect the incoming light as well as the view.

When it comes to hanging curtains or arranging furniture, most of us just eyeball it as we go. But there are specific measurements for decorating that make a room look better. Here are a few general measurements to keep in mind:

Coffee table distance: Keep at least 15" between coffee tables and sofas. do this leaving about 18" between them. Hanging art: When hanging art, keep its center at eye level, which is generally 56" to 60" from the floor. If you're hanging multiple pieces of art, keep the center point of the whole arrangement at this level. When hanging art above your sofa, make sure it's no more than 2/3 the width of the sofa. You'll also want to leave 5-9" of space between the art and the furniture, Driven By Decor adds. Hanging curtains: It's typical to have 1-3" of overlap on either side of your window. For height, they say you should mount curtain rods 4" from the top of the window. But maybe you want your windows to look wider or taller. To create the illusion of height, you can go beyond the 4" standard, but don't exceed 8", or it'll look awkward. To create the illusion of width, feel free to break the 1-3" standard, too. You might want to go as far as 12" on either side. Tv distance: How far your TV should be on your sofa will depend on its size. The easiest rule of thumb: multiply the diagonal size of your TV by two. That's about how many inches your tv should be from your seating area.

Create do-it-yourself slipcovers to transform your living room

An interesting DIY decorating tip: Drop cloths make great DIY slipcovers. They look like old homespun linen but cost a fraction of the price.

Here are some ideas to repurpose items you already have at home.

Place wooden, acrylic, metal or silver trays on top of carts, trunks, and bedside tables Arrange candles with greenery on countertops and coffee tables Hang your favorite plates to create custom wall art. Frame art from children’s books for nurseries and children’s rooms Stack your most beloved books to add a vertical design element

Layering patterns in a range of styles and scales is an easy way to add visual interest to a room.

Start an indoor garden

Pot plants in an assortment of vintage ceramics and line them up on a windowsill.

Don’t underestimate the power of flowers. Perk up any room with a bouquet

Pillows are your friend

Revamp your sofa without spending a fortune changing up your accent pillows.

If you tend to be more reserved when it comes to color choices, step outside of your comfort zone by choosing a bold hue or a tone you really like.

Floor-to-ceiling shelving never fails to add character to a room.

One of the first considerations is choosing a focal point for the living room and especially where you want to create conversation areas. Your selection and arrangement of living room furniture should keep this element in mind. Only then can you move to the details of planning lighting, then choosing area rugs, art and accessories.

Children's Rooms

For decorating kids' rooms, it's still common practice to use themes traditionally assigned to boys and girls, although today's parents are increasingly sensitive to making kids' bedrooms more gender-neutral.

A nursery for an infant has its own decorating needs, especially where young families where budget may be a consideration.

Create a place for those special family photos

Instead of framing all of your family photos, try snapshots in a bowl on a table where everyone can sift through them. Trade old images with new ones every so often.

Scent matters.

Spend a little on a great scented candle. This isn’t where you can go cheap, the scent is everything. Done right, they make a room feel warm and inviting.

The kitchen can be an expensive room to remodel, so you'll want to carefully plan your project. If a complete remodel is not affordable or practical, there are any number of budget kitchen makeovers you can consider—including giving your kitchen deep cleaning, freshening the paint, adding lighting, replacing cabinet hardware, adding new accessories, and replacing the sink and faucet.

You may well have a general decorating style chosen for your entire home, but within the overall style, each room has its own purpose and style. How the room is used, and by whom, should be considered as you arrange each room and choose materials, accessories, and accents.

Consider the needs of each individual room, and research related articles pertaining to those spaces.

Homes decor should reflect your personal taste and interests, but it must also address the particular function of those rooms.

Home Offices

You will have different needs if you will be seeing clients in your home office and using the space for professional reasons. But even if it is just a place for you to conduct family business, there are specific tips for planning and decorating a home office. Where budget is a consideration, seek out money-saving options.

 

Stuck At Home Helpful Tips

With so much time on your hands, staying at HOME can be quite boring. A few hours could feel like days, and at some point, it could feel like torture, especially if you live alone.

Being at home either for long summer vacations or for two, three days is in itself a great pleasure. For the first few days, you would like to sit idle but gradually you are likely to feel bored of idealism, so to get rid of the same, you need some productive things to do at home.

The good news is, this doesn’t have to be the case. With these easy and entertaining activities,

I'm sending you hugs and hope you are doing well! Lately, with everything that is happening in the world, I am having a hard time concentrating. I am trying to stay active and productive, even though it's difficult. Today, I am sharing some ideas with you, in case you are looking for some creative things to do while you are stuck at home. I've been doing most of these at home, and I especially love origami. It helps me stay focused. Hope it inspires you!

TIPS, you can bring the fun right at your doorsteps.
 
1. Learn a new recipe
Everybody loves food! What better way for you to spend your time than learning to cook a new dish or try out something fancy from the internet. The options are limited! If you intend