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Did you know that choosing the right home is just the beginning of your journey? The hard work begins once you’ve moved everything in because now you need to think about how you’re going to decorate everything. For many, this is the hardest job there is. You need your decor to represent you and create an atmosphere within the home. This can be harder than you think, but one way you can succeed is by mixing and matching.
Lead With Statement Pieces
Every home should include statement pieces as this makes it easier to build the rest of your decor around. Most of the time, homeowners start with their living room, as it’s the primary spot for socializing and entertaining.
From here, you can build out the rest of the home. You can take inspiration from your statement pieces and use similar designs in other parts of the house, whether ornaments, artwork, or furniture. Your statement pieces immediately give your home the personality it needs and make it easier for guests to recognize who you are.
Don’t Be Afraid to Repeat Yourself
While it might seem lazy to repeat yourself with colors or pieces, it can create the consistency that’s vital for ensuring your home feels right. You don’t want to fill every room with the same things as this gets boring and lacks inspiration. But, like any good story or joke, references to past decor can improve the experience.
Repetition is ideal if you have many rooms throughout the home that may share the same purpose, such as places for kids to play or for you to work. Similar color schemes help encourage the same feeling, making it easier to establish what these rooms are used for.
Establish a Room’s Mood
Every room should have a mood, whether it’s productive and efficient, breezy and relaxed, or creative and inspired. You can establish this mood through the color and its features. If you love to cook (and take your hobby seriously), custom kitchen cabinets can promote a more effective environment when preparing food.
As for other parts of the house, you can contrast with the previous decor by throwing curveballs. Some people expect home offices to be dull, but that’s because they associate them with the workplace. If you prefer to lean into positivity, bright colors and funky furniture completely strips away negative ideas.
Remember to Scale
Sometimes, a room feels off, but you can’t work out why. The reason is usually because of the scale, and if you’ve not considered the height of furniture or the amount of space you have to fill, you’ll struggle to realize the vision you had for the room.
Proper scaling gives you the chance to maintain the atmosphere of any room in your home. You can keep low furniture together to make the home seem bigger, or you can pair tall and short pieces to keep people on their toes.
Mixed and Matched
You may feel that mixing and matching furniture creates a sense of disorder within your home, but that isn’t the case. If you want your home to show off personality and intrigue, don’t be afraid to get creative and find items that bring as many moods as possible into your home.