Is your new home looking a bit plain and far less impressive or inviting than the model homes decorated by your builder? Are you, like many people, afraid that your new house might just never look quite as good as you'd hoped it would when you bought it?
Here's how you can get your home looking every bit as good as those model homes or the houses in magazines. Start with with one specific room in the model home or in a magazine that you absolutely love. Let's call this your dream room.
If possible, head on over to the model home to feel and study the space or the room you will get the best results. Inquire whether you are allowed to snap pictures in the model homes as well. This will help when you get home and when you shop. Take a tape measure and a spiral notebook with you to make notes and draw sketches. I like the ones with plastic tabs and pockets inside.
Ask yourself what exactly you like about the room. Are all the walls the same color and the ceiling too? Figure out which colors have been chosen for the room? Write this down. Maybe the room has a chair rail or crown moulding or a disctinctive wall covering of some type? What is on the floor? Is there tile, wood, carpet, area rugs? What texture and color and what type of pattern does it have? Is the area rug braided or a Persian rug or a contemporary design diagonally placed partly under one of the chairs and sofa?
What style is the furniture? Is it all a matching set? Do all the woods match? Perhaps the couch and chairs are of the same style, but the chairs have a patterned upholstery and the couch is a solid or striped fabric. If the room is a kitchen, are there breakfast bar stools ? Maybe there are some type of leather bar stools of trendy pistol-style stools. If so, note the style of the kitchen stools , taking pictures if necessary. Make sure to write everything down.
Consider how the furniture is arranged. Draw yourself a floor plan so you don’t forget when you get home. When you head back home, you should have a list of ideas of how you can improve your own room.
Begin with the small touches. Maybe rearrange your furniture to see how it changes your room's look and feel. Work your way up to painting and window treatments. Finally, if you have the cash, splurge on an item like new, trendy leather bar stools or a love seat. Be patient. Work on it little by little. If you take these steps, in time you will have your a dream room to call your own.
Tips to Plan your Dream Room: Make Your House Look Like a Model Home
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