If you are looking to decorate your home, the first step that you can take is to start with your front door. Set your tone with that particular door itself. You can always have your front door painted in a color that is glossy and fun. You can be sure that this would create a positive impression on the minds of people who visit your home. Experts say that in some cultures red is a really lucky color. If it applies to you, then you can merrily go for such a color as well. In fact, in the good old days in the United States of America, a red door was a sign of welcome.
Keeping wall colors neutral and light
There is a certain scheme to be followed in this particular case. For example, on the first floor, you can use colors such as grey and beige. Flow is always an important factor when it comes to the first floor. Experts say that you should always restrict disturbing transitions to the least possible extent as far as this particular floor is concerned. When you have walls in neutral colors it gives you the maximum possible flexibility with regards to decoration.
Making sure that your chairs and sofa interact with each other
Whenever you think of a hotel lobby that you like what is it that comes to your mind? The furniture in those spaces is placed in such a way that they foster conversation; they encourage people to interact with each other. This is why when you are placing the furniture in your living room you should aim for the same kind of intimacy and balance. Experts say that there are various ways in which this can be done. You can have a U shaped conversation area where you have a coffee table between a couple of chairs and a sofa.
Letting sunshine in
Experts say that if your curtains are outdated and heavy, it would be better if you go for a naked look rather than an uncouth one. In an ideal world, your window dressings should combine elegance and functionality at the same time. As an example, you can combine panels in full length with sheers. If your room gets plenty of sunshine, you should always go for lighter colors that would not fade that easily. If you are looking for fabrics that are light you can always go for options such as cotton, silk, and linen.
Having a minimum of a mirror in each room
Experts say that mirrors can make a space feel a lot brighter because they are capable of bouncing around the light in a room. However, you also need to take care that you do not hang one in the wrong spot as that would be worse than not having one at all. You should always place them on walls that happen to be perpendicular to the windows in that specific room. They should never be placed bang opposite the windows.
Scaling artwork to the wall
Experts say that when you are using artwork to decorate your walls, you need to make sure that you get the size right and you place them where they should ideally be placed as well. You should always make sure that the middle of a picture should be hanging at your eye level. Scale is also pretty important in this context. If the wall is a big one, your artwork should be large as well. In fact, having a normally oversized image could work just right in this case. Else, you may also place several smaller images together like a gallery.
Layering the lighting
Each room in your home should have three kinds of lighting – ambient, task, and accent. The ambient lighting is one that would provide the overall illumination. More often than not you would get this light from fixtures placed on your ceiling. The task is the kind of lighting that you would find over places such as a reading area at your home or the kitchen island for that matter. Accent lighting is the decorative kind of lighting. It could come from an artwork as well. For your living room, you should have 3 watts for each square foot.
Placing rugs under furniture
There are certain basic rules when it comes to the area rugs. In your living room, all the legs of your sofas and chairs in a group of furniture should fit on the same. Experts say that it is the rug that should define the sitting area. They say that at the minimum, the front couple of legs of the chairs and sofas should fit in the same.
Apart from this, you can also seek professional help to clear the clutter at your home, use visual tricks in order to raise the ceiling, and give the Cinderella treatment to the outdated finishes.