Interior Decoration Ideas For New Home (Part 1 Contd)

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Borders: Borders are nowadays becoming very common and people are having a keen interest in them. Painted borders are a neglected way of bringing additional interest to wall surfaces. Borders painted by hand are essentially individual .One can choose color and patterns one wants and can make them as simple or as complex.

Thus paint effects are a wonderful way to express your character and that of your home and the people who live with you. So go wild with you sponges, spatter, stipple and rub down to your heart's content. When you sit back and rest after all the effort that has been put in, you will find that you have created something that simply can't be found in a pot or plain emulsion paint.

Understanding the lighting system

Light can define space, substance and style. Outdoors, with the shifting sun and atmospheric conditions, light and the shadows change the appearance of things natural and man made. But in the indoor, the play of natural and artificial lighting largely determines both function and decoration.

Today lighting is considered to be a very important element of decorating scheme. The invention of the incandescent bulb in 1978 revolutionized lighting systems as it allowed light to be easily manipulated. Apart from exploiting natural light by using opaque or transparent glass walls, skylights, large windows etc. for offices, architect work out the detailed light fittings, which are conducive for a work environment. In homes, a careful selection of lights extends and enhances the aesthetics of interiors. Similarly for hotels, showrooms, museums, gardens, water bodies, individual lighting requirements are worked out. Artificial lights falling from various angles and heights on different surfaces guide us to perceive various features and dimensions while creating a specific mood. With technological developments and the stress on precision lighting, a variety of lighting fixtures are readily available with options, which offer manifold possibilities in terms of effect.

Decorating the interiors

When you start with the interior decoration with a person, these points should be kept in mind:

• Be sure what you expect from the design. Communicate what you would like the room to look like.
• The most important thing is where to start from. It is advisable to begin with the furniture piece as the tapestry and the colours can be done in accordance. Then you develop a color scheme and slowly add accent pieces that can fit the color scheme.
• Take care of the floor simultaneously as they add a lot to the visual effect. Gradually match pieces with the floor and the color scheme that you have developed.
• Choose the wall colour as the other key factor in the sequence of the designing. The wall colour plays an important role as it decides the mood of the design, like white shows the serenity and colours shows liveliness.

Whatever procedure that you do end up following, make sure to use your creativity and have fun in the designing.