Furniture arrangements in interior designing and decoration

If you do like big, soft, fluffy furniture, fine-just don’t over stuff a small room with it or you’re not going to have any space to walk around. Try to limit it to one fluffy comfortable chair or maybe just a fluffy ottoman. Or, if it’s a bedroom, keep all the furnishings and the bed itself fairly streamlined and top the bed with a big fluffy comforter and pillows. Better yet, get furniture that’s sleek and low to the ground. Also consider having a few pieces on the sidelines-say, tucked away in a corner or pushed up against a wall-which you move to the center only when you have guests over.
Those pieces might be stools for extra seating or even a couple of side tables that nest inside each other and can be pulled out for a cocktail party or the Super Bowl. You’ve got to have somewhere to put the chips, right? If you’re creating an entertainment room, also think about housing your electronic equipment in the most streamlined way possible. For instance, in my entertainment room, instead of putting my TV and stereo in a bulky cabinet or armoire, I built low, simple shelving on the wall with some little drawers and narrow shelves for storage and display. It makes the room feel more open, doesn’t take up much floor space, and yet still has a decorative feel.
Probably the most important thing to remember about designing a small space is, keep it simple. Choose a few wonderful things for the room and leave it at that. Think quality, not quantity. How to Plan for a Makeover 15 up with other styles to produce the atmosphere you desire. Keep in mind that a whole room doesn’t have to adhere to one particular style. Mixing styles can be a great way to create an environment that’s personal and unique. Compare Your Dream Room with Your Real-Life Budget and Capabilities okay, you’ve decided what you want to do. Now, how does that square with what you can realistically afford-in both time and money? Here’s where you need to ask yourself how much of the work you need to hire out and how much you can do yourself. Or, how much can you ask your friends to help with. I suggest that you do get help and make kind of a party out of it. Call up a bunch of friends and say, “Hey, let’s have fun this weekend.
Let’s get a few pizzas or whatever and makeover a room:’ You’ll be amazed at how many people will say, “That sounds like fun:’ The great thing is, you take advantage of your friends-of course, you’ll pay them back later when they start calling, and trust me, they will-who will undoubtedly bring their own ideas to the table. And the more ideas, the better. Friends or no friends, though, cost is still an issue. And if you can’t afford to make over a room entirely, think about what parts of your dream room you can swing. Keep in mind that you don’t need to replace absolutely everything in a room to give it new life. Sometimes when people can’t afford a complete redo, they don’t do anything at all, but I think it’s far better to make even a few small changes.
Painting a wall, adding one new piece of furniture, changing the art in the room, replacing the lighting, tossing a rug on the floor, getting different window shades-these are all easy fixes and none is very costly. You can make art out of just about anything.) Unless you’re doing some structural work that entails breaking through walls, furniture will probably be your biggest expense. But it depends on which way you want to go. There’s the cheap-but-chic route, which lets you buy cool-looking furniture knowing that it’s going to have a relatively short lifespan. For some people this is ideal, either because you get tired of stuff quickly or you’re just in an unsettled phase of life.
Then there’s the high-quality and higher-priced route, where you look at furniture, new or antique, as an investment. You want some- thing that’s going to be around long enough that you can pass it on to your grandchildren. Or there’s the build-it-yourself plan, which puts you somewhere in the middle cost-wise and lets you end up with some great one-of-a-kind pieces you can take pride in. Finally, there’s the scavenger approach-searching out previously owned but good-quality furniture at garage sales, flea markets, thrift shops, on Craig’s List and on eBay. You don’t, of course, have to choose only one way to go. I think some of the best rooms have a mix of furniture styles.