Home Makeover Interior designing and decoration tips

I find living rooms without any accessories puzzling: What, I always wonder, is this person all about? Okay, so you need to fill your home with accessories that you love, but that is not the same as having hundreds of little tchotchkes lying around. Good design is more subtle than that. When it comes to accessorizing a room, you’ll have better results if you go for quality. A beautiful handcrafted bowl, yes. The clay bowl you made in second grade, no. Also rein in the quantity. I’m all for collections-as I’ve said, I have many myself – but when you display thirty, forty, or fifty of something, chances are you’re crossing the line into tchotchke territory. If you do have a vast collection and really want to display it in whole, think about using a “dedicated” glass case rather than crowding your collection onto open shelves. Better yet, place small groupings of objects around the room.
I generally group things in threes. In fact, looking back at photographs of rooms I’ve designed and surveying my own home, I’ve found that I’m actually kind of obsessed with the number 3. Three vases here, three rows of colored glasses there, three scientific beakers, three candles, three framed photographs, three potted orchids, three sand dollars … you get the picture. So here’s a good rule of thumb for accessorizing: As said, less is more. And as he might well have added, three is perfect. In Neutral Gear 165 I love reading about homes that have a separate room for just about everything.
The screening room
The billiard room
The music room
The workout room
The meditation room
The gift wrapping room
What a great luxury to have a separate room for just about anything you like to do. But let’s talk about real life. Most people have to make do with one or two multipurpose living spaces, rooms I call “everything rooms.” Typically an everything room is a room where you can throw a cocktail party, hang out and watch old movies, play music, do homework, make art, and, yes, wrap gifts. OPPOSITE PAGE I gave the idea of the “Lion’s Den” a literal interpretation, papering the walls with a royal lion motif. There’s a couple of ways to create an all and everything room.