Do You Want To Redecorate Your Brentwood TN Home?

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So you've decide you want a new look for your Brentwood TN Home! But after weeks of searching for the perfect rug, rifling through dozens of magazines, comparing paint colors, you're feeling less inspired and more irritated. Use these tips from HGTV for encouragement to create your picture perfect Brentwood TN home.

Create an ambience

The first step in designing a fabulous room is to decide how you want it to feel. Do you want the mood to be exciting, lavish, tranquil, or cozy? In determining the atmosphere of the room, be sure to consider what the room is used for and who will be using it. The rooms function is probably the most important factor in deciding how it should be decorated. Remember that color is the number one element in setting a mood.

Set a budget

Be realistic in light of what you want. If you are working with a limited budget it is best to buy a few quality pieces instead of filling the room with "stuff". Be sure to avoid impulse buys. Make note of all your purchases to help you stay within budget.

Take a good look at the space

Take the time to reflect on how the room relates to other areas in the home. You want to create continuity or flow throughout. A great way to bring in flow is to use similar elements in related spaces. Try using complementary colors and fabrics. Take small parts from one room and integrate them in another room.

Use inspiration

Create your own sample board with inspirational items for the room. Use all the elements that you would like to see in the room. Think fabric swatches, paint chips, pictures of furniture and accessories that will be in the room. Consider taking some of the elements along with you on shopping trips. This can help ensure you purchase things that will work in the room.

Space and layout

Arrange the furniture and other items in the room while maintaining the functionality of the space. A great place to start is to consider how many people will need to be accommodated and how the room will be used. Be sure to measure furniture and check the dimensions within the room.

Visit lots of stores

Go to the upscale furniture stores in your area. Even if you can't afford to shop there, you will get great ideas. These stores put together rooms and coordinate items that can help you develop your own design concepts. You can train your eye to recognize furniture groupings that work, and the basics of scale and balance. Brentwood, Cool Springs and Franklin offer many varieties of furniture and accessory stores.

The importance of fabrics

Fabric is the single most important element in creating a sensational room. It's also the hardest thing to coordinate. To help you out, take your cues from fabric companies that have coordinated collections.

Choose your patterns and solids appropriately. It is best not to choose a huge overall pattern on a large piece as it's easy to tire of the pattern quickly. Remember that texture can convey a mood as well, so be mindful of how the fabrics feel affects the rooms tone.

All things color

When choosing your paint colors bear in mind the lighting of the space and the direction of the windows. The same paint color can look completely different in two separate rooms.

Consider buying paint color boards and some paint (some stores have sample size jars). Paint the boards and place them in the room, leaning against the wall. Leave it there for a bit so you can see how the paint looks at different times of the day.

Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize

Well, don't go overboard but accessories are a great versatile way to easily change the look and feel of a room. Accessories make it easy to adjust your look based on the season, trends, your ever changing taste; whatever you want without devastating your budget.

Remember the small things

It's really the details that can make or break a look. Pay attention to things like hardware, artwork, lighting, fixtures, moldings and trim. Details communicate personal style in a very subtle way.

These tips should help you get started on a room you will absolutely love!

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