Decorating a Master Bedroom

Decorating a Master Bedroom

There are quite a few considerations when deciding how to decorate and style your master bedroom suite. Do you have the right kind of lighting? Do you have different zones for resting and activity? Have you chosen appropriate colours? Is it enough to buy a cheap bed online? Get the answers to these questions and many more.

The Layout

Determining where the furniture goes in a master bedroom helps set the tone for decorating and lighting. Normally you want a space for sleeping, for relaxing, and for dressing. If you have a dressing area or walk-in wardrobe with dressers, you may exclude this area in the master bedroom.

When you walk into the room, which wall do you see first? This is often the best option for where to put the headboard of your bed. The wall you see first is the focal point, so you should situate your bed there and design wall accessories and curtains to make note of this fact. You don’t want to walk into a bedroom and see the footboard poking out from the side of the room.

Place dressers and other bureaus that hold furniture in a place close to the closet. This will give you one general region where dressing can be done and allow you to have the appropriate lighting in just one location.

Many people like to have a small desk or comfortable reading chair in their bedroom. These upcycled sideboards are perfect for this use. Ideally, this would be placed in a cosy corner by a fireplace or next to a window.

Lighting in a Bedroom Retreat

The lighting you choose must match the purpose you have chosen for each area of the bedroom. Multiple types of lighting are generally needed to create the best mood. Romantic lighting can be achieved by a string of lights tucked up under the woodwork in a tray ceiling or with candles near a fireplace or on a nightstand.

A chandelier is a great look for the main light in the room. It is romantic and sophisticated.

For relaxing areas, dedicated lamps that can be aimed at a writing table or on a book are best to keep from disturbing a spouse who may already have retired for the night.

Near the dressing area, brighter lights are important to make sure you have correctly matched your black pants with like socks, and not navy. Having a window nearby for natural lighting is also a big plus.
Don’t forget about limiting light with curtains. While daylight is great for picking out your clothes, it is not great for sleeping. Try room-darkening blinds with curtains to soften the look.

Choosing Colours for Your Sanctuary

The right choice of colour is partly a sense of personal style and partly one that speaks of the mood you wish to achieve. Picking one that is supported by neutrals is always an excellent choice for a restful feel. Too many colours and too busy of a print can create the opposite feeling you were going for. Don’t fall into the trap of florals for the bedroom. Florals are very feminine and it can be hard to create any balance in a room with a large flowery bedspread.

Some good colour choices to consider are maroon with taupe, dusty blue and chocolate brown, yellow and cream, sage with tan or cream with lilac.

How to Display an Oriental Rug as a Wall Hanging

How to Display an Oriental Rug as a Wall Hanging

Traditional handmade wool and silk rugs are incredibly versatile decorative and practical home furnishings. Not only are they an art form, offering depth of colour, texture, and intricate, exciting designs, but they are also excellent sound and warmth insulation. Generally, they are also far less expensive than a very large-good quality painting.

Almost any size and type of modern rug, whether round or square, can be displayed on a wall, ranging from small rug fragments and tribal bags and animal decorations to decorative prayer rugs of 5ft x3ft (1.5×0.9) and up to floor rugs of 12ft x9ft (3.74×2.69). The methods vary depending on the weight.

A fragment of an antique rug, or a small decorated tribal item of daily use such as a saddle or salt bag, can be displayed by having a stretcher made. A stretcher is a wooden frame with a suitable fabric stretched over it and stapled on the reverse. The decoration is then sewn directly onto the material to give you a beautiful flat and contrasting wall decoration.

The smallest wool rugs can be fixed flat on the wall using broad-headed carpet tacks, available from any DIY outlet or ironmongers. Using one every six inches, they can be placed between the knots and driven in until not quite flush. This will help avoid flattening or damaging the pile and make the heads easier to find if you need to remove them. This is a cheap and easy method and has the advantage of leaving the rug utterly flat against the wall. If you find that your surface is not entirely vertical and the rug hangs slightly away from it, then fix the tack down the sides and along the bottom if necessary. Sometimes, with an out-of-shape older rug, you will not be able to do this without leaving a crease somewhere, so you must accept the outward hang.

Always display a rug with the pile facing down the wall. To ascertain this, run your hand over the pile, and the rug will feel smoother in the correct direction. “think of an animal’s fur. The rug has been started from this end, and therefore the pile lies this way. The light will be reflected from the yarn surfaces rather than be swallowed by the gaps between them, and you will get the better colours and clarity of pattern. If you have a graphic design, it should have been woven, so the design is showing in the correct pile direction.

However, if you have a silk rug, or would prefer to hang it without inflicting any physical signs, you should hang using a sleeve sewn onto the reverse of the rug. Before doing this, decide what size of wooden or metal rod the rug needs to avoid it bowing under the weight. Hooks or rings will support this rod at either end and if a large hanging from the middle too, so your wall must be suitable to have the necessary size inserted.

The sleeve can be of heavy linen or cotton and should be affixed, invisible from the front. Therefore, start it at least an inch in from the sides and an inch from the top. The advantage of this method is that the weight of the rug is entirely evenly spread, which avoids tension problems should you want to use it on the floor at a later stage. It also makes it easier to take down for cleaning, painting, or moving home. The only disadvantage is that the rug will hand inwards from the top and not be flat as using tacks or a stretcher. If in doubt about the process, ask your local rug retailer, or curtain maker, to do it for you.

The Perfect touch of elegance for your House

The Perfect touch of elegance for your House

Your house is unarguably an important part of yourself. It holds some of your dearest and most beloved memories.

It portrays our innate desires and characteristics as human beings.

Thus it seems only fitting that you get a portrait painting to add a touch of sheer beauty and elegance to your home.

It is a place that has given you so much too look forward too, it’s about time that you repaid it.

Turn pictures to painting as you relive and recreate some of your most awesome memories.

The canvas can be a great medium to express your love and passion for something or someone that is very close to your heart.

The lasting effect and impression that art can have on a person never ceases to amaze me.

A painted portrait is a great way to make your house stylish, that too in a much more subtle and meaningful manner.

It is the perfect setting for a place that has been your fortress and protector for ages against any and every kind of external force.

Convert photo to painting and see your gallery become even more beautiful than it already is.

The strokes of paint certainly add a touch of aesthetic beauty, to your beloved memories.

Just imagine viewing a huge life size custom portrait as you walk down the hallway of your home, filled with nostalgia as it takes you on a trip down the memory lane.

It is sure to be a great centre of attraction for all the guests, colleagues and family members that enter your house.

Your home can be a shining example of how people should celebrate their memories.

With many sites and online shops to choose from I would certainly recommend that you choose PortraitFlip.

They offer you a wide variety of mediums to choose from such as charcoal portrait, oil portrait, watercolor portrait and more.

Apart from your regular sizes (small, medium and large) they also give you the option of getting a custom acrylic portrait whose dimensions and size can be manipulated according to your wish.

All of these at really economical prices, what else could you ask for?

One is also offered some great customer interaction services.

Deep down in our hearts we all yearn to relive some of the moments that we have had in our wonderful life.

These are in fact the moments that make our life worth living.

A painted portrait is not only a great way to treasure such moments in your life but also an awesome way to add an artistic and creative touch to it.

In the words of famous artist Pablo Picasso “The purpose of art is washing away the dust of daily life from our souls.”

A beautifully crafted, authentic handmade portrait painting not only appeals to the eye but also touches the heart.

Turning photo to painting is a great idea for a portrait painting as you can connect with it on a more personal level.

Life is meant to be lived to the fullest and the only way to do this is too create new experiences and memories as we go along the way.

Recreating the old ones can also give us the courage and determination to go on when tough times are upon us.

It is absolutely essential that you add creating memories to your bucket list of things to do.

When your hair becomes white and your body weak and frail, you can have a look at the acrylic portrait painting, smile and be assured that you have lived a life which was totally worth it.