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How should I decorate my cranberry red living room?
My husband and I just painted our living room cranberry red. I'm starting to think about decorating ideas, but am having a hard time figuring out what will work with the bright color and home style. It's a 1920's bungalow, so I want to keep that old, comfortable style and mix it up with some classic Pottery Barn designs. We have a greenish/brown Pottery Barn couch, oversized club chair, brown rectangular ottoman (used as a coffee table alternative), and a beige/sage Persian rug. I was thinking of black and white photographs of places we've visited, but I need other options. Maybe vintage Parisian/Italian posters? Would that be too busy/much? What suggestions do you have for accent table finishes, wall decor, and picture frame finishes? Also, is it okay to have brown wood furniture with black-framed wall art?
SOOO funny! One of my design projects in school started as a study in cranberries (yeah, cranberries)... which led to one of my color pallettes: cranberry, shades of espresso brown, creams and deep earthy/mossy greens. Sound like the colors in your living room!.
ANYway, I digress. The one thing I notice in your descriptions (except for the club chair) is an absence of patterns. At least, it sounds like everything in your living room is solid colored (except, of course, for the persian rug). I'm wondering if perhaps a few well placed throw pillows, made with special upholstery fabric you find that includes shades of your cranberry, browns and greens would add a bit of dazzle? Find two or three fabrics that would complement each other. You know: one that is a healthy mix of all three, one that is mostly cranberry and one that is mostly a brighter (or truer) green than the one that manifests itself in the sofa/carpet colors. One of these is bound to have another color, or colors, that you could add to your palette, opening the door for other additions to your spot.
The early decades of the 1900's were about returning to the individual craftsman's art... because the industrial revolution had taken away the need for individual artisans at the turn of the century. Finding a couple of interesting craftsman pieces from these eras (or wannabe's from these eras) would complement this older style I think you're talking about... and help maintain the warmth I think you're looking for. Even something like making a few homemade cheap votive candle holders from blocks of clean hardwood. Those would carry the wood up from the floor to the eyeline...
If you're cringing at the idea of putting stark b&w photos on the wall (which I don't think is such a bad idea), you could mount some shelving (with the hidden mounts) on a wall, staggered or in unison. A strategically placed Depression Glass vase with really good fake calla lillies (or pale green/white hydrangea globes) would go with what you're decor is doing already.
Pottery Barn is definitely a great place to shop: they take old styles and make them modern (LOVE their old oscillating fans....). Anyway, I like what one other commentator said about using metallic frames for any pics you put on the wall.
Anyway, not sure if any of this brainstorming helped. Sounds like what you have already is rich, warm and wonderful. I'm sure whatever you add to it will be quite lovely.
Good luck.
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Unique And Tasteful Bathroom Decorating
Bathrooms are one of the hardest rooms in the house to decorate with any style. After all, most of what goes on there is private and unattractive. Thus, using decorating techniques that compliment the typically small space while making it an inviting place to shower, among other things, takes a little thought.
One of the easiest ways to decorate a bathroom as an amateur is to start with the shower curtain. This is one of the most noticeable items in the bathroom for showers without doors. The shower curtain that matches a predetermined décor may not exist anywhere outside of your head. Thus, beginning here means you will have the shower curtain that you want with a color scheme and décor that you can match as you go along.
Once you reach the conclusion of which shower curtain best fits your needs, move along to the walls. A lot of people love to hang wallpaper in their bathrooms, but it really isn't recommended if the walls can be painted. Invariably, over time, the wallpaper on a bathroom wall begins to peel away from the high humidity of the room. Painting the walls a complimentary color (not the same color) to the shower curtain gives you the next springboard to continue your decorating ideas.
Bear in mind that people decorate in all different ways. Some people lay out every single detail first and then just go about finding what they have already decided upon. Some people work better on a step by step basis, while other decide on three or four vital elements and then add the intricate details as the project continues ahead. Which ever method works best for you should be the method of choice.
Unless your going with a fun bathroom décor, fuzzy bathmats, toilet seat covers, and other sorts of fuzzy mass produced sorts of accents aren't really all that attractive. You want to keep a bathroom simple and allow for basic decorating. While the bathroom is the hardest room in the house to decorate, it should also be the room that is decorated with the simplest of accents. Cluttering a bathroom just makes it appear untidy. A few simple and elegant accent pieces, especially if they are combined as a functional piece, seem to attract the eye better than accenting in the masses. If you can find a decorative toothbrush holder that matches the direction you are taking your décor, you won't need to find a decorative piece for the vanity while adding the additional toothbrush holder. Fortunately, these things are becoming easier to find as companies are realizing that people want things such as decorative toothbrush holders.
Using neutral functional pieces, such as a teak or bamboo bath mat allows for subtle changes in the décor as you wish to change your accent pieces. This can keep a subtle room subtle or a big room big or whatever it is that you are trying to accomplish in the bathroom without requiring the chronic changing of the bath mat.
Using soft colors in the bathroom makes it more inviting. Bold colors make it feel a bit sterile and unusable. Blending soft colors throughout the room can create a very pleasant and soothing environment in which to take care of personal business.
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