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Arranging Furniture, Mixing and Matching Patterns, Picking Colors, Arranging Knickknacks, Hanging Pictures, Hanging Curtains and Drapes, Lighting
Mixing and Matching Fabric and Wallpaper Patterns
This post it the third in a series of three articles covering the topic Using Pattern in Interior Decorating. Mixing and matching patterns, as well as working with color are two important factors that you will probably be addressing when … Continue reading →
Interior Decorating..Looking at the different Sizes of Patterns used on Wallpaper and Fabric
This post is the second in a series of three articles covering the topic Using Pattern in Interior Decorating. In my first post in this series titled Looking at Patterns used in Interior Decorating on Fabric, Drapes, Wallpaper and Carpeting, … Continue reading →
Looking at Patterns used in Interior Decorating on Fabric, Drapes, Wallpaper, and Carpeting
This post is the first in a series of three articles covering the topic Using Pattern in Interior Decorating. Mixing fabric and wallpaper patterns has always been something that is considered a difficult thing to do by most people. Being … Continue reading →
Picking a Color for Your Front Door
So, you live in a white house, with black shutters, and a gray roof. In the back of your mind your thinking that the outside of your house needs something. A bit of color to brighten it up, give it … Continue reading →
Hanging Pictures over a Sofa
The number one thing most people do wrong, when hanging pictures over a sofa, is they hang them up too high.
Hanging Pictures Around a Room
In interior decorating there are Natural Lines in an Environment that direct your eye both Horizontally and Vertically around a room. When adding decorative elements (pictures, mirrors or other kinds of wall decor) to your space, you want to line … Continue reading →
It’s Easy to Hang Pictures up on the Wall
In the previous two posts, I covered lining up edges, making groupings, and the natural directed action artworks have. This post is all about getting your pictures, photos, mirrors and paintings hung up on the wall. Positioning your picture hook … Continue reading →
Making an Interesting Arrangement of Pictures
All pictures, photos, paintings, mirrors, etc have a Natural Directed Action/Movement. By Natural Directed Action I mean, the way the painting, photo, etc moves your eye along from one place to another. There are only three naturally directed actions. They … Continue reading →
It’s Easy to make a Grouping of Pictures
Hanging up artwork, pictures, framed photographs, and mirrors can be easy, once you know a few decorating basics. Look at Illustration 1. What do you see? Do you see the similarity of the silhouettes of the different images? If not, … Continue reading →
Picking and Hanging the RIGHT size Picture or Mirror over your Fireplace
When it comes to picking the RIGHT sized painting, picture, relief sculpture, mirror, etc. for over your fireplace there are four possible width options for you to choose. Those options relate to the Natural Lines in an Environment. Natural lines … Continue reading →
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