How to decorate an apartment?

The original look of the room will helpbeautiful decor. A special comfort in the house appears when it is filled with things made with their own hands. It is not necessary to make something complicated and expensive, it is quite possible to decorate an apartment with the most common items. Today we will learn how to do this and how to help old things get a new look.

How to decorate an apartment

Before proceeding to designrooms and select materials, you should decide on the style. If you prefer minimalism or Hi-Tech style, then baskets of flowers or lacy napkins are unlikely to suit you.

So, you can decorate the apartment as follows.

Textiles in the interior

Usually at least a small amount of textiles is presentin every interior. It can be curtains or upholstery of a sofa and armchairs. For greater coziness and comfort, you need to increase the presence of beautiful fabrics in the room, which will help create a festive atmosphere in it.

1. You can add a tablecloth or napkins made in a tone to upholstery furniture or curtains.
2. Make small pads on the sofa, zadekorirovav their delicate lace.
3. Use fur, artificial or natural. For example, if the room has a fireplace, then the fur rug must certainly be located in front of it.

More details of the theme of decorating the interior for the holiday is covered by the article of our resource - How to decorate the apartment by the New Year.

Old things in a new guise

You can also become an ornament to what you have long beenhave got used. For example, an old mirror, a lamp, a favorite cushion, vases and other interior items. Tell you how you can give them a new look. For this we use:

1. Buttons. Beautiful glossy buttons around the perimeter of pasted mirror, flower pot or table lamp. You can even make watches, where the cloth dial will be sewn with buttons instead of numbers (the mechanism can be borrowed from the old clock).
2. Embroidery. Old cushions, embroidered with beads and decorated with rhinestones, will be a real work of art. And the threads of a large bead on the curtains look just great!
3. Knitting. Beautiful knitted "clothes" for a shade, a flower pot or a vase creates an atmosphere of warmth and home comfort.

How to decorate the walls in an apartment

Drawings and paintings

If you paint yourself, the walls in the room can become a kind of exhibition of your works. You can hang ready-made works or use the wall as a canvas and draw something directly on it.

Panel

Another very popular direction is the creation of a wall panel. You will need a frame

and your imagination. Fill it with any images, sculptures, souvenirs brought from trips, and it will become a unique and unique decoration of your house with its own history.

Photo

If the painting does not appeal to you, then an excellent option for decorating the walls will be photos from the family archive.

Decorative plates

It can be antique plates or a collection of modern, but unusually designed products.

How to decorate an arch in an apartment

If there is an arch in the apartment, it can be made the central element of the composition.

Colour

Alternatively, you can use a contrasting color that will allocate the arch and draw to it

Attention.

Array

In the classic design of the room in the style of "modern" it is worth paying attention to such material as wood and use it to decorate the arch.

Mosaic and tile

Another way to highlight the arch is to decorate it with mosaics, tiles, pieces of glass, stones, etc.

Learn about other ways of decorating the interior, you can by reading the article - How to decorate an apartment for an anniversary.