Faced with the task of filling blank white walls with color, many of us grab a gallon of paint and a roller and go to town, transforming our boring abode into a masterpiece with character and personality. However, some of us, we unhappy few with landladies who turn their noses up to the idea of a tenant marring their fresh white expanse with *gasp* color(!!!), we have to be a bit more creative when it comes to injecting color into our lives. And so, fabrics come into play: curtains and valances, bedding and pillows, throw pillow for the couch, rugs on the floor. Wall art becomes a lot more important as well...after all, *nothing* seems quite so empty as a blank, white wall. How boring! A blank wall of any other shade is not nearly as tragic. And so, we white-walled-against-our-will color enthusiasts must find affordable, creative ways to fill the desperate void, while maintaining the integrity of our homes.
There are a few things we must remember! "My home is NOT a dorm room." Therefore, tacky college posters and magazine foldouts will NOT suffice as decor! "My home is NOT an office building." You can NOT decorate your entire house with a big wall calender, a motivational poster, and some assorted sticky notes! "My home is NOT a display room for an unimaginative furniture distributor who targets the lower middle class with overpriced, unoriginal, and hopelessly bland, yet surprisingly-easy-to-coordinate junk no one needs." No one but the severely dull and uncreative should have to endure bargain-bin "artwork" sets that no one really likes, and you only buy it because it is cheap and matches the white walls so well! "My home is NOT a waiting room." Ditch the boring prints that resemble dentist office decor, they are worse than the dorm-room posters!
Your home should scream YOU. One should be able to walk into it, and after glancing about a bit, have a somewhat decent idea about who you are. What makes you happy? What completes you? What makes you feel the way that you want to feel? THOSE are the things that should be in your home. And if you get a bit creative with the decorating, you can do it with affordable ease. Remember, it doesn't have to be completed overnight! Decorating your home is a lifetime experience. It is fluid, you change things up, add new pieces, take some away. Enjoy the process, and most importantly, turn your space into a home you can enjoy. Adding wall art, whether it be an interesting painting, a funky clock, or a collage of personal photos, adds depth, color, and personality to a home of any size.
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