Decorate your rooms using colors you love and decorative pieces that match or mean something to you.
While any homeowner can throw some paint onto the walls and put some decorative pieces in any bedroom or bathroom, creating a truly unique living space requires a bit of work and patience. Not everyone can afford to hire a decorator or star on an episode of an interior decorating show and thus must rely on their own decorating sense, drawing inspiration from television and magazines.
Instructions
Bathrooms
1. Paint bathroom walls a light color or shade to make the room appear larger. To enhance decor to the room, use paint stamps to add images such as leaves, palm trees and sea shells to the walls to create a custom wall treatment that resembles wallpaper.
2. Keep the room light by applying light colored curtains to the wall. Frosting the bathroom glass allows light to come in while maintaining privacy. If you choose to use window treatments, use easy-to-open blinds, curtains or valances that allow natural light into the room. This prevents a small bathroom from feeling constricted.
3. Add decorative elements to bathroom fixtures such as the bathtub, sink and toilet. Replace a plain toilet seat cover with a covered or painted lid and a seat that matches your color theme. Place slip-resistant decals in the bathtub or shower basin to protect yourself from dangerous falls in the tub while adding decorative accent to your bathroom. Place decorative pieces, such as a soap dispenser or toothbrush holder along the countertop and around the sink. Hang a vibrant shower curtain over your tub or shower space, or cover glass tub and shower doors with decorative window decals to enhance the rest of your bathroom decor.
Bedrooms
4. Paint bedroom walls or apply wallpaper using your favorite color or themes. While a safari print may not match the decor throughout the rest of your home, it can be a playful theme for a guestroom or room that is only used occasionally. Consider using dark colors in the bedroom that will be conducive to rest, or cool blues and greens to promote feelings of calmness and happiness.
5. Apply window treatments that block out sunlight or street lights. Use blackout or light-blocking shades, blinds or curtains that match the color or theme of the bedroom to block out light and dress up windows.
6. Command the tone of a room with a set of matching bedroom furniture. If you purchase a second-hand set of furniture for a low price, repaint the pieces to match your room as necessary.
7. Cover your bed with a full comforter set that includes a duvet or comforter, flat sheet, fitted sheet, pillow cases, pillow shams and a bed skirt. Choose colors for this bed set that match or compliment the themes or colors recreated throughout the bedroom.
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