The Decorating Theory

I've heard many times that the way you decorate your your room affects the mood of it. But is that really true? In my opinion, the colour of the walls is so important! For example, a pale blue will create a calm and lethargic mood. A white will feel fresh, but black would feel negative and uninviting. Gaby recently redecorated her room, and she painted her walls a sort of teal and purest white. Her room looks sophisticated and beautiful, and colours like those are great, because they are easily likable. The curtains are also important. If you have a pattern on your walls, you don't want patterned curtains - keep it simple, and it won't like busy. You should also be careful when you think about the fabric of the curtains, or maybe a sofa, if you have a sofa in your room. We recently bought a sofa which is a sort of golden grey velvet, with pillows (velvet, too) with stripes of different hues of green, from lightest to darkest. It may sound horrendous when I describe it, but it is stunning!

Another thing to note is pictures. If you have pictures on your wall, reevaluate them. Really think, is this in keeping with the tone of my bedroom? I mean, if you had pastel coloured walls, and decorations, would you really have pictures of dark stormy night, or something dark and intimidating? It wouldn't be a good idea! If you did have pastel colours in your room, you could have pictures of...flowers, or something like that, and it could be in black and white, and still look good, but it's the content of the picture that is really important.

The last thing I am going to mention when it comes to decorating your room is your bed. You don't want to have a dull bedspread, but make sure you keep the colours on the same palette as the colours in the rest of your room. For instance, if you have, say pink walls in your room, don't, please don't, get an orange bedspread! Trust me, it will not look good.

So, next time you're redecorating your room, remember my tips and you won't go wrong (I hope...)!

N

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