Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 21Mar 08, 2010 7:57 am Larajane, I hear your cries for help! You could push those pieces of furniture into any type of worldly look like oriental, indian, african depending on the accessories & textiles you put with them. Or it could evolve into an old world look, like regal velvet fabrics & tapesties, decor with deep brown, burgundies & golds. But it's important to not just try to 'catagorise' the look you are going for. As you put pieces of furniture that you like together with your own belongings & decor you like, you will see something emerge, and it could be something really unique!! It's so easy to be critical of our own style & copy someone elses. It's all about trusting yourself. Also think about feelings & memories things evoke. Like the smell of a particular timber that brings back memories from your grandparents house, or maybe how you want the cushions on the couch to feel when you have a cold, and your rugged up in a blanket with tissues & a mug of soup, getting looked after by hubby. They are all memories from the past & memories yet to be made How did you go with an inspiration board? "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality" -John Lennon Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 22Mar 08, 2010 3:03 pm Thanks SS, Old World style is quite interesting. I think my house will be a mix of many styles, but I am becoming more and more confident that I will be able to make them fit together well, to acheive the look that I want. I haven't made an inspiration board yet, need to get around to that. So many things happening at the moment, when I get home from work I just forget about everything and relax Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 23Mar 09, 2010 8:05 am I'm exactly the same!! I have just been buying home decor mags & ripping out the pages that inspire me, maybe once a week. I mean there's no rush but I can't wait till we can buy a couch & paint some walls! "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality" -John Lennon Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 24Mar 09, 2010 11:37 am Yeah, I rip a few things out, or save them on my computer, but haven't put anything together yet. I did start My Virtual Home on my computer last night, which was a program I received free on the Better Homes and Gardens magazine. It is really good. It lets you build a 3D model of your house and put furniture in it etc. I am going to buy our tv unit and bookshelf on Saturday, and our building hasn't even started yet But I have an excuse, because they are having a closing down sale Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 25Mar 09, 2010 8:11 pm HAHA, you just reminded me!! The lady I work with brought in hers for me, now off to find it. Wierd! "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality" -John Lennon Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 26Mar 11, 2010 11:09 am One thing I can fault with it, is that it is not good for choosing colours, because there is not enough shading on the objects, but it is great for choosing the layout of your furniture, and just navigating through your house It is very addictive Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 27Mar 11, 2010 2:58 pm Do you think that this colour flooring... http://flooringtradedirect.com/products ... %20001.jpg ...will look wrong with the wooden objects I linked earlier in this post? My walls are a cream colour. I was going to go buy the TV Unit and Bookshelf this Saturday, but now I am having doubts about the floorboards matching them?? Don't know what to do, because I really love the tv unit and bookshelf, but can't imagine what it will all look like together Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 28Mar 11, 2010 3:06 pm I think they would. At the end of the day, it would blend well if you have similar colours in other objects around the home. Or if you don't have things that match, maybe go a shade darker. "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality" -John Lennon Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 29Mar 11, 2010 3:31 pm Well, I was thinking of buying all wooden objects throughout the house in that colour. I didn't really want a darker wood, but I am starting to think it might look better. I wish I could just see the house already! I feel like I can't buy anything, until I have decided on everything I am going to put in the house...but I don't want to miss out on these items, because I love them and they are having a closing down sale with very cheap prices... The other option is getting different floorboards.... Any suggestions on what colour floorboards would match those items? Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 30Mar 11, 2010 4:52 pm With 2 pages up, I thought this thread was sorted??? Maybe NOT? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 31Mar 11, 2010 6:34 pm I am making a Microsoft Paint inspriation board Getting some good ideas thanks to Michelle and SS Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 32Mar 11, 2010 10:06 pm have a look at the pics on this site, may help you http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/designer-living-rooms progress viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20401 sculptures viewtopic.php?f=36&t=26607 pole trouble viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25988 Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 33Mar 11, 2010 10:13 pm Lara, don't be in such a rush. I think it's better to wait until you can experience the spaces and live in the house, get a feel for it. Otherwise you are flying blind. I can certainly understand your impatience, but you will make more mistakes by making impulse buys than waiting until you are absolutely sure about something. Hesitate, hesitate, wait, think about it a bit more then buy when you know it's what you really want. Look at as many books, magazines, blogs, stores, display homes as you can, but don't leap into buying things. That's my best advice. Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 34Mar 11, 2010 10:35 pm Luckily I can't buy anything before the house is built, because I wont' have any money until then I am trying not to rush in to things, but that is also why I am starting to think of all my different interior options way in advance, so then I have many different options to choose from when the house is actual built. Also because it is fun... Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 35Mar 11, 2010 10:36 pm Thanks SS, I'll have to take a look at that tomorrow at work. For now, I have to go to bed!!! Personal training in the morning, can't be tired Lara and Joshua http://pdheywood25.blogspot.com/ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31186 16.03.10 Scrape 29.03.10 Slab 08.04.10 Frame 11.05.10 Lock Up 03.06.10 Fixing 24.08.10 Handover Re: I'm so confused about how to decorate my house. Please h 36Mar 12, 2010 5:26 am Michelle With 2 pages up, I thought this thread was sorted??? Maybe NOT? By my comments above I meant to say and should have said………. I assumed all you lovely girls had this thread sorted without me, which quite often happens. And I’m very grateful for that! Sorry for wording my comment badly. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8288 Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. Fingers crossed it will look OK 😀 2 7140 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 12717 |