Wednesday 25 June 2014

How To Give Personality To Featureless Walls

By Nataile Comber


Buying a new home gives you an opportunity to create an environment that is uniquely you. The decoration scheme of a home speaks loudly about the personality of its owner, and a new home is a blank canvas that can speak what you want it to speak. Even an area as simple as a plain, windowless wall can have a voice of its own.

The decorations you put on a windowless wall can have a surprisingly large effect on the look and feel of a given room.

The first step of setting tone of any room is through the choice of paint colors. For small rooms lacking windows, you might choose softer shades, such as white or a calm shade of yellow, green or blue. You can add extra flair by applying tasteful wallpaper, or perhaps give it personality and dimension by adding geometric stencil art.

The color is the first thing people notice about a wall, but after that, they will begin to notice the texture as well. You can give a wall an extra flair by giving it texture with a particular finish. There are a wide range of finishes to suit a large number of personalities and tastes. It is up to you whether you will have smooth or textured, glossy or matte, simple or patterned. You might even have your favorite piece of art applied to the wall itself as a mural.

There are also a number of different wall coverings that can used in place of fancy paint and finishes. Wall flats or grass cloth offer repeating, textured patterns along the entire wall, while wainscoting can compliment a painted wall. Other items, such as cords or tapestries, can give a wall color and variety.

A proven and easy way to give a large, windowless wall color and personality is to hang art. Photographs or paintings can go a long way to give a room style, especially when they are well placed. If you want to display other items that cannot be hung on a wall, you might use bookshelves or wall shelving, or perhaps place them inside showcases or shadowboxes.

In any sort of decoration or design, the key is to be consistent. Variety, contrast and hybrid styles can work if balanced properly, but a lack of a consistent vision will make the home appear chaotic and imbalanced. For a consistent look, always try to choose compatible colors, and if possible, find similar styles, such as frames with similar edges to wooden furniture pieces.

The most important thing you can do for a design scheme is to decide on a style before you start and then stick with it. It can tie the whole thing together and really make something special, even on a windowless wall.




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