Your Home Stores
Shopping Journey
When you
Begin Your Shopping Journey
at the home stores, you will see a lot of beautiful items.
Inside the showrooms they need to display as much merchandise as the floor will permit. That is dollars per square foot. Don't do this at home! You don’t want to crowd your rooms with furniture.
If you are in the market for a coffee table you may get into the home stores and become sidetracked by the beautiful displays or miles of options. It is real easy to get overwhelmed and paralyzed into non action.
It’s okay to see something you may need in the future to record in your notebook, but return to the point of your visit and that is the coffee table.
Once you take action, you unleash creative energy and will feel more confident with your choices.
Home Furnishings are not Cheap!
Carefully consider your major expenditures and shop for enduring, quality pieces at the home stores. Classic design in
home furnishings
is something you will appreciate more and more as time goes by.
View them like good china or silver, as a lifetime investment. But balance those long term investment pieces with the occasional whimsy. Sometimes it's those splurges that give the room your signature.
Save money on some of the functional pieces rather than forfeit the unique and rare items that will always be remembered.
Price alone does not always dictate quality.
It can often indicate that luxury features have been added, like feather and down cushioning, or a hand rubbed waxed finish.
Certain items of furniture you can skimp on while others you will want to purchase the best that you can afford.
Case goods,
as an example, tables, dressers, and cabinets should be purchased for the long term. Run your hand along the top of the wood to feel it’s smoothness and relish in the softness of the fabrics.
Know what to expect from the item, for example, (a breakfast room table big enough to seat the family and the casual guest when you don't want to use the dining room.)
To get as much mileage as possible from major pieces like
upholstery
and carpet consider a neutral palette. They have staying power and can be enhanced with pattern and color through accents.
Appealing Elements:
A room that is well designed has a seating arrangement that encourages conversation,
a harmony of
color,
and
lighting
that meets your needs and influences your moods.
Beautiful things to touch and admire, and a sense of comfort and joy.
Once you have chosen the room you want to start with, map out an effective
floor plan
by determining the traffic pattern to accommodate passage.
Establish seating groups, or areas of activity and your lighting needs.
Work in Layers
After you have a plan, start with a few key pieces you really love, fill in the details with select home furnishings, fabrics, and accessories as you go that compliment your style.
Order some of the major pieces from the home stores first and have them delivered. This allows you to get a sense of how things are going to look and feel. Try not to be in too much of a hurry to get everything at once. Work the room in layers and when the first layer with the major pieces is in place, move to the next stage.
Successful style is creating beauty and comfort throughout your home. Making you feel good and allowing everyone who enters to feel at home and not just in a show house of fine home furnishings.
For more great advice about
Furniture for Small Spaces,
Decorating, organizing and furniture buying and arranging help
for people who live in small homes. Furniture for Small Spaces offers nifty
tips and tactics, a Q & A section for people in need of answers, photos of
small space trials and successes, projects for the DIYer and recommendations
on furniture choices.
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