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Home Decorating Ideas for a Casual and Stylish Decor

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	Casual Lifestyle Decorating Home Decorating Ideas and Tips Create rooms that wrap you in warmth. Now its easier than ever to have the casual home decor you've always dreamed of . . . perfect for the relaxed way you like to live. Transforming your living spaces to compliment your casual lifestyle can be accomplished with simple ideas in home decorating. You can live comfortably in your home by integrating design ideas for a more casual style of living. Consider the following decorating ideas for creating a home decor that fits your tastes as well as your lifestyle. Preview our home decor decorating accessories and consider our casual home decorating ideas. When giving your home decor style a face-lift, consider acquiring decorative accessories that enhance texture, color and theme. Casual color feels warm and inviting. Textured walls painted in warm colors feel cozy and comfortable. Containers in worn metals and patinas exude casual style. Leather furniture is durable and inviting. Wood tones in warm hues are a must. Allow our home decorating ideas to give you the confidence to try a fresh approach in your bedroom, bathroom, dining room and kitchen decorating projects.

Casual Home Decorating Ideas with New Wall Color

You've heard it a million times and it's true. One of the easiest and least expensive ways to give a room a new look and feel is with paint

HOME DECOR COLORS Not only is wall color chosen according to personal taste, it is

imperative that wall color harmonizes with the overall theme of the room and adjoining rooms. Wall color is the canvas and the canvas color must compliment the colors that are added to that canvas. Choose a fine art print, a wall tapestry or an upholstery fabric swatch as your inspiration guide and use the colors appearing in your guide when selecting wall color, furniture, floor covering and decorative accessories. For a well-designed room, the wood, fabrics and floor covering must compliment the wall color. In the foyer pictured above, a dramatic entrance to the home is the overall design objective. Read about the steps taken in this foyer update.

WALL COLORS DRAWN FROM NATURE

Casual decors include rich textures and fabrics. Leather, chenille, sisal, raffia, cotton, linen and burlap appeal to natural and casual decorating styles.

Organic materials and neutral wall colors drawn from nature bring depth and luxury to the casual color palette.

You don't have to paint the walls blue if you want a blue room. Red walls are not a requisite for a red room. A soft warm gold, tranquil olive green or a soothing peach wall color works well in both the blue room and red room scenario.

Golden mustards, rich browns, and deep, tawny reds are warm earthy colors found throughout nature. Golden beige tones, warm browns and the soft oranges of the setting sun pair well with cobalt blue or dark brick red. Terra cotta colored walls with accessories in black, salmon and green is a striking color theme.

Wrought iron is not just for walls. Dress up your dining room with a new iron light fixture.

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Small changes can make a big difference. For a casual decor make over we chose bold accessories for this bland dining room. A new wrought iron light fixture and a wall tapestry with bold simplicity, textural contrast and earthy colors, enhance our old world look.

A strategically placed mirror reflects secondary lighting, a favorite window view and treasured art objects. Decorative accessories are showcased when placed in front of, or reflected by, a mirror.

Casual Home Decorating with Mirrors

Mirrors are one of the designer's most useful tools. Mirrors increase light in a room with few windows and multiply the light from existing windows.

In the dining room, mirrors reflect candlelight and exaggerate chandelier luminescence. When placed atop a serving buffet, a mirror adds sparkle to all objects placed on top of it. A long mirror incorporated into a dining table centerpiece showcases crystal table appointments. Mirrors make a dining experience unique and special.

Reflective qualities are most often the homeowner's major concern when it comes to mirrors, but designers use mirrors by placing them in strategic locations throughout a room's design. Designers think beyond hanging a mirror in the bath or in the entry foyer. Mirrors can be used in surprising places in rooms throughout the home.

Consider placing a tall floor mirror at the end of a long hallway and in the confines of smaller rooms. A large mirror makes a room or hallway look and feel larger.

To highlight sculpture or a treasured urn, strategically place mirrors to reflect the image so that guests see the object when it is not in direct view. A mirror placed behind a floral arrangement or behind collectibles on a display shelf will showcase the objects and give them greater importance in the room's design.

Conquer the clutter with bathroom accessories that are as beautiful as they are useful.

Dramatic Bath Design

Mirrors add depth to small bathrooms and bathroom mirrors can be more than the standard found above most vanity areas. A decorative mirror completely changes the ambience of the bathroom.

Consider a stylish vessel sink with wall mount faucetry and complete the vanity area with a scrolled iron mirror finished in a rustic antique patina. (Pictures Above & Left)

Include framed art and iron wall art in your decorating theme.

Change your bathroom appearance with a new wall color or opt for new towels in a new color scheme. Consider large containers and scrolled wrought iron baskets for extra towel storage.

Mount iron towel racks and towel bars filled with a variety of luxurious towels in soft romantic colors and textures.

BATHROOM ACCESSORIES THAT WORK

Savvy homeowners know that bathroom design doesn't end with new sink and faucet selection. It's really just the beginning. Add another dimension to decorating a bathroom by choosing elegant bathroom accessories that compliment a casual decorating style. Glass and iron bath accents can be as useful as they are stylish.

CASUAL BATHROOM DECORATING IDEAS - CASUAL BATHROOM DECOR
Update your bathroom decor with unique accessories that contain and organize bath necessities while bringing texture, color and theme to your casual decorating style. Using baskets, ceramic vessels and wall racks is a fashionable decorating idea for towel storage. Transparent glass containers are ideal for bath oils, liquid soaps and sponges. The reflective qualities of mirror and glass enhances bathroom decor.
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Decorating with Iron Wall Art in the Casual Master Bathroom

Iron wall decor enhances casual bathroom interior design. Iron wall decor offers a myriad of choices and design solutions for casual style bathroom decorating challenges.

Iron wall decor can be introduced into a decorating theme by using iron toppers as a grand focal point above bathroom mirrors, framed prints and bathroom windows and doors. When decorating expansive walls in rooms with high ceilings, iron wall decor is an excellent choice to fill spaces above wall tapestry, mirrors and framed art. Empty spaces above doors and windows are complimented by scrolled iron. Large iron toppers make the door or window seem taller and more in scale to the room.

Often the bathroom is the least thoughtfully decorated room in the house and an excellent room for iron wall art. Blend the simplistic beauty of Old World style with the sophistication of today's modern bathroom fixtures and decorating accessories for Italian, Spanish and French Country style master bathrooms.

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