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Simple Ways to Add a Touch of Elegance to Your Home Decor

By Maria Bashi
Mar 22, 2020
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“Elegant” is an interior decorator’s favorite adjective. It represents the marriage of beauty and function. Elegance is fashion without fuss. It can be found in the smallest objects and the largest concepts of home decor.

Home remodeling projects can be pricey and intimidating. Luckily, there are easy, effective ways to transform your living area. After all, home decor is in the details. You’ll be stunned by how these simple design ideas can elevate the most familiar spaces.

Bedroom

Use bed runners to add a layer of style to the master and guest beds. The decorative length of fabric makes your bed look like it belongs in a five-star hotel. Often the bed runner matches the throw pillows. But it can also provide a pop of contrasting color or a different texture.

Subtle mood lighting is essential to your nighttime sanctuary. Position a rope of LED lights behind the crown molding to cast a soft halo of light above the master bedroom. For a modernist vibe, you can add a strip of lights behind the headboard.

Kitchen

Open shelving is a major trend in kitchen design. But it can be a daunting task to turn all of your cabinets inside out. Compromise with a pair of floating shelves on the kitchen wall. Use them to display matching cookware, fine china, or a variety of your favorite pieces. The effect is a clean-looking kitchen that is also charming home decor.

When it comes to the ubiquitous kitchen backsplash, plywood planks are a simple alternative to ceramic tile. It’s easier to install a wooden backsplash on your own. Paint or stain the planks to suit your kitchen’s aesthetic. The wood’s natural grain adds organic beauty to your kitchen.

Living room

Upgrade your living room with one crucial object: a sunburst mirror. This round mirror, with its radiant frame, is like a functional work of art. It’s attractive enough to be a centerpiece without dominating the room. And like all mirrors, it creates the illusion of a larger space. For a laid-back living room, choose one with a rattan or wicker frame.

Don’t underestimate the power of a unified color scheme. Select decor elements for your living room with a color palette in mind. You can simply experiment with different shades of the same color, or choose a general color family (like earth tones).

Dining room

The dining room is often the most elegant spot in the house. By design, it features one specific piece of furniture–the feast table. But you can embellish the rest of the room with memorable home decor.

Hang a large statement art piece on one wall. It doesn’t have to be traditional; it should complement your home’s personality. You can mount a 3-dimensional sculpture or a framed quote.

A bar cart fits in the corner of the room. Small multi-level carts have a classy vintage look, especially when made of brass and wood.

Bathroom

Don’t be afraid to replace your sticky bath mat with a genuine area rug. A miniature Persian rug adds a much-needed splash of color to a basic white bathroom. With a real rug, your bathroom feels like a luxurious, livable space–not just the room where you floss your teeth. Place a non-slip pad on the back to keep the rug from sliding.

Take advantage of your bathroom’s humidity to cultivate a house plant. Graceful flowers like orchids, peace lilies and bromeliads will thrive in the bathroom environment. Bamboo and aloe vera plants are also good options.

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