| Some people think that to decorate you have to go | | | | you can create a multi-dimensional interior setting. |
| out and spend a lot of money and buy all kinds of | | | | Tones of the same color will add depth without a |
| things that match perfectly. Interior designers will tell | | | | busy feeling. Different textures in the same color will |
| you it is not about matching but about coordinating. | | | | have the same results. |
| Your home will look less like a hotel lobby and more | | | | Lighting is an often overlooked decorating accent |
| like a comfortable, welcoming retreat if you don't | | | | that can make or break a room's appearance. There |
| have every piece of furniture in the setting exactly | | | | is ambient lighting that casts a light glow to the whole |
| matched. | | | | space, or task lighting such as a desk lamp that helps |
| Furniture placement can make a mixed-matched set | | | | you see better in a specific spot. There is even |
| look like it was meant to go together. Place seating | | | | lighting that you can shine up from the floor through |
| with occasional tables in groups the designers refer | | | | your plants to add just the right amount of light for |
| to as conversational settings. This might include two | | | | watching television or to keep a touch of light in the |
| chairs, a love seat and a coffee table or just a couple | | | | room at all times. |
| of chairs with an end table between them at | | | | Furniture, its placement, color, and light all work |
| distances conducive to conversation. | | | | together for a complete interior design. With a little |
| When it comes to interior decorating, color is another | | | | experimentation and the information you can find in |
| decorating element. Even with subtle or muted colors | | | | the electronic manual, you can decorate like the pros. |