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Decorating Tips

Decorating made easy...

• Basic plan - For the sense of spaciousness, maintain the same colour scheme throughout, varying only accent colours from room to room.
• It is best to stick to one style: traditional or contemporary (or a blend of two).
• For smaller rooms, use pale colours and small-scaled furniture, see-through pieces like armchairs or cane seats etc. will give an illusion of greater space.
• To make a large room more intimate, use highly varied textures and dominant patterns for upholstery, carpets and curtains. Sprawling seating arrangements, large paintings and rugs also help pull a room together.

Deciding on a colour scheme.

• It's not hard to choose colours. Just choose the colours you like or colours that match your favourite paintings. Or you can always refer to a colour wheel
  You will arrive at a variety of colour schemes, and you will find a suitable colour for your home:

The monochromatic scheme

• A range of tints (base colour lightened by white) and shades (base colour deepened by black) of a single colour on the wheel.

The analogous

• Two or more adjoining colours on the wheel.

The complementary scheme

• Opposite hues on the colour wheel.

The triad complementary scheme

• Three colours equi-distant on the wheel.

The adjacent complementary scheme

• The two opposite colours on the wheel, plus a third accent colour, that is left or right of either of the two.

The split complementary colour

• One colour plus the two that flank its' opposite colour.
  There's important planning that lies ahead, so it is important to establish the basic colour, which is a big step forward.

Sanding and varnishing wood

It is important when cleaning wood to always work along with the grain of the wood and not against it.