Feng Shui Home Decorating Tips : Feng Shui for the Home Office
Tired of looking at the same bedroom, same dining room and same living room again and again? Then it’s time for a change. This time to not just change the furniture or the color of your home, rather go for a completely different look. Decorating your home in Moroccan style is the latest trend these days. Morocco is like a melting pot of different cultures and styles and so the Moroccan style décor will have some of the features of every culture and style. One can even see hints of Arabic style in it.
Moroccan home décor can be classified into two types – urban Moroccan decor and rural Moroccan decor. The urban décor involves the use of ceramics, metal, wood and leather. On the other hand, the rural décor has more of the Middle Eastern influence, with an emphasis on the use of rugs, fabrics and embroideries. The best feature of having a Moroccan style decoration is that the objects used in it are usually those that have use in practical life too. Given below are some tips that will help you in decorating your home in the Moroccan style.
Moroccan Style Decorating Ideas
Use of Bright Colors
When decorating your home Moroccan style, make sure to use bright natural colors. The colors like green and blue, found in the sea of the area, and the ones like gold and yellow, found in the surrounding desert, should be used as much as possible. You can combine other colors like vibrant red, orange or purple with blue or gold to create an effervescent ambience. Feel free to use of vibrant colors such as pink fuchsia, lavender, and orange while keeping the aesthetics in mind.
Bring Nature Home
For creating the tropical atmosphere seen in Morocco, you can make extensive use of plants. The more exotic the plants, the better look they will bring to your house. At the same time, they will also provide you with some greenery in the ‘concrete-jungle’ world of today. If it is feasible, you can also get textured walls.
Lighting
Lighting plays a very important role in adding that perfect Moroccan flavor look to your home décor. Moroccan light fixtures are totally different from those used in the other parts of the world. Moroccan light fixtures include Moroccan sconces, Moroccan chandeliers, Moroccan lanterns, Moroccan hanging pendants, and Moroccan lamps. A great source for quality handmade Moroccan light fixtures as well as Moorish lighting is a California company called Saint Tropez Boutique that design and handcrafts Moroccan light fixtures in Casablanca, Morocco and exclusively distributes them in the U.S.A. The reason why I like Saint Tropez Boutique because they are unique Moroccan light fixtures designs, plus they handcrafted from top quality Moroccan solid brass that has been carved into refined and intricate patterns. Addition to that Saint Tropez Boutique is the exclusive dealer in the U.S.A that has Moroccan light fixtures pre-wired for the UL-Standard (pre-wired for the U.S Standard wiring). To learn more about Moroccan lighting by Saint Tropez Boutique, please visit them online at: http://www.sainttropezboutique.us
Extensive Use of Textures
Moroccans love extensive use of textures in their home. So, if you want to have a Moroccan style look, rule out too much use of smooth and sleek materials. In fact, the fusion of multiple textures and shapes will be best. You can have darkened wood plank floors, which can be covered with natural fiber rugs of sand-ish color. This will not only add texture to the room, but also provide you with some comfort under the feet. You can also try draping fabric from the ceiling.
Some Other Tips
- Colorful mosaic tables not only give a Moroccan feel to your place, but also help to brighten up a dull room.
- Use of handmade Moroccan tiles will go a long way in creating a Moroccan décor.
- Use of Moroccan tent as a Moroccan lounge getaway in your own backyard.
- Use of Moroccan wood lattice screens also known as Jali Screens in your windows doors, kitchen and bath cabinet doors, or even as a room divider wall
- Last but not the least, you can buy silk bedcovers or cushion covers, in jewel tones, to create that perfect Moroccan look.
To learn more about Moroccan home decorating, please contact :
Saint Tropez Boutique
25 Evelyn way, San Francisco
California 94127
Phone: (415) 513-5920
Email: sales@sainttropezboutique.us
Web: http://www.sainttropezboutique.us
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Go to http://www.bhg.com/paintaroom , you might have to just do http://www.bhg.com first and then sign up but it is free! Then you will see links on the sides that say Decoraters Gallery scroll down and click paintaroom or arrangearoom !! Also try DIY.com and HGTV.com
http://www.DiscountHomeGardenDecor.com dependable and GREAT prices
I just got in the mood for an asian movie
very Little or none.Just remember that a man should fix things around the house and you decorate it.
I know that im gonna get alot of thumbs down for this but I dont care.
Love asian chicks. Bangkok here I come.
Not sure if you mean in quality, quantity, popularity or what, but here is my personal top ten list:
http://www.homedecorators.com/
http://www.softsurroundings.com/
http://www.overstock.com/
http://www.target.com/
http://www.gardenridge.com/
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/homepage.jsp
http://www.biglots.com/
http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/index.jsp
http://www.northstyle.com/search.asp?c=h&SKW=house&TKW=NS04&scat=Y&GEN1=All+Home+Decor
http://www.grandinroad.com/
"mlcmonkey" gave you the link to the "Better Homes & Garden" free design website. It is a good site.
Here is a link to an About.com page that offers links to several more free design websites including the "Bob Vila" design pages:
http://interiordec.about.com/cs/designtools/a/designsoftware_4.htm
Good luck with your project.
I know of a service that's kind of like that. It costs $250. You take photos of your room & fill out an online questionaire. Then they will send you an actual floor plan model with a furniture layout, paint colors, fabrics, wallpaper, etc. Then you actually do the work yourself.
http://www.designerathome.com/
Ikea
If I were a marketing manager, the way I would increase the appeal of home decorating to men is by advertising how simple it can be. And about how nice it is to be a bachelor….but, not have to have your home look like you are a bachelor.
I would play up aspects of your stores service personnel. I would stress how helpful and easy they make it for a guy to decorate his place himself….with a little help from them.
And, I would stress, somehow, that it can be a fast and easy ordeal. Men typically don't like slaving over decorating books and spending hours shopping.
They want to get into a store…and back out asap.
I really do like the bachelor angle, though….. Be a bachelor…just don't make your home scream bachelor.
Hope this helps!