How to furnish a new home? 5 tips

Before decorating the house, the question always appears: “do-it-yourself or designer?”

Two questions that contain an infinite universe, usually the choice with the designer is the easiest and most comfortable. In recent years, do-it-yourself in Italy has begun to be almost a state of mind.

“I furnish the house with my personal taste”, “I don’t need designers, I make it as I want” and endless statements. Too bad that in the end, in most cases, everyone says “I think something is still missing” or “maybe I would need advice to define some details”

The time factor also affects the success of a project considerably. Especially when the work leaves very few moments to devote to the house, you risk doing things in a hurry, just putting together some furniture, et voilà! Disaster has served!

In this article we will highlight the 5 tips to avoid the most common mistakes. Let’s assume that, before furnishing a house, you need to have very clear ideas, from a very specific style, from the colors, from the lighting and from the final result that you imagine. Last thing: that the result reflects the real budget, otherwise you stumble on an incomplete puzzle. 

Consistency is everything.

1. CHOOSE THE STYLE: Before choosing a style, do a lot of research. The searches on the different social channels will help you to identify the right one, indeed, the perfect one. The search for style includes several details that make the difference. Create a moodboard, with the elements of your interest, create a color palette with a maximum of 3. Choose the fil-rouge that follows your style, it can be an element, a color, a complement, the important thing is that the style of the casa follows a 360-degree logic. Create your moodboard after a lot of research, and revisit it after a couple of days, to be sure it’s the right one. When you are convinced that it will be your Moodboard then you will have chosen your style, falling madly in love.

• Boho Chic is a very elaborate style, inspired by Bohemian charm with the addition of hippie notes. Daring combinations of bright colors, floral and geometric patterns are the basis of this whimsical style in which “freedom” is the watchword.
• Another option is that offered by the industrial style: if you like environments that evoke the New York lofts of the 50s, in the name of materials such as concrete, metal and exposed raw brick, this is the choice for you. for you.
• Also very much in vogue today is the Shabby Chic style, with an appearance suspended between the unkempt and elegant, which is inspired by the romantic verandas of the Victorian-era English countryside. A choice that will inevitably influence the colors, which always remain on antique white and pastel shades.
• Not to be confused with the previous styles, vintage has a charm all its own, which enhances furnishing accessories with a Seventies taste: sofas with square and simple shapes, materials such as leather and colors ranging from brown to orange and create geometries unmistakable.

2. CHOOSE THE COLORS: Before choosing which colors to use for your home, you need to think about spaces and lighting, but also take into the style you have chosen. Don’t go overboard with colors. 

   Create your color palette and always refer to it. Too many colors create discomfort in the environment. The colors become moods, shapes and souls. The warmest colors are certainly taupe, beiges, browns, whites and warm grays. Therefore, a warm house does not necessarily have to be dove-gray, quite the contrary. Mix warm, cold and pastel colors well, combine whites with darker walls, woods, marbles, fabrics and metals. All of one identical color will soon turn out flat and boring.

3. CHOOSE ORIGINAL MATERIALS: Wood, natural fibers, metals, give authenticity and a sense of well-being. wood is a fundamental choice to give your home a round, soft, relaxing and warm atmosphere.

4. CHOOSE THE EXCELLENT SOLUTIONS: A beautiful but impractical furniture will make you regret not having chosen a different furniture in the long run! Before making your purchase, ask yourself if it may prove too bulky, uncomfortable or not functional to your needs. In addition to the dimensions of the furnish, also pay attention to the model. If you don’t have big spaces, for example, you can think of furniture with sliding doors.

5. CHOOSE THE PERFECT COMPLEMENTS: A tip to reduce the sense of depersonalization is to introduce iconic design objects to relax the eye with less unknown accessories. An eye that recognizes objects will be more likely to “feel at home”.