The idea of having a more refined décor can bring visions of interior designers, expensive furniture and artwork that you don’t understand. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

There are a few relatively simple and easy-to-do things you can do in your home to make its décor feel more refined.

1. Raise the Curtains

The higher your curtains are hung on the wall, the taller they make your windows look. Instead of hanging them from just above the window, move the curtain rod up so that it is as high as it can be on the wall while leaving a few inches of breathing space between it and the ceiling.

2. Hang Original Art

It seems like you can find artwork in every store you visit including the most unlikely of them, from the local variety shop right up to that great repository of masterpieces, ‘Canadian Tire’. But the options available are stock, mass-produced art and, well, it looks ‘stock’ too. But original art, produced by local artists, can cost very little more, but can add unique and creative visual cues inside you home.

3. Declutter

There’s nothing more ‘unsophisticated’ than clutter. In addition to keeping the place tidy, try not to go over the top in sheer numbers of furniture pieces, accessories and wall hangings, regardless of how sophisticated they may be.

4. Get the Right-Sized Rugs

Here are the guidelines: in the living room, the rug should be large enough for each piece of major furniture to have two legs on it. In the dining room, the rug should extend two or three feet behind each chair. Any less than that and the rugs can look unbalanced and inelegant.

5. Layer Your Lighting

Instead of all light coming from table lamps, or from overhead, try using a variety of light sources. Three lamps; a table lamp, a sconce light and a floor lamp, are the basis of a creatively complex lighting combination.

Of course, as a paint company, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention paint colour and colour combinations as a quick and easy way to create a more cultured ambience. But which colours and which combinations depends on you and your home. We’d be happy to help you get the décor you want, whether it’s sophisticated, or just plain funkadelic, from the paint colours you choose. Call or visit The Paint People today.

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But have you ever thought that you really don’t have an entirely unique personality to your home décor? You buy furniture from a store that has sold hundreds of exactly the same suites. You select from carpets that are either produced in quantity or come from long rolls have also provided carpeting to countless other homeowners.

Even if you come up with different paint colours and quirky accessories, it doesn’t seem like the best way to redecorate your home in a way that represents your ‘unique’ personality.

Now You Can Have a ‘One-of-a-Kind’ Interior Décor

Fortunately, there is a way for you to have furniture that is uniquely yours, and carpets that you won’t find anywhere else:

Custom Upholstery

Imagine having furniture that is absolutely you, with no others that are exactly the same anywhere in the world – and do so for a lower cost than buying a new piece or suite of furniture that’s mass produced.

When you choose to reupholster existing furniture, you get to choose different fabrics, with different looks and feels that are suitable for different purposes around your home. You won’t believe how good your old furniture can look, and how much money you’ll save versus buying something new that isn’t really unique to you.

Custom Carpets

Why buy something that just rolls out the manufacturing mills almost endlessly? With custom carpeting, you choose a colour, a pattern and a style. That combination is uniquely yours. It gives you a one-of-a-kind basis for your one-of-a-kind home décor.

When it comes time to make your home more enjoyable and comfortable, don’t skip over any options that you think might be more expensive or otherwise not practical. It’s easier than you think to get them and, after all, you’re worth it.

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