Sunday, April 15, 2012

What's Your Style for 2012? Experts weight in on Unique Personalized Decor Trends!

By Lisa Rossie


New decorating trends for home decor, interior design, and wall art are heralding with the new 2012 year. (Hot trends outside of, of course, our alphabet photography and personalized name art ;).

In this current economic situation, thoughts turn to home and comfort. People are staying in more and adding more personal style to their spaces. "Comfortable design, elegant style, luxurious materials and bright colors are back in favor", says www.design-decor-staging.com. People are opting for exotic materials, unique color combos and exciting interior design ideas for modern, very personal and peaceful home decorating.

The inspirational House & Garden's site, www.casssugar.com, gives praise to IKEA for unique, budget-friendly decorating tips such as:

Use bright fabric for a canopied tent

For a wallpapered style headboard, use a wide swatch of fabric tacked to the wall

Corner off a private office nook in the bedroom with tie-back curtains

Low hanging, industrial style, multiple pendant lamps over the dining table, will define an open-plan living space

With a flashback to patterns and bold style, experts forecast a trend back to 80s sophistication. "A budget-friendly way to decorate a room and with big impact-painted patterns. We will likely see patterned paint decorating more walls in 2012 from hound's-tooth finishes, lacy designs, to bold color blocking techniques patterned paint", says color expert Debbie Zimmer from the Paint Quality Institute.

And 2modern.com says, the new trend standout for 2012 is menswear inspired fabrics and patterns - plaids, houndstooth, herringbone and pinstripes.

Pinstriped walls or pinstriped upholstery on furniture make a big statement, and lends to a streamlined, masculine look almost immediately. And they suggest trying pinstripe in more unexpected places, such as an accent wall, with black & white photography of architecture for a real city look.

So what's your style for 2012? Check out this cool app on TLC.com - you can build, color and arrange furniture to find the perfect Y-O-U. Whether elegant and exotic, or bold and beautiful, make your decorating choices stand out in 2012!




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