Part 1. Arranging Your Furniture

Part 2. How to arrange your furniture

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Are you planning on moving into a new home or tired of your existing look of your home.

The best way to get a new feel to your special space is to work those muscles and start moving your furniture around to create a dramatic difference.

Firstly if you don't want to move the furniture around on your own  (No doubt your husband doesn't know what your planning) then its time to be creative by drawing your room and furniture to scale on paper is a great way to get things started.

Cut to scale the furniture pieces then you can easily move the pieces around without pulling a muscle.

This is such a useful method I use for my clients to get the feel for the visual look we are trying to achieve.  Before you go out and spend money on furniture that is too big or too small.

Tip 1.

Remove the Clutter.

This helps you see the true shape and size of your room.  A room without clutter makes you feel more organized at peace & relaxed.

Tip 2.

Create a Focal Point.

Place your furniture around a focal point.   This can be a fire place a piece of artwork or a large window leading to a view.

Always take in account the size of your room.  If you have a small area there needs to be at least one conversational area.  For larger areas in the living room there maybe more than one furniture grouping.

Tip 3.

Keeping the Room Balanced.

Stand back and take a look at the balance of the furniture and artwork in the room.

If most of your furniture is top or bottom heavy your room will appear unbalanced vertically.

If the smaller pieces of furniture  are to one side and the heavier to the other side the room will look unbalanced horizontally.

To balance a room up its easier to use Artwork, Sculpture & Plants.  Also using rugs can separate and define specific areas.

Tip 4.

Traffic Flow.

This is an extremely important part of the process of changing your space.

Traffic needs to flow easily giving your home an ease to move around and enjoy.

No side stepping around furniture, pot plants or coffee tables.

We need to consider the waistlines of your friends and family and allow for the direction of traffic that will take to get to one area to another.

I hope you enjoy these tips.  I will continue this blog over the next couple of weeks.  This will however give you the opportunity to take in all this information.

Move a few things around and see what you come up with.  Just remember to stick to these basic rules and your should make quiet a difference to your space.

Drop me an email to let me know how you have succeeded through my website at www.retrohomefabrics.com.au

happy home decorating.

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