Simple Designs and Home Decoration Hacks

Any space can be transformed into whatever you want and can be made to transmit any element that you want, the home included - a home is one place that can have a variety of elements to it; it can be a place of safety, comfort, a place of peace and tranquillity, a place to feel welcome and relaxed. This ambiance of a home is something that is important in making an ordinary space feel like an actual home. This is one of the reasons why home designs and décor is important.


When people think of home decoration and home designs, their minds tend to zone off into the realms of getting a complete overhaul or completely changing the contents of an entire space. While this is attainable, it is usually a huge misconception that it is the only way to spice up or change the look of your home. The truth is that very simple changes can make a great difference in the décor of your home. As a matter of fact, one of the easiest things that can make a massive difference is a simple cushion.Home decoration and designs are the major ingredients that help to transform a mere house or a living space into a home or even into whatever you want it to be, it is what helps to make any space come alive and feel alive.

Cushions or throw pillows are one home accessory that can completely transform a space with very little effort. The great thing about this accessory is that they come in a very wide variety of shapes, sizes, and designs. This means that you can play around as much as you want with cushions - be it up, down or even still in the same line as the previous design or theme. Another great thing about them is that they are very easy to manipulate and do not require any form of specially or professionally trained eye to make use of them. Throw pillows are one of the easiest and safest ways to transform the look and feel of your space without having to go all out.

Cushions and throw pillows are made from a variety of fabrics and materials that make them very versatile in decoration. Their designs are also very vast and range from the normal simple pillow designs to having tassels and even pipe edges. These décor accessories serve two major purposes; aesthetics and functionality. While they are mainly used for aesthetic purposes and are usually bought with this purpose in mind, many of their functional purposes include head and neck support, back support and even seat support. Many throw pillows or cushions come with covers that can be removed and changed, and even have the inserts changed if they become flat or contain properties that trigger allergies.

Having cushions around a home is more or less a norm, however, using them as a means of changing the elements of a room is not something that a lot of people take note of. Here are different ways that a simple cushion or throw pillow can dramatically transform the look and feel of a room:

Colors

This is perhaps the most notable transformation that can be seen from using throw pillows or cushions. In many home designs, the color palettes are kept simple and monotonous and as much as this gives a clean chic look to any space, it can get tiring with time and just become bland. A simple swap or even an addition of one or two pieces of brightly colored cushions can take away that boring feel in a room and make it feel livelier. Having a plain and monotonous space is the best way to go crazy when playing around with cushions. You can mix up different complimenting colors, patterns and even shapes to give you a more creative display in your home.

Sentiments

How a room feels tends to linger with people and influence how they behave or act in that space. This is why home decor is not only centered on how the room looks but also how it feels and how it makes people feel. The aura and feel of a room can be changed with a simple cushion. The display of patterns and colors can greatly help ease the seriousness of the design of a room and help to give it a more cozy and comfortable look and feel.

A simple change of cushion covers from bright and playful to tasteful and classy can also help to transform a room and give it a more luxurious feel. This versatility that cushions bring about in the sentiment of a room can be very helpful if your home is usually used as a venue for different events. For instance, if you have a playdate for the kids on Friday and a dinner date with friends on Saturday, rather than bother yourself with redoing the entire home, simply changing the type of covers on your cushions can help to take your home from playful and safe to tasteful and classy.

Functionality

Apart from the obvious aesthetic function, cushions are known to have other different functions many of which are support functions. Different sizes of cushions can be used as support systems for the neck, the head, and the back when sitting. Also, cushions can be used as seating aids and even as actual seats. In a situation where you have more of a crowd than your furniture can handle in your home, cushions can double as seats for many people. This is also very useful during children’s playdates. You do not want a situation where kids get your sofa covered in all manner of goo and dirt. It is much easier to let this mess take place on cushions that can simply have their covers removed, washed and replaced.

Cushions are one décor accessory that has been used over and over again for many years and is far from going out of style or fashion; in fact, it is a simple secret professional have employed very successfully. It is a home décor accessory that keeps on giving and can be used in all living spaces in a home.

The bedroom, for instance, can do with a splash of color from some colorful throw pillows laid out in the bed or even on the chair. The children’s bedrooms are also another room in the house that can maximize the use of cushions not only for decorative purposes but for safety purposes as well. The study, the kitchen, the patio - the options are endless and filled with decoration opportunity.

You can also decide to ditch the regular sofa setting of cushions and place them at other corners of your home such as on the windowsills, on cupboards and even on shelves.

Cushions are a very simple, inexpensive and effortless way to change the theme, tone, setting and general aura of your home. It is something that you can rarely fully exhaust when it comes to options, there are just more than enough ways to make use of cushions and throw pillows in your home


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