You can enhance the décor of your living spaces with some simple elements that don’t entail a huge cost. Many houses have tired looking porticos and cemented driveways. Hang some wind chimes and pots with trailing ferns from a semi covered portico. A driveway can made interesting by having a tiered arrangement of pots or a wooden or stone sculpture. A stone bench too can create nice ambience. A polished or a painted door with an interesting knocker will be nice. Wall mounted pots along the door or terracotta wall plaques and accessories make for a bright change. Apartments can follow on similar lines with maybe grander choice of wall hangings and sculptures. For the lobby, first clear up all the clutter that usually dots the space. For wide lobby, a few chairs and a table is enough. Throw in a smart looking cotton dhurri and maybe one big accessory for the table. A table lamp will make the space look inviting. Store the mails and newspapers in a stylish magazine stand or a cane basket. Have a big mirror or a bright painting on the lobby wall. One big painting or a series of smaller thematic painting will do.

Going ahead we will look at the simple ways of improving the décor of your living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom

In this last write up in a series of home décor hobbies we will look at a few more simple ways of improving the ambience and looks of your house.

Flower Arrangements

There are several styles in flower arrangements. Certain styles like ikebana are famous and attractive. Learning flower arrangement as a hobby is a good idea since you can create different displays for the house. Complement this hobby with other skills like the art of drying flowers, making silk flowers to make beautiful creations for the house. Framing dried flowers ad attractive leaves against suitable backdrops will make for attractive wall hangings.

Needlework

Needlework can turn out a range of elegant decor objects. Crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, and tapestry are some way to create home décor accessories. Needlework can accentuate cushion covers, table cloths, pillow and bed covers, curtains, wall hangings etc to great effect.

Carpentry

This home craft needs a fair amount of expertise before you can charming items. However, you can try simple ideas in the beginning like a stand for an attractive plate before venturing to create larger furniture pieces.

Glass Mosaic Art

A hobby that is versatile enough to create miniscule wall hangings as well as large wall murals. Glass mosaic art requires a ser of dedicated tools and workspace. You can embellish photo frames, mirrors and other such accessories with this art. Slowly, you can graduate to making backsplashes and tabletops.

Other hobbies like photography, bead work and paper Mache will also help you create stylish home décor and accessories.

Today we will see how does the hobby of painting will add to your home décor and home improvement

Painting

You need not be artistically inclined in order to paint a canvas. Any work that you create can be used to enhance your spaces for a simple and personal touch. A simple painting project can involve four differently colored small canvases that can be framed or displayed together to create wall art. When your paintings become more pronounced and confident, turn our attention to the walls and create a mural. Charcoal drawings on handmade rough paper will project an expensive look. Try your hand a drawing simple Warli figures on handmade paper and framing them in a series. Ceramic tiles and glass sheets can be used to pain sceneries, cartoon characters, or anything and any other pattern that you like. Sun catchers can be made by painting on small glass sheets that are then cut according to the design. Decoupage is a good idea to create unusual furniture and wall décor. Many hobby classes teach this art Fabric painting is relatively easy and can be sued to create eye catching table and bed linen. Screen printing is another craft that can help you fashion out wonderful creations. Ready made screen printing blocks are available too. Use this hobby to create beautiful wall hangings, curtains, table mats, and many more home accessories.

Hobbies have always been a satisfying past time. And it becomes even more satisfying if you can use it to aid in something tangible like home decor improvement.

Crafts with seashells

Seashells convey a relaxed but lively ambience on the seaside. If collection of seashells is your hobby, then it can keep you busy even after your holidays. For starters, seashells can be displayed in attractive containers (hurricane lamps are a good idea) on any free counter or table. Improvise the display y painting the seashells in hues of gold or silver. For more elaborate displays accentuate photo frames, lampshades, ad table linen with tiny seashells. Tassels of tiny shells can be sewed onto the ends of cushion covers and pillow cases. Flat, big mother of pearl shells are used to create stunning chandeliers. A DIY which can be easily done at home, it involves stringing the shells with a combination of glass beads onto a circular acrylic board. Suspend an electric lamp in between the shells and watch the chandelier glow. You can also rig out a seashell tabletop fountain with a couple of big conch shells, a water pump, and a ceramic container.

Keep watching this space for more on how you can use your craft skills in home décor and home improvement.

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Colors can do wonders and if it is especially in your living room, colors do really play a decisive role in setting the tempo of you mind. Selection of complementary colors conveys that your room is more energetic and bold. These colors normally are combinations of red-green, yellow-purple etc.

Triadic color implementation is another combination for your bedroom, as it would come in combinations of three colors which are equal in intensity and depth.

If you want your room to convey a lot softened look, you can select three colors from the same family to decorate your wall.

Calm effect for the room can be made with combinations of variations of different colors. For example, if you chose blue and light blue and mix it up sensibly to decorate your walls, it would be as appeasing as it could be. Many people tend to prefer this combination instead of a plain colored wall.

If you think to transform your bedroom or study room or any room to a garden room, which has a garden theme, there are certain things to be followed after the decision is being made.

Color is the primary element to be thought when thinking about a garden room. A color which will give convey the serenity and calmness of a garden should be selected. Green would obviously be a prominent consideration. Also, colors like white, off white and yellow could also be considered.

There is no garden without water. Incorporating that feature to your bedroom is relit ably easy. “Table fountain” seems to be the first choice for everyone since it is very popular. The effect of a table fountain like this is immaculate since the sound of splashing water would just enhance the mood of your garden room. Scent is another feature and you need to have an artificial one of rose or lavender fragrance.