Earlier, a home primarily served as a base for rest, privacy, and living together with family. However, the modern home has acquired some more dimensions as a work-from-home office space, workout zone, and a cocktail bar for socialization. And it has to scale up to meet all these requirements along with keeping your personal touches intact. Amidst this, it also has to ensure higher safety and peace for your mind, no matter what size. Since décor plays an integral role in influencing its aesthetics and performance, you can put together your home to achieve your goals. Even if you like eclectic interiors, you can infuse them with an air of comfort in your signature style.
Here are some suggestions for a one-bedroom apartment, which can inspire any home décor.
The arrangement
Someone who lived in a 450 square feet apartment with a bedroom, living area, and kitchen combined into one single space can feel overwhelmed after moving to a home with different dedicated rooms for their needs. Of course, you can be excited about buying new stuff to give your home a character of your imagination, but you would want to be careful with your budget. Anyway, nothing should stop you from building your home into a feel-good space.
Bedroom
An all-white theme with a hotel-kind of bed can make your resting corner a visual treat. If you cover the bedding with breathable silk fabric, the entire look would have a divine touch. To add some contrast, you can use champagne-colored crinkled velvet shams for your pillows. Some people don’t like to have headboards. Do you prefer the same thing? In that case, the wall above your bed may look empty without anything. You can decorate it with a wedding blanket, for example, and the bedside table can hold brass lamps as this always works with white background. They don't cost much.
Is there a sizeable French casement window? It can be a fantastic feature to have in a room. Please don't leave it untouched. Keep a bench down the window and hang raw linen drapes. When the weather is pleasant, you might want to sit there and soak in the soothing outside views from the comfort of your bedroom.
The small neighboring space off the bedroom
Due to work from home culture catching up, you would also need a small corner committed to your office needs. So if you find a little corner with a window, you can set up your desk and chair right there. Besides that, you can add a library lamp and a few photo frames. These will instantly render warmth to this nook. On the sidewall, you can build bookcases where you can keep books, knick-knacks, and other items. These can be quick ways to personalize any corner.
Kitchen and dining area
Some homes can have raw and rugged wood features dotting the area between dining and kitchen sections. If you also have this, you must utilize its backdrop oozing vintage appeal. For example, use the kitchen shelves to showcase your aged dishware, pantry staples, and plants. Elegant sink options for the kitchen are also available. However, make sure to select an appropriate size and surface.
The other side of the wall, which houses your dining needs, can accommodate a bar cart. You and your friends can hang out in this space for some hearty conversations and unwinding. Then you can also get a pair of distinctive style stools, which may not be comfortable but enhance your rugged background. The dining table set can be simple dark wood material with cushioned chairs and a patterned table runner. These will have both a modern and elegant vibe. On the table, you can add candle holders, seashell decorative items, a patterned table runner, or anything whacky that you enjoy.
Living room
Everyone wants to gift their living area something unusual that stands out from the rest. You can think about having a vintage medallion rug, which can be an expensive buy but something quite close to your heart. The carpet can be a perfect companion to an all-brown theme in its soft pink color. If the couch is a mix of caramel leather and walnut-stained wood, the combination of rug and brown accents can be an enormous contributor to the warmth of the place while keeping everything grounded. A coffee table and caned chair with cherry blossom velvet upholstery can take your entire décor to the next level in such surroundings.
If there is still some room, you can install a modern sideboard with drawers and doors featuring curved details. Make sure the item has a mid-century vibe. It would suit the earthy charm of your room. You can round off the look with collages bearing some of the colors of the rug.
Things to consider
An eclectic décor allows you to explore your creative and imaginative side to its fullest. But don't get carried away by this. Too many unique pieces or choices can spoil the magic and end up creating a mess. On the other hand, if you proceed with care, you would be able to travel this path safely. After all, you want to make your home more livable in every sense, whether you spend your day doing nothing or making critical decisions.
A modern home with any theme can emerge to fulfill your daily needs. You don’t have to worry about its size. If you are clear about your design objectives, you can make it functional, beautiful, safe, and comfortable regardless of its shape and size. Hence, your focus should be on maximizing your experience instead of getting bogged down or distracted by its square footage. Although the real personality of the house may not reveal itself immediately, you can keep building in a particular direction to understand how it goes. Eventually, you can shift or remove a few things. But that is all part of the decoration process. You don't need to hesitate, especially when you are not making any structural changes, which tend to be quite demanding.
So, whether you like an eclectic look or something else, give your home a shadow of your personality to make it completely yours.
