Most of us are proud of our homes. It is somewhere for us to enjoy family life and entertain friends. We all want a nice home, which reflects our personality and tastes.
When possible, we like to stand out from the crowd, so are always looking for new ways to decorate and finish our homes. Today, we are looking at some unusual sources of inspiration.
Home staging companies
Our first slightly unusual source is home stagers. Most people only think of using this kind of professional when it is time to put their property on the market. In fact, the services of this type of firm can come in handy when it is time to decorate our home.
Emblem, a home staging company, is a fantastic example of somewhere to get both inspiration and help with transforming your home. You can browse their website for ideas, use them to stage a room for you or hire the furniture you need to transform your home.
Living for a few months with the style of furniture you are thinking of buying is a great way of checking you are on the right track. The last thing you need is to spend hundreds on a new 8-seater dining room table only to discover it is slightly too big to be practical in your home. If you had hired this size table, for a month or two, you would have discovered this. This will have saved you from wasting hundreds, or maybe thousands, on a table that was not suitable for your home.
Show homes
On a similar note, show homes are another good place to get inspiration. It is also a good way to see the latest style of furniture in a setting that is similar to your own home.
DIY stores
Another place where you can see the latest home decor ideas are furniture & DIY stores. Most of these retailers build mock-ups of rooms to show off their latest products and lines. This is a good way for you to get a proper look at the latest furnishing styles and determine whether you actually like them as much as you did when you first saw them online or on the TV.
Old movies and TV shows
If you are looking for something different, spend some time watching your favourite old movies or TV shows. While you enjoy watching them look closely at the way in which the homes featured in them are decorated.
You will be surprised at how much of what you see will inspire you. Because many of the decor styles have not been in general use for decades, they are actually quite fresh and new for the modern consumer. As a result, they can be a great source of inspiration for your next home decor project.
Your day-to-day life
If you see something that you like while going about your day-to-day life, remember to take a photo of it. Later, when it is time to decorate one of your rooms, you can look through these and use them as inspiration.