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Tired of looking in design magazines for tips and not finding anything that suits you? The spring issue of Decorating (a special-interest publication of Better Homes and Gardens) has ideas for decorating smaller homes with human-scale rooms, as opposed to the cavernous rooms seen in more high-end design magazines:

• If you are re-covering furniture, ask the upholsterer to skip the skirts. Furniture with exposed legs takes up less visual space.

• Footboards on beds look almost like little walls – not a good thing in the middle of a small room. To get a tailored, luxe look without a footboard, attach a padded, upholstered headboard to a regular metal bed frame. Add a tailored dust ruffle in the same fabric as the headboard to carry the look all the way around the bed.

• Add crown moldings to the ceilings of small rooms that lack architectural interest. Increase the size of the moldings around doors and windows.

• Make a small, inexpensive chandelier look more elaborate by trimming it with glass baubles and beads.

• Keep window treatments – shutters, for example – consistent from room to room.

• Choose sofas and chairs with low backs and arms.

information from : www.theolympian.com

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