How to Bring Contemporary Living Style into your Home

 

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In modern day decor the appeal of contemporary and sleek interiors is a well sought after look in everyone’s home. The minimal lines, neutral colors and beautifully appointed fine details are just a few characteristics of the contemporary decor style. Here are a few tips to bring the aesthetic into your interiors.

Simple tips to bring the contemporary look into your home:

Use neutral color palette to liven up your interiors, contemporary design features minimal use of bright, bold colors.

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Floors: Consider using hardwood floors, tile or other hard or resilient flooring. Use area rugs to soften up the feel of the room and to aid in sound reduction. Contemporary interiors are minimal and like streamlined appeal.

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Furniture:  Similarly to flooring, furniture should be streamlined and less ornamentation than traditional furniture styles. Choose materials such as leather, neutral colored upholstery, tweed, and tight fibered textiles for your furniture choices. Furniture with straight and minimal legs will make your furniture look more stream lined.

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Accessories and decor: Use your accessories in your contemporary interiors to bring about color and texture, without being over the top. Vases, urns, decorative glassware can adorn bookshelves and coffee tables. In your bedroom and living spaces, simple throw pillows and throws across your couch or bed will add the perfect touch of modern sophistication.

Perhaps with a splash of my embroidery throw pillows?

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Bringing contemporary styling into your home can be made simpler with these inspirational ideas. Neutral colors, minimal but sophisticated lines, and elegant details that are not over cluttered and ornate – this is contemporary and modern. Let me know how you like it in your home!

Renia

The Amazing Grace Hotel in the Santorini Islands

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If you are looking for the perfect resort hotel in Greece, The Grace Hotel is for you. This five star resort is located in the infamous and picturesque Santorini Islands and is considered a luxury boutique resort hotel.

“With its excellent location in the picturesque village of Imervigli above the Caldera (a centuries-old deep basin created from a sunken volcano), the Grace Santorini offers majestic views of the famous sunset cast across the Aegean sea and the Cyclades Islands as well as a romantic, serene atmosphere for visitors.”… Home Designing.

The Grace Hotel is located in a remote location, 2KM from the capital of the islands Fira, and 8-10KM away from the two closest airports. This allows for guests to truly be pampered in seclusion and feel totally removed from the world’s stresses. In the distance you can see the resort hotel sits facing one of the oldest ruins, Skaros, a rock known for its Venetian castle ruins.

The awe-inspiring infinity pools look so gorgeous; you have to wonder if they’re real! Two swimming pools lie on The Grace property and beautiful black sand beaches are only walking distance away from enjoyment as well. Between the pools and the beaches it will be hard to choose which area will take most of your time for exploring.

Once you visit The Grace Hotel you will have a permanent reservation for wanting to return time and time again. If you thought the exterior of the hotel was breathtaking, take a look at the pristine white interiors!

“The simple, white decor of the interiors mimics the monochromatic style characteristic of the island.” … Home Designing.

The next time you are ready to lose your cares away in a luxury boutique resort, visit The Grace in the Santorini Islands. Once you visit, you will never want to leave paradise!

Renia

Beautifying your Walls with Storage!

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Storage has come a long way from consisting of square bookshelves and plain shelving from years ago. Today, organization and storage is as important as decor and often becomes the functional decoration of the room! From colorful architectural niches in the wall to hanging baskets, get inspiration to store it on your wall!

Colorful additions:

Storage on the walls is a great way to introduce colors – whether complimenting or contrasting. Use contrasting color inside of cubby hole shelving for a dynamic and eye catching design idea. Use coordinating baskets and storage bins to add another layer of visual interest to your storage wall.

 

Eye catching focal point: Why not transform an entire wall with functional and eye-catching storage ideas? Organization stores have a wide variety of shelving configurations to fit your design style. From traditional to ultra modern, use a wall shelving unit to intermingle decorative vases, collectibles, books and add pops of color where needed.

Wall storage should be an extension of your personality and can act as an extra piece of furniture to your space. Whether it’s as simple as shelving affixed to a wall to intricate built-ins that can transform your wall, every piece of wall storage is valuable. It helps make more room for your family to live and enjoy your home and it creates a welcoming focal point for all of your memories, decor and colorful additions. 

Enjoy creating beautiful ‘wallscapes’ of storage!

Renia