{"id":5874,"date":"2016-11-15T12:27:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T10:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.weetas.com\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2017-11-07T13:37:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T11:37:28","slug":"7-common-decorating-mistakes-homeowners-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/7-common-decorating-mistakes-homeowners-do\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Common decorating mistakes homeowners make"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Decorating mistakes<\/strong> are common among homeowners who don\u2019t know how to decorate their own houses themselves.<\/p>\n<p>And it can get really frustrating when something in your space just doesn&#8217;t feel right and you can&#8217;t put your hands on it.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why, we will help in this article identify 7 of the common decorating mistakes homeowner do so that your space can look more put together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Stylish but never comfortable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6043\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.weetas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Stylish_but_never_comfortable.jpg\" alt=\"Stylish but never comfortable\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Stylish_but_never_comfortable.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Stylish_but_never_comfortable-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you have a stylish and eye-popping piece of furniture but every time you sit on it you feel your back aching from pain? Then this is what is wrong in your space.<\/p>\n<p>A common mistake almost all homeowners do when purchasing a new piece of furniture, they always buy what would <strong>look nice<\/strong> in their room over what <strong>feels comfortable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Scattered cable cords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6040\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.weetas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scattered_cable_cords.jpg\" alt=\"Scattered cable cords\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scattered_cable_cords.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scattered_cable_cords-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though they are irreplaceable in any house, but <strong>undressed<\/strong> and <strong>scattered<\/strong> cable cords are not a pretty thing to look at and they just give your space a messy feel.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, hiding these cords is always your best option and there are tons of creative ways in which you can hide your cords in an artistic way that can add a stylish feel to your interior designs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Over furnishing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6038\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.weetas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/over_furnishing.jpg\" alt=\"Over furnishing\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/over_furnishing.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/over_furnishing-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mistakenly thinking that crowding your space with elegant and stylish furniture will make it appealing is the most common mistake of them all.<\/p>\n<p>Over furnishing your house is never a good idea, it will only make your space feel <strong>crowded<\/strong> and a lot <strong>smaller<\/strong> that it really is.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to furnishing your house, the <strong>right placement<\/strong> of every item is much more important than the <strong>number<\/strong> of items put in a specific place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Poor lighting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6039\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.weetas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Poor_lighting.jpg\" alt=\"Poor lighting\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Poor_lighting.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Poor_lighting-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The more <strong>natural light<\/strong> you allow into your space, the more refreshed and alive it will look.<\/p>\n<p>Placing too many curtains and illuminating the source of natural light will only make your room look odd.<\/p>\n<p>Also, place <strong>lamps<\/strong> and <strong>sconces<\/strong> that go with your interior design and try throwing a mirror here and there to reflect more light into your space.<\/p>\n<p>Work on enhancing the lighting in your space for a brighter room.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Sticking all of your furniture to the wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6042\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.weetas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sticking_furniture.jpg\" alt=\"Sticking all of your furniture to the wall\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sticking_furniture.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sticking_furniture-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pushing your furniture against the wall will only create a <strong>dead space<\/strong> in the middle that you might feel the need to fill it with unnecessary accessories.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why, experts always recommend homeowners to go with the <strong>floating furniture<\/strong> technique.<\/p>\n<p>Pulling some of your furniture away from the wall while keeping other items pushed to the walls will make your space look more vibrating, inviting and cozy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Squeezing items that just don\u2019t fit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6041\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.weetas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Squeezing_items.jpg\" alt=\"Squeezing items that just don\u2019t fit\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Squeezing_items.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Squeezing_items-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, you bought a new piece of furniture and you are extremely excited to fit it in your space is the biggest mistake you can ever do.<\/p>\n<p>Just because you think your new zebra couch fits with your light colored furniture, doesn\u2019t mean it does.<\/p>\n<p>Yes! Experts always recommend jazzing up your space a little, but you need to make sure while doing so to add a <strong>harmonious feel<\/strong> to your space so that the room looks easy on the eyes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Non-matching wall colors with furniture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6037\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.weetas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Non-matching_wall_colors.jpg\" alt=\"Non-matching wall colors with furniture\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Non-matching_wall_colors.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Non-matching_wall_colors-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is always recommended to choose your furniture first before <strong>coloring<\/strong> your wall and not otherwise so as not to get restricted with <strong>furniture colors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Matching your wall colors with your furniture is much easier than having to match your furniture with your wall colors.<\/p>\n<p>So, first <strong>choose<\/strong> your furniture and settle on a color then start <strong>painting<\/strong> your walls with matching colors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decorating mistakes are common among homeowners who don\u2019t know how to decorate their own houses themselves. And it can get really frustrating when something in your space just doesn&#8217;t feel right and you can&#8217;t put your hands on it. Which is why, we will help in this article identify 7 of the common decorating mistakes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[653],"tags":[756,117,215],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5874"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12367,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions\/12367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weetas.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}