God strikes!
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We Indians have a rich culture, mythology and a great devotion towards gods - all the 3000 crores in our collective consciousness. To show your religiosity is one thing. To flaunt you’re theistic zeal so strongly that your guests find your home too pious to enter, is another thing entirely.
If you really want to add a touch of divinity to your home, two to three pictures or idols of gods in your living room are enough. They are best spaced apart and not clustered together, so that they do not appear too overpowering.
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If you have too many religious idols and photographs, arrange them all neatly in the prayer room of your house if you have one. Otherwise, isolate some space in your house (not in the living room) to pray in peace. Most of us have a separate prayer room in our homes, so utilize that space well.
The same rule applies for family photographs and knick knacks. Too much on display is never a good idea.
Theme overboard!
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To have a house that is straight out of your little girl’s school uniform is definitely not going to be welcoming. Using the same colour or worse, the same tacky pattern for the entire room has an enormous number of downsides. To pick a few:
1. You have to strain hard to even see the lampshade.
2. The only remarkable thing will be the print/colour screaming in your face. Was that vintage furniture? Sorry I didn't notice it.
3. Soon, you will start to see how much of an eyesore the print/colour really is.
4. You will pay through your nose to renovate as EVERY SINGLE THING is in the same hideous colour.
Interior designers strictly warn against going “matching-matching’ with your home décor. People often mistake the interior theme to be a monotonously unvarying set up. An interior theme comprises of just a few elements that have something in common. It is not what the entire room is about.
Clutter caution!
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This living room looks just fine per se doesn’t it? Well, try walking around inside this living room without tripping or knocking something over. From the flood of furniture and the numerous cushions on the couch that leave little space to sit to the open violation of the rule on the number of pictures, there is too much going on in this tiny room all at once. Get out before your head takes a spin.
A home is better off not looking like a home furniture and décor store. Before you decorate, move about the room and see where you can place anything without it being an obvious hindrance. I modify the Murphy’s Law to say that “If anything can be knocked over, it will be.” Multiply this factor by a thousand if there are kids or old people in the house.
Steer clear of tacky!
I saw this tagged under ‘kids’ rooms’. Unless you want your kid to get a migraine attack, revamp this theme at once. A riot of completely contrasting colours at too bright hues is plain tacky. There is no other verdict to it. Avoid it like the plague!
And now to the one décor embarrassment that tops my list:
Bathroom blues!
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Now that’s a perfectly built modular kitchen. Wait…what!!!??? Is that a toilet inside a kitchen?????
I have actually heard home owners justify this so called “Vaastu” position of the toilet with the belief that it brings in good luck. The only thing it brings is germs, unpleasant sounds, embarrassment and something that smells like food eaten a day back. You don’t want all that in your gourmet dinner, if there still is someone who hasn’t left already with disgust plastered across their face.
The only solution I can suggest it to wall up the bathroom right away and construct another door.
How to avoid décor faux pas:
When in doubt, stick to plain, uncomplicated stuff. It could be boring, but at least it won’t send you heading to the ophthalmologist and your family to the shrink.
And if you have any doubts, read this article. I am sure you will change your mind for good.
Seen any crazy home interior faux pas?
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I saw this tagged under ‘kids’ rooms’. Unless you want your kid to get a migraine attack, revamp this theme at once. A riot of completely contrasting colours at too bright hues is plain tacky. There is no other verdict to it. Avoid it like the plague!
And now to the one décor embarrassment that tops my list:
Bathroom blues!
Image Courtesy: Apartment Therapy
Now that’s a perfectly built modular kitchen. Wait…what!!!??? Is that a toilet inside a kitchen?????
I have actually heard home owners justify this so called “Vaastu” position of the toilet with the belief that it brings in good luck. The only thing it brings is germs, unpleasant sounds, embarrassment and something that smells like food eaten a day back. You don’t want all that in your gourmet dinner, if there still is someone who hasn’t left already with disgust plastered across their face.
The only solution I can suggest it to wall up the bathroom right away and construct another door.
How to avoid décor faux pas:
When in doubt, stick to plain, uncomplicated stuff. It could be boring, but at least it won’t send you heading to the ophthalmologist and your family to the shrink.
And if you have any doubts, read this article. I am sure you will change your mind for good.
Seen any crazy home interior faux pas?
