African Theme Decorating - Stay Focussed
Focus provides you with a clear, distinct, sharply defined goal plus keeps your attention well concentrated on the target. With focus you have a continual point of reference. As with any project you need some sort of plan, a place [...]
African Theme Decorating
Vast decorating resources availability represents a mere fraction. Africa is a huge continent made up of numerous countries to creatively draw from when it comes to African theme decorating. Many think only of South African designs including Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, etc. The continents other diverse regional countries are just as rich in providing many [...]
10 Steps to African Theme Decorating
Start with an African theme.…to arrive at your African theme decorating.
Your theme can involve decorating elements from more than one country in Africa, such as Egypt, Morocco, Mediterranean, Zanzibar, South Africa, etc
Use earth tones with complimenting colors through out your African design. Earth tones are used quite extensively through out African décor. [...]
African Theme Decorating -Ten Rules of Thumb
Artistically creative groupings of three, five even seven are a common practice for small artwork, ceremonial masks, etc. Wall groupings enlist those small pieces you treasure. The spacing of 3″ to 5″ is a good rule of thumb between [...]
African Theme Decorating - Principles
We have visited the elements of design used in African theme decorating: Color, Line, Size, Texture, including Shapes. Now you need a system of arranging these elements into your African decor that brings us to the Principles of design: Balance, Proportion, Rhythm, Emphasis, plus Unity.
These principles provide a systematized impression of how these [...]
African Theme Decorating - Ideas
Works pretty good! For your living room silk trees, plants etc. place leather around the base of the trees. Introduce interest with a few strands of ground cover.
It’s decorative as well as functional… Do this for that fountain that requires constant filling. Place a 5 gal plastic water bottle into a large decorative basket [...]
African Theme Decorating - More Ideas
Get your hands on one of those onyx chess boards, place under a large decorative vase. The style goes very well in your Africa theme decorating design.
It is guaranteed to be a conversation piece…..pretty funky too. When shopping for your next [...]
African Theme Decorating - Subtle Impressions
Combining this conceptual method with a minimalist interior design, you will achieve some very new visual results in African theme decorating. Yes…there are those artists out there that create impressions of subject matter without going into much detail. Their vision of the final outcome is somewhat simple, perhaps even profound.
Proper placement combinations with furnishings of [...]
African Theme Decorating - Lighting
Proper lighting is not only needed it is essential in any decorating theme including African décor. There is natural light, accent lighting, ambient lighting, task lighting also decorative lighting. Light of any sort adds to the overall soothing affect of your creation. These elements are all vital to theme decorating.
Natural light is of course [...]
The Elements of African Theme Decorating
All interior designs of African theme decorating are based on creative elements. The elements used in this process are….. color, line, shape, size and texture. These elements collectively will provide your project with spatial aesthetics providing emotional involvement.
Color is very powerful when it comes to emotional involvement. Consider for a moment your African theme is [...]