Decorate sparsely for a modern approach to Spanish design.
For current appeal that speaks to you, work with an eye-pleasing balance of rustic Spanish charm and crisp modern style.The updated Spanish colonial home incorporates a sparse blend of old and new form, color, texture and theme. Find earthy hues and rustic decor in modern tapestries and artwork that suit your contemporary home. Add simplified, light touches of traditional Spanish decor in slipcovered furniture, heavy draperies, earthenware and a mix of warm and cool paint colors that effortlessly fit with the latest trends. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Hang wall tapestries with a nod to colonies of Spain. Although you'll want to stick to artwork with a color palette rich in earthy tones, find current shades and themes that work with your modern home. Because the right pieces might be hard to locate, this is a good place to start your decorating journey; you can choose everything else based on the colors and stories found in your vivid wall textiles.
2. Pick modern furnishings fashioned from iron, hardwoods and aged wood to keep step with Spanish decor. Discover furniture inserted with today's version of ceramic tile, copper accents and large black iron hinges that lean toward Spanish or Tuscan inspiration.
3. Use the latest faux technique to add the authentic look of plastered walls within your home. To sparingly modernize the house, "plaster" only one feature wall in the living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms.
4. Add a little color to your walls. Pull a suitable color from your artwork to use on a feature wall in the room. Paint retailers are always updating colors to incorporate newer tones of brown, orange, yellow and red. If they don't have what you are looking for, most paint specialists can use a computerized matching system to mix a shade that suits your needs. If you prefer, paint the rest of the home in crisp whites for airy, fresh modernity.
5. Use dense fabrics here and there throughout the home; drape a canopy over the bed; pad dining room chairs and find rich, corduroy or velvet pillows to top the sofa. These heavy, warm materials will heat up your Spanish hacienda's atmosphere.
6. Work with the newest neutrals. For example, if gray is the "in" shade, slipcover the couch with durable tweed for a modern twist. Carry varying grays further with charcoals, blacks and silvers in draperies, bedding, rugs and towels. Choose gray or weathered barn wood for window trim and picture frames.
7. Welcome guests with a few oversize urns, vases and earthenware in the entryway.
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