Today we’re going to be exploring concepts involved in traditional home decor. Everyone loves a classic traditional room. The warmth and detailing draw you in. Creating these great interiors may carry a steep price in cost and time – they are often complicated, and full of interesting and expensive decorative objects. But you can start creating a traditional interior with colour and form, and add to it as you go along.
How to Make Traditional Home Decor Easy
Traditional home decor reflects the traditional values of harmony and cooperation. This is the key to simplicity in traditional design ideas. There are many ways to achieve this and BetaBoard can help. You can contact BetaBoard online or at one of our 5 stores to shop our great offerings and discover ideas, and get pricing for your needs. Here are some of our favourite design ideas to get you started.
Symmetry and Balance
You can create the traditional look by placing the basic furnishings of a room in balance around a central focus – two easy chairs framing a fireplace, a window, or even a television set. Pairs of smaller design elements like candelabras or light fixtures on either side of a fireplace or a doorway continue the look of symmetry. Use tall, patterned drapes to frame and accent a major window opening.
Choosing Furniture
Dark woods and carving are design keys for furniture in traditional decor. Patterned fabrics – florals and paisleys – carry the theme. Restraint and elegance are important traditional design ideas, especially in choosing fabrics for larger pieces. Patterned or embroidered pillows on sofas complete the traditional look.
Choosing Paint Colours
Traditional paint colours are warm and friendly, and go a log way in traditional decor. Tints of amber in white work well to carry light into interior spaces, and to balance the patterns and details of your larger furnishings.
Floor Covering
An Oriental rug in the centre of the room will create a traditional look. This works best on a hardwood floor, but can be effective over existing carpeting if the colours are compatible and the carpet is in very good shape.
Accent Pieces
A handsome mirror with a carved wood frame, perhaps glinting in a hallway, is a traditional touch. Dark woods show well against light-coloured walls, and that contrast brings out the carving and detailing. Artwork or photos in decorative wooden frames will have a similar effect. You are creating traditional decor by thoughtful arrangement of a few nice things, rather than with a profusion of objects.
Traditional Surfaces
Natural materials like stone, brick, and wood all speak of traditional design. A stone floor in an entryway, a brick wall in a kitchen, and wooden detailing almost anywhere are traditional design ideas that are tried and proven. You can add and supplement that beautiful natural look using wall panels. Your walls are the largest design element in your rooms, and they are usually the place to start.
EasyCraft Panelling from BetaBoard
BetaBoard is pleased to recommend EasyCraft panel board. EasyCraft is a specialty high-profile wall panel board, available in a wide range of finishes and colours for the classic look of traditional home decor – the intricate high-detail finish that we see in the best traditional spaces. EasyCraft panels are engineered to be the ultimate easy wall panel. Easy to install and finish, easy to maintain – and easy on your budget, too.
Let BetaBoard Show You EasyCraft
Come into any of our 5 great locations to browse EasyCraft and chat with our knowledgeable staff about your home decor and traditional design ideas and needs. Or if you prefer, get in touch online for information and pricing, and to look through our offerings. We’re one of Australia’s leading plasterboard suppliers – and we want to talk with you about your plans.
