What are some good decorating tips for a teenage girl room?

Sometimes just changing your bedding and adding a focal point can liven up your room.

Buy a new duvet cover or comforter from a place like Ross. Ross or TJ Maxx has some great deals on bedding and linens, and the prices are great.

Add an organization center to your wall. You can put notes, pictures, and favorite souvenirs all together in one space like Pottery Barn does. Use the pottery barn as an example, you can put together your own for much less.

Add a large focal point to your floor, such as a comfy area rug. An area rug can pull your room together. Add a rug such as this Animal print if you like Zebra print or a softy, fluffy, shag rug like this Violet Shag if you like a solid color.

How can I make my room a little more soundproof?

You can definitely use rugs to minimize sound, and you will notice the difference especially if you currently have flooring and no carpet.

To maximize the sound proofing, use plush rugs such as a super soft shag or flokati. A rug such as this Chocolate Flokati is super thick, and if you cover your flooring with it can minimize any sound coming from your room.

In addition to the area rugs, you can add weather stripping to the inside of your door frame. Most people don't weather strip inside, but it is a great way to minimize sound coming in and out.

Curtains on your window also help diminish sound from inside and out. Buy a thick cotton curtain as opposed to sheers.

Arabian themed room, suggestions?

Sounds like you have it all planned out! Burgandy walls, curtains, and highlights of teal and purple.

My only suggestion is to be sure that there is some light colors in the mix. Without light to balance the dark, your room won't give off the same vibe.

An area rug on your floor is a great idea to tie everything together.  Try a rug like this Wine area rug that has wine/teal in it, then balance it out with some teal throw pillows on the bed or a hot teal throw blanket.

If you are going for burgundy curtains, be sure to use sheer.  With dark walls, you need to let in as much light as possible.

Have fun!

What should I decorate my room like?

Can I add rhinestones to my walls?

It sounds like you want a pretty room, and you can definitely put rhinestones on the walls. I've done it myself.  Here is what I did to add rhinestones.

Get a stencil that you like.  In a room like yours, you can add a stencil that represents something you like about gypsy/renaissance.  Big flowers, leaves, etc are all great for a theme like that. I did large leaves in the room I stenciled, and started them down by the floor and took them halfway up the wall. When I was done, it looked like large plants growing from the floor.  Take the rhinestones and a hot glue gun (get your mom to help if need be). Glue them in strategic places within your stencil. I did a trail around and through certain leaves.  It looks really pretty.

If you have really big rhinestones (mine were small), you could put fake frames around them and glue them to your wall.  Add a small water fountain in one corner. It is soothing and would work in your theme.

For curtains, use long, colorful scarves. Clip them to the rod with curtain clips, and alternate colors.

On your floor, try a pretty area rug that will tie your colors together. Something like this Multi color area rug would be perfect in a room with orange and green.

Have fun! Sounds like a very pretty room. 

How should I decorate my new apartment?

I like the idea of Feng Shui


I don't know what color your current furnishings are, but if you want to add a color scheme that is complementary with Feng Shui, try to balance colors.

Red equals fire, and needs to be balanced with beige (earth), white (metal), blue (water), and brown/green (wood). My suggestion is to choose a central color (it might be white in your case as you aren't painting) and add the other colors are complements.

If you have a beige, blue, or brown couch, you can add red throw pillows or just one red throw pillow among a few neutral. You can also add the fire element by putting art work on your wall with red as a central theme.

The wood element can come into play with plants, such as bamboo or ferns. Water can be balanced by adding a fountain in the corner that will provide a soothing trickle like rain on your roof top.

You can find some great area rugs that will add color and dimension to your room. Try a rug such as this Red Shag or this blue that adds beige/blue components.

I'm not up on specific placements for your elements, but this should help for a start.

Cold Floors and large cold rooms?

Without dropping a fortune on changing your floors or getting new windows, I'd say that if you do a little decorating you might be able to warm up the room.

Place large area rugs on your floor in key areas. Purchase three or four large rugs and place one in the living area, one in the kitchen under the table, and the other two in additional open areas. Having a rug down on the floor really cuts down on the wide, open feeling by cozying it up a bit. Try a rug such as this Caviar Wool shag area rug It has a deep pile that is comfortable to sink your feet into.

Do you have a fireplace? If not, you can buy portable fireplaces that you can place on key walls. If you are able, buy two: One for the kitchen and one for the living area. If you get the right kind, they do generate heat.

Do you have pictures or art on your walls? Having bare walls just contributes to that wide, open cold feeling. Put up large photo frames, art work, or mirrors. Add some throw pillows and couch blankets to your sitting area.

Color makes a room feel cold as well. Are your walls white? Painting a warm brown, taupe, or coffee color can really make you feel as though your room is cozy.

Have you added weather stripping to your doors and windows? Magnetic weather stripping can eliminate cold drafts.

Whatever you plan on doing, even implementing a few of these tips can warm up your room.

I have a beige sofa and beige carpet. what color throw pillows and vase do you think would go with it?

With such a neutral palette, you can add almost any color you'd like.

Try orange, red, deep yellow, or dark, chocolate brown for throw pillows.  Mix it up by adding two or three in complementary colors such as orange, yellow, and red. Dark brown also goes well with orange.

The color of your curtains would depend on what type of colors you are using to accessorize your room.  If you use dark brown, find some chocolate colored curtains. I usually recommend sheer curtains for windows in living rooms, as they still let the light through and don't darken the room. Other fabrics you could look for could include twill and synthetic silk.

To pull it all together, you could add a piece of art with your favored colors in it.  Alternately, you could add a large area rug to your floor to become a focal point in the room.  A rug such as this Aria Brown with orange swirl would look great with chocolate brown and orange. Another great rug is Aria Natural if you like beige/red combos.

Add a great throw blanket to your couch and some small picture frames in deep chocolate.  You will have a very well pulled together room!

Help on redecorating my room?

I want to paint the walls a new color, probably a dark red

I've had a bright red room and it becomes a little harsh to sleep in. Dark red is beautiful, and really eye catching, but you become tired of it quickly. If possible stay far, far away from tomato reds and find a wine color or a rich, deep, warm red that you really like. If you worry about painting the entire room red, do a feature wall with the red color and the other colors a contrast.

If you choose a warm red, try an area rug like this Deep Rich Red. It's rich, beautiful, and adds just the right amount of contrast with your surrounding walls.

Chocolate brown goes with rich red, so you can choose that for any other stuff you want to add to your room.