Highlight small or large clam sculptures as objet d'art to create interest.
Some of us may enjoy the calm and collected atmosphere that is accentuated with coastal decorating where the use of sea blue tones, natural tones of white and light pastel finishes matching the right home accessories namely beach themed, can help create a more relaxed match for comfort living. Coastal decorating is not only a decorating style but it is also an art since it employs the use of natural decorations with your own art of decorating styles to find the perfect fit for your home. The final product of coastal decorating should eventually reflect a harmonious creative pursuit that intermeshes your personality, your style and your ideas with the natural elements of nature to create the coastal home that is a personal haven to you.
When deciding what constitutes coastal decorating, many of us turn to the sea for inspiration. We may want to bring the look of the sea indoors and in doing so; we tend to highlight the natural forms of accents like sea shell decorating as a form of boosting the coastal décor theme. After all, coastal décor is about bringing in the life and love of the sea into your home. There are many ways of using sea shell decorations but it is important to remember that there is always a need to maintain balance when using sea shells as too much of it may do injustice towards the overall look of the coastal home. The trick is to create a smooth transition of its use into the many practical forms of home accessories we use without it seeming to clutter the look of the house disparately.
Here are some ideas towards sea shell decorating in the house:
1. Welcome Your Guests with a Shell Themed Front Entrance
The front entrance to a home is perhaps one of the most important entries towards revealing the soul and personality of your home. Hence, it is important to plan the visual presentation of your front entrance with style highlighting the coastal theme vibrantly and with distinct candor. Highlight a shell wreath if possible and create your own if it necessitates a step further by including lovely sea shells and florals into its work. These days customers can purchase matching shell door knockers and door bells that help usher in the theme of the sea beautifully. Greet your guests with lovely soothing floral arrangements and shell themed mirrors that accessorize and welcome your guests with open arms since the theme of the sea truly is intended to make your guests feel relaxed and comfortable.
Subtle use of shell accents sometimes creates maximum impact as these lovely shell tassels demonstrate.
2. Highlight The Use of Sea Shells in the Home Accessories Used
Sea shells could be used to accessorize your functional home accessories such as a table lamp, candle holders, a photo frame or a wall sculpture. These shells should not overpower the look of the object but be used to subtly create the effect intended. For instance, a table lamp could highlight sea shell adornments on the shade or base while a candle holder may highlight some of the sea shells in the basin or bowl which holds these candles. You may also place a select number of sea shells with sand into a clear glass container to highlight the theme of the sea together with pebbles and other even dashed with colored sand to spark off interest. Use these adornments in suitable areas to anchor the appeal of the sea into the living room spaces. You can also accent the look of the sea shells on mirrors and can even get creative by using sea shell brackets that highlight a natural appeal of the sea.
3. Use Clam Shells Creatively
There has been a rising interest in the use of clam shells. They come in small or large sizes. When treated, clam shells offer exciting decorating possibilities for the coastal home, serving well as soap dishes, planters and for holding your knick knacks for display. On its own, the treated clam shell also does beautifully as an objet d’art. Some artists even create clams in the form of candle holders highlighting their use on the dinner table or for setting a soothing mood in the living rooms. These days, clam shell producers are also getting creative using these exotic shells for the creation of lamps and even solar accents for the garden.
4. Use Sea Shells into the Texture of Fabrics Used
Some of us may get creative with the use of sea shells and could eventually add its effects on curtains, while some may employ its good looks on tassels for holding the curtains down or may even use them for cushions and pillows that are intended to decorate. Highlighting wicker baskets with shell adornments just takes it further when placed in bathroom spaces together with the display of sea shells in baskets.
The use of sea shells lends itself to a creative pursuit and of defining new ways of making the coastal experience seem so fresh and enchanting. The ideas listed above are just some ways of using sea shells into your decorating efforts but should not be limited towards these attempts alone. Highlight the uncluttered flow of sea shell decorating into the kitchen areas, dining room tables and other areas like a conservatory where the greeting of a mermaid themed fountain holding a conch and ushering in a gentle stream of water interspersed against a background of greens in pretty shell and sometimes Tuscan planters, can set a lovely decorative effect for all to relax and enjoy.
Written by Romilla D. for CoastalDecorPlace.com
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