| As you page through home decorating magazines, | | | | striking area rug festooned with a fabulous floral |
| stroll past furniture store windows, and search for | | | | pattern inspires a new color scheme and becomes |
| decorating ideas the internet, what actually inspires | | | | the centerpiece of the room. A richly colored rug |
| you to take action? When do you say, "That's the | | | | with swirls cut deeply into the pile creates a pattern |
| look I want"? What gets your attention and sticks in | | | | and flow to plan your room around. |
| your mind until you must have the object of your | | | | The leopard print on a bedspread fabric may inspire |
| attraction? | | | | you to create a bedroom jungle retreat. Spotting a |
| Product designers count on the latest introduction of | | | | drapery fabric covered with bouquets of blooming |
| colors to first catch your eye. A color you've never | | | | roses on chintz inspires an English cottage makeover. |
| seen before or one resurrected from years ago may | | | | Patterns create pictures that inspire. |
| to your inspiration to redecorate. Colors are carefully | | | | Art inspires the soul, but can also create a focus for |
| planned to change throughout year. If this season's | | | | your room's décor. Begin with a focal point |
| colors didn't grab you, perhaps the next array will do | | | | piece of art, something you love such as the |
| it. Eventually some hue in the seasonal rainbow will | | | | picturesque Venetian scene that reminds you of your |
| speak to you and you're off to the paint or furniture | | | | travels. The colorful gondolas and buildings reflected in |
| store. | | | | the canals inspire your color choices. Naturally you are |
| Just as with the inevitable changes in fashion's | | | | drawn to Italianate carved wood furniture, rich |
| hemlines and the width of men's ties, some colors | | | | tapestry fabrics and Venetian glass to accessorize |
| keep reappearing every few years. The avocado | | | | your artistic inspiration. |
| green of thirty years ago is back with a different | | | | We are certainly not immune to design trends. What |
| descriptive name, so it's now a fresh addition to a | | | | makes a look so trend worthy is its ability to inspire |
| new color pallet for another generation. | | | | our own home decorating. Consider the |
| Forms can also inspire. The alluring shape of a | | | | Southwestern design trend of a few years ago. Did |
| camelback sofa or the classic simplicity of a modern | | | | you furnish your living room with weathered wooden |
| chair will set your mind to planning a whole new look | | | | tables, mammoth overstuffed upholstery, and |
| for your room. May as well update those end tables | | | | accessorize with striped Navajo blankets and dried |
| and replace those tired lamps. Suddenly that lovely | | | | animal bones? That popular look inspired the trend to |
| form that attracted you, that single impetus for | | | | adopt the desert lifestyle. |
| change, has created a room transformation. | | | | Inspiration for your home decorating does not just |
| The shape of the beveled glass atop a dining table, | | | | appear in the predictable publication and mediums. |
| the meandering curve of a sectional sofa, the | | | | Music, movies, cultures and travel can get your |
| off-beat lampshades on a chandelier are all examples | | | | creative juices flowing. |
| of forms that attract and inspire a new way to see | | | | Be open to ideas that appear in unexpected places |
| your home space. | | | | to liven up your home's decor. |
| A pattern will commonly inspire decorating action. The | | | | |