When you start decorating your house, you are assailed by a thousand doubts related to the activity and everything that has to do with it. It seems like a simple task, but when it comes to space and comfort, it is necessary to find a balance between the aesthetic and the functional in equal parts. So today, in order to save you time and unnecessary headaches, I want to share with you some golden rules that I applied to learn how to decorate my home without giving up aesthetics but keeping the functional plane very, very present. Don’t lose any detail because I’m sure they will be very useful to you!

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Be aware of the space you have

This is one of the most important aspects that you should take into account in order not to start decorating your house on the wrong foot. Depending on the space you have, you can afford to use one type of furniture or another. Is it a room that you are going to use regularly but that is not very large? You should opt for light furniture, avoiding overly decorative elements and encouraging the entry of natural light.

Make decoration dependent on natural light

Whether or not natural light enters the rooms will also play a crucial role in solving the decoration in one way or another. Depending on the amount of light you have, you can use different colors, opt for one or another interior arrangement and also use a heavier or lighter type of fabric depending on whether you have too much or too little light.

That the predominant colors are neutral

Another of the commandments I applied to learn how to decorate my house was to use neutral colors as the predominant ones in the decoration. According to the decorative rule of 60/30/10 and which should be kept very much in mind when you start introducing and combining colors in your home, sixty percent of the total contribution of color must materialize in the form of a soft and neutral color. By doing so, you will avoid having to resort to sudden changes sooner than you thought because bright and intense colors that are too predominant in our home end up being strident and uncomfortable in our daily lives in the vast majority of cases. Betting mainly on relaxing colors for the wall will make you gain in comfort and wellbeing at home.

Surround yourself with comfortable furniture

You may be in love with a piece of furniture that you are not sure how comfortable you can expect. But… do you like it so much that you’re thinking of taking a chance? Depending on the room in the home we are talking about, you should stop to analyze it calmly, because there are spaces where, yes or no, what prevails is the most absolute comfort and well-being.

Maintenance, cleaning, and durability of coatings

Another one of the most important and complicated decisions you have to make. Especially when talking about materials and finishes for kitchens and bathrooms, which are by far the most affected by wear and tear and the dirt typical of the daily movement that takes place in them. Bearing in mind their behavior and durability when they are placed in damp spaces will save you from costly and unpleasant surprises in the future.

You will need storage space

That’s for sure! But don’t be afraid, you won’t have to give up a careful design to do it. The market offers us better and more aesthetic solutions every day to take advantage of every corner of our home. You will find a thousand ideas to gain capacity in the kitchen, the hall, the bedrooms… and any corner you propose to take advantage of!

Learning to decorate my house: Everything can have a use

Even the smallest corner can give your decoration that special touch you are looking for. It will only be a matter of finding a use for it and making the most of the possibilities that a few meters can offer you.

Opting for closed storage

Learning to decorate my house has been a matter of listening to my more functional side and then accompanying it with the aesthetic side (and not the other way around). In rooms where you need large storage capacity, bet on the