Moving into a new flat can be exciting and fun, especially when it means freedom of choice to decorate it the way you would like to decorate it.

My friend Cindy had recently had her flat redecorated and it looked amazing. The color combination and the furniture were simple but looked amazing and the minute you walked into the living room you got this lived in feel, making the flat cozy and welcoming.

So, when I moved into my new flat, I decided to redecorate each room in a different style. The master bedroom was decorated in the Victorian style, the guest bedroom was decorated with a garden theme to it and the nursery was in shades of blue with stars and a lot of cartoon posters in it.

The kitchen was in the French style, with a rustic look to it. The furniture was wooden and we decided to put up pictures and hang the pots and pans on the walls.

When it came to the living room I thought it was necessary to give it a warm lived in feel to it. We decided on rugs and cane furniture for the living room. That evening I invited Cindy over for tea to get her take on the way I had decorated my home. She loved the way the house had been decorated, and suggested: why don’t you use bamboo lampshades, this will help in adding a touch of class to your living room and sure enough it did.

It is always heartening to see drab apartment high-rises sporting ornamental and flowering plants on their window sills. Some are planted in make-shift window boxes, others in a variety of pots and kitchen containers while still others are in conventional clay pots.

Among all these mini-garden efforts by city folks, the best one I’ve seen so far is a thriving herb garden outside the kitchen window of a fourth-floor apartment in an almost-seedy part of the city.

The herbs were so lush in their varying shades of green — draping down from hanging pots, shooting out from plastic pitchers, even bursting out of old basketballs with sliced tops – that I could almost smell them from the street three floors down.

It seems that if you can’t have a garden lawn, and you don’t have the floor space to bring nature indoors, a window sill or a window box can host just as verdant a growth of plants as any public park in the city.

What used to be just the TV/game-room of our house, with the TV, DVD player/recorder, video and audio DVD’s and board games, has become the computer room.  The board games are all but forgotten.

At first we had a problem with the wires snaking across the floor ready to trip the careless, until we came up with the best floor plan suitable for a room full of electronic products.

We decided that the TV and DVD’s should be on one side of the room while the desktops, laptops, notebooks and printer would be ranged on the other.  The “geeks” and the “gleeks” would be facing away from each other.  The geeks, of course, have headsets with padded muff-type ear phones, so the gleeks can listen and sing along to their favorite show without having to muffle the volume.

With the help of an electrician, we placed sockets a foot above the floor in the walls behind the computers and the TV, and have no more spaghetti wire traps on the floor.

There is a table off-center, nearer the computer side, where printed material can be collated, homework can be done, and, (hope, hope) board games can still be played.

It really does not take a lot of effort, time or even money to set-up your own cozy little space. All you need are a few simple touches and little details such as bright red carpet or colorful area rugs to make your small space comfortable. Area rugs are great for any small space whether they are placed as art decor or simply as floor covering. You can feel the place become cozier with area rugs especially when winter is near.

However, when it comes to decorating small space flooring, a lot of homeowners cannot simply afford to replace their old floor tiles with wood parquet. Thus, if this is the case, you can simply resort to innovative flooring in order to put on the final touch in your room. The perfect symmetry in small spaces works in a triangle with the eye from one side to the other and vice versa. For example, what completes the red blanket and the red tasseled lamp is a choice of warm orange flokati rug or any red area rug.

At first glance, decorating with red can be a little exaggerated and even more difficult but if you use red in a subtle way, you can create a certain class into your home.

Red is a color often associated with royalty. When famous dignitaries pay an official visit to a country, they are often welcomed and greeted with red carpet. While you, your family and friends are not the kings and queens, you can still afford the real thing: by placing a red carpet or at least a red-colored area rug for your floors.

Of course, if we talk about the color red, it does not necessarily mean bright red. There are different shades of red like scarlet, purple, burgundy or tomato. Therefore, if you want to follow these ideas, you can vary the level of subtlety and the decor can become more interesting. If you choose a red carpet, you can choose a color which can blend better with the rest of the environment.

Do you love pink? In most countries, pink symbolizes femininity. But outside of the gender-orientation, if this is the color you like to decorate for your room, a girls’ room or baby’s nursery- the options are limitless. Pink certainly comes in a variety of tones from very pale to bright pink. Pink can be relaxing or soothing or it may also be strong and dynamic. You can decorate the room in the shade you want most and to the effect that you want to achieve.

Suppose you want to decorate your little girl’s room pink. In this case, you should choose a lighter, more subtle shade to create a more relaxed atmosphere. You can paint the walls of the room a very pale pink color so that the space will look bright and airy.

When it comes to your floors, you can place pink area rugs with the idea of a place to rest and to relax. You can also choose more pronounced pink shade rugs. The reason for this is to make your child become interested with bright and happy colors.

If you are planning to change the look or redesign your bathroom, there are a number of factors that needs to be taken into account. In developing the best decor plan for you, carefully keep track of everything and you will find that you are able to make sound and doable decisions.

First, your bathroom is usually the smallest room in the house. However, it is also one of the most used and exposed to too much moisture. These factors are very important when it comes to choosing the type of materials you need or making the final design and layout. You should be able to take ample time in planning your bathroom design and layout to avoid spending more money in the long term.

Installing wall to wall carpeting is very common in colder countries, but carpets do not usually last for long. Installing under floor heating and floor tiles are much comfortable and can even last a lifetime. It may cost slightly more but in the long run, you still get to save a lot of money.

Outdoor decor has become increasingly popular and the options range from standard patio sets, lounges, porch swings, picnic tables and grills, to couches, televisions, wall hangings and outdoor kitchens. Fountains, sculptures, plants and flowers can be perfectly placed in the right spot, which can also reflect any theme you can imagine.

For your flooring options outdoors, this include wooden decks, stones, cement patios, outdoor carpet, tile flooring, and wood flooring, which snaps together to be more like the indoor flooring we see in most homes. Getting the “interior look” outside for your floors would be very interesting when drawn with furniture and accessories that complement the floor.

Outdoor rugs like bamboo or all-weather fabrics can add style and flow to outdoor rooms like the kitchen, living room and other outdoor leisure activities. Are you satisfied with the floor on the patio or terrace or are you simply looking for ways to update it with a few accessories? If so, you can always start with two rugs. Place the rugs under the round patio tables, in front of lounge chairs or couches or make area rugs as a base of a dining or living room set.

Most young girls love the glamor and fantasy with movie stars and actresses. If little boys like to play cops and robbers, girls want to dress-up and practice dance steps in front of the mirror.

An active imagination should be encouraged to young daughters, as long as this is not pushing any boundaries, pretending to be famous is quite fun and exciting! You can actually transform your little girl’s bedroom in a fantasy world for very low cost.

Lights, cameras and action are all that’s needed. The lights are probably the most complicated and expensive part in decorating a diva bedroom. If you have no experience with these kinds of appliances, you should ask someone who can properly install and secure the new lights.

Lastly, to make a stage for a diva, the easiest, safest and least expensive design to this is to add some great area rugs in your floor. Bamboo rugs are a perfect choice for this project. Make sure you use of anti-slip bamboo rug to allow more movements. Moreover, a pair of flower-shaped rugs or star-shaped yellow rugs is a great addition to the stage flooring.

Some houses have been blessed with an extra floor: the basement. However, some basements are very small and contain the boiler, electric meter, and a few other items. This kind of basement can’t be used for any other purposes other than utilitarian. But in other houses, the basement is a floor itself that can even be split into several parts. In many homes the basement is rented as a separate apartment with separate entrance.

If you decide to use the basement for living or make a place for children to play, you can do:

1. Extra ventilation by installing windows and/or fans for ventilation.

2. Increase the brightness in your basement by placing in bright lights. You can also brighten your basement by painting your walls in color that will reflect light such as white or light yellow.

3. When it comes to your basement flooring, use linoleum surface for convenience. Add some area rugs too for comfort and extra warmth.