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More Guide to a Well-Designed Room

By Pamela Cole Harris, About.com

Warm Contemporary Living Room

Contemporary Living Room

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6. Are there enough artificial lighting sources? Do your task and reading areas have the appropriate light fixture?

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  • How to Modernize and Update the Lighting in Your Home
  • 7. Are the textures in your room indicative of your family's style? Are they slick and satiny or soft, nubbly or fuzzy?

  • Layers, Height, Color and Texture
  • Using Texture in Designing Your Space
  • Texture, texture, texture
  • 8. Is the room color pleasing, striking, relaxing or energizing? Is the color dated? Is it a great background to the other design choices of the room?

  • DIY Paint Guide for Budget Decorators
  • Understanding Color Schemes
  • 9. Does the design of the room cause the eye to move around the room - taking in everything?

  • Basics of Space in Room Design
  • Asking these questions before you start a design will give you a better idea of what you need to change, remove, add, or highlight. Are you ready to design?

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