Decor

Your family room decor should reflect your family's lifestyle and interests while welcoming friends and providing a sanctuary from exterior stresses.

Decor accessories

• Use lots of family treasures to personalize your family room. Create a celebration wall for achievements from first place awards to first drawings with the blue crayon.
• Select paintings or other artwork that reflect your room theme and contribute to the established mood, from restful to energetic.
• Think carefully about using fragile items in the family room in case impromptu catch games or pillow fights get out of hand. Whenever possible, secure breakables in protective displays.

Your decor will evolve as your family grows and matures. Change themes with the seasons to recharge the rooms energy. Favorite mementos will have rediscovered popularity when they are unpacked after their hibernation.

Classic decor themes:

• White with vivid blues evoke the beach and nautical settings
• Hunter green and burgundy evoke country settings
• Black, white and silver evoke high fashion glitz
• Peach and lavender or yellow with purple evokes a spring blossom setting.
• Red and white checks evoke sunny country summers.

Decor dynamics

• Review decor annually, as changing interests and technology impact family room decor updates.
• Use textures to complement the formal or casual tone of your decor. Smooth finishes reflect a serene, more formal atmosphere. Plush textures enhance warm, inviting, casual charm.

Decor mood

• To project family room serenity, provide lots of easily accessible storage to minimize clutter.
• Choosing a mix of prints and patterns embraces the energy of various displays, items in use, or projects in process.