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February 16, 2010
How Color Affects the Mood of the Room You Are Decorating
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The way colors affect a person’s mood has been the subject of hundreds of studies and although the effects of color vary from one person to another there are some colors that create predictable moods when they are dominant in a room. This is something to keep in mind as you decorate your living spaces and the places you spend much of your time.
Yellows and golds, for example, make a space feel larger than it is and bring about feelings of liveliness and happiness. It can be a great color to use for rooms in which you will entertain, read, or play.
Green gives a feeling of health and refreshment. Green can evoke soothing feelings of calmness. This might be a great color to decorate your kitchen or bathroom where you want a fresh and clean feeling. Many other colors go with green which helps make decorating a green room easier. The Roomplace has a wide variety of neutral items to accent your green room.
Blue is a very popular color used in decorating. It may be no coincidence that this is due to the fact that blue represents peace and tranquility. Blue has been shown to calm and relax those looking at the color. This can be a great way to decorate your bedroom to help you wind down after a long day. Add a mirror or two from The Roomplace to make the room appear larger and accentuate the blue.
Then there is the forever classic black. Black lends a feeling of sophistication and formality, making it great for a dining room or living room. Through black accents, you can create a mood of elegance and modern style. When black is used wisely, it can create a beautiful room, even in the absence of color. Check out The Roomplace to see all of their sleek and elegant furniture to go great with your black color scheme room.
Here are some more resources to help you use color to decorate your home:
Interior Decorating Tutorial: Using Color, Texture & Style
RSVPstyle.com’s DVD/workbook set: an all-in-one crash course on how to choose colors, textures and decorating styles for small to big projects.
Connecting Rooms with Color | NTV’s Good Life
How do you decide which colors to put where? Start with the rooms where you and your family spend the most time.
Publish Date: 02/19/2010 12:27
http://ntvgoodlife.com/
Color Me Happy: Use Color to Impact the Mood of Your Home
Post image for Color Me Happy: Use Color to Impact the Mood of Your Home. Modern research has shown that when our eyes connect with a color, our brains release different chemicals that impact us on a physical and emotional level.
Publish Date: 02/17/2010 1:00
http://simplemom.net/
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February 2, 2010
Creating an Allergen-Free Room for Your Child
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More and more kids are being diagnosed with allergies every year. It’s a growing epidemic to say the least. It can be so stressful to watch your child suffer with asthma or even the common hay fever. There are a lot of things parents can do to keep allergies at bay and one of the easiest things to do is to decorate their room to provide an allergen free environment. It’s impossible to eliminate allergens completely from your home, but some things are simple and worth your time to update if you or your children have allergies.
One of the most allergen filled pieces in your child’s bedroom in their carpet. Pulling up the carpet and using area rugs on hard wood floors can limit allergens and vacuuming regularly is important. The Roomplace has colorful and unique area rugs which will work great in your child’s room.
It’s crucial to update your child’s mattress since old mattresses can breed allergens such as dust mites and the Roomplace even carries anti-microbial protection to ward against bacteria which can flare allergies. The same advice goes for pillows. They should be replaced about once a year at least. In addition to refreshing your pillows regularly you can use allergen protective pillow cases which are very effective.
Keeping your child’s room simple is key to limiting allergens. The less items in the room to collect dust, the better. When choosing dressers, lamps, and mirrors choose designs that are easy to dust and avoid upholstered items. The Roomplace has a large variety of all of these items to choose from and with the right balance of style and allergy free items, your child can live comfortably in his or her bedroom.
August 15, 2009
Decorating with Plants–Real or Artificial?
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One time, in the not too distant past, plastic slipcovers and clearly artificial plants populated many a living room in our great country. Fake trees and plants of various non-natural colors lurked in scary corners across the land. We all have heard and seen jokes about “Grandma’s Living room” being plastic coated. Certainly, some of us have actually lived it in person.
Luckily for us nowadays, even if live plants aren’t in the cards for accent pieces due to travel and work schedules, pets, and children, there are numerous options for dried and artificial plants and trees that are beautiful and low-upkeep additions to your décor. Martha Stewart and HGTV have excellent articles on how to use plants in decorating.
August 2, 2009
Good Furniture Layout Leads to Better Functionality
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Room planning is more about functionality and space utilization than strictly about looks and style. However, the best proof of the design adage “Form follows function”, the very best room designs also “work” the best for the way YOU intend to use the room.
Where to start: The Roomplace Style Guide can give you a good general idea of what style and type of furniture you’re comfortable with. That being said, you also need to adapt your style to your space. A large home in a suburban location will by nature lend itself to a different style and size of furniture than a high-rise condominium in town.
Architectural style and detail and window shape can also affect your choice of style. Crown moldings and chair rails will lend themselves to a more traditional type of furniture, regardless of what room they are in. How you arrange your pictures and artwork can also be affected by the style you choose. ResidentialArchitect.com provides an excellent guide to wall style and picture arrangement.
July 7, 2009
RoomPlace opens store in Hillside & Retasks Old Store as an Outlet
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The RoomPlace will be having it grand opening of new a 27,000-square-foot showroom in the Hillside Town Center Shopping Plaza on July 17th. The Mannheim Rd. store will replace an older store which has been converted to an outlet center.
The new store features “a fresh contemporary look” with new paint colors, ceiling treatments and more hardwood surfaces . In addition, The new Hillside store has incorporated a unique architecture which will allows for an enhanced shopping experience. Customers will enjoy an easier and more enjoyable shopping experience said Bruce Berman, president and CEO of The Roomplace.
At the same time, The Roomplace continues to expand its presence in retail bedding as the this new store also includes a gallery called The MattressPlace. The gallery features a more private shopping experience for consumers to test bedding and displays the beds by comfort level.
June 16, 2009
Don’t Leave Yourself in the Dark
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One of the best ways to “freshen up” or change the look of an area is to change or rearrange lighting within the space. Lighting has come in all shapes and sizes, from the very functional to very whimsical. Lamps give you a way to put your personal stamp on a room in a fun and useful way. Roomplace has many choices of lamps, from Casual Contemporary, Modern and Traditional. Table lamps and Floor lamps.
Lamps come in all shapes and sizes
Avanti Table Lamp, Mod Arc Floor Lamp, Geneva Table Lamp
June 10, 2009
Are you Pining for Family Dining?
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Tired of eating while looking at the TV instead of each other? The dining table, whether placed in a formal Dining Room, a “Great Room” or as an extension of the kitchen, looms large as an iconic part of family life.
Whether you’re a family of two or eight, memories are made over the truly shared experience of family dining. Be it a dinette or a dining room set, facing each other at a special place to share a meal leads to closer connections and a better understanding of each other.
Thanksgiving, Birthdays, all sorts of holidays…Everything seems more personal and friendly over the family dining table.
Family dining options come in many shapes and sizes…Casual, Formal, and with seating options from “Tea for Two” on up. Roomplace provides many ways to create a special place for family dining in your home.
Sabrina Casual Collection and the Elegance Formal Collection
Don’t need a whole Dining Room? Roomplace can provide pieces to fill out your family dining space. Individual Tables, arm and/or side chairs, buffets and china cabinets are all available as individual pieces and we can scale your dining furniture to your specific space needs.
Entertaining your friends and family is an important function for dining spaces to fulfill, and your style will help set the tone for celebrations for years to come. Check out Martha Stewart Living for entertaining and tablescape ideas
Make your family dining space as individual and exciting as you are. Check out Roomplace.com for all the ways you can make mealtime as stylish as the rest of your life.
May 22, 2009
Give your Flat Screen a Proper Home
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So, you’ve bought that new Flat Screen TV, now give it a proper home. Roomplace has a variety options to help you put the Home in Home Entertainment!
Whether you’re looking for a full Entertainment Center/Wall Unit or a Component Stand, we can provide your entertainment solutions in a stylish and neat package that helps to keep the “octopus” of cables hidden, and your other component pieces protected and organized.
As you know, your television, whether a Flat Screen or not, is just the tip of the entertainment iceberg. DVD/Blu-Ray players, VCR’s and DVR’s Gaming systems, cable boxes, and Surround Sound systems all need to be in close proximity to your entertainment viewing system.
Entertainment Comes in all Sizes
A TV stand with aclean design and modern nickel hardware help to define the cool style.
The Oak Park collection features a golden oak finish and classic design
Bring the size of your room and the size of your TV and let our experts help to find the entertainment solution that fits your needs. Also, let us know what else you’re attaching to the system, so we can make sure that you have enough other space to keep your entertainment system a neat and efficient part of your overall décor.
Some tips on entertainment placement and TV size for the room can be found at HGTV. While Bigger may be better in theory, the distance you sit from the TV should be roughly 2½ times the TV measurement, which is done diagonally across the screen to come up with the size number you see. In other words, on a 47” (almost 4 feet) measurement TV, you should have roughly 10 feet from where your head is to view the TV to the TV screen. This is just a rough rule of thumb, but a good guideline.
Please check our selection of Home entertainment solutions at TheRoomplace.com, and call for details or come in to see our entertainment centers.
May 8, 2009
Home and Office Go Together
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In days gone by, your “Work” lives and your “Home” lives were separate and tended to be kept that way. Now with WiFi, smartphones, and global business, you can have an important meeting anywhere and anytime. Home Offices serve more than just the workplace, too. They are an activity center for homework, vacation planning, and getting ready for the weekly grocery shopping trip.
What makes for a great home office environment? Organization is the first step to efficient home office use. HGTV has a some great tips for home office arrangement, and The Roomplace has great furniture options for building the perfect home office space. The DIY network’s tips for workflow can help you think about how to select and arrange your furniture.
A computer with Internet access has become almost as indispensible to most households as a refrigerator, yet they tend to end up stuffed in corners or set up on the edge of a table that’s really meant for other things.
A well organized and comfortable workspace, whether it’s for your primary job, the kid’s homework, or household organization and financial planning can add to the functionality of your home in many ways.
The Roomplace's Champ Home Office Collection
Writing a book report for school, finishing that presentation for the big meeting the next morning, or planning the family trip to Grandma and Grandpa’s during summer vacation, the home office serves as the planning and activity center. At Roomplace we understand that everyday life requires superior solutions. Come in and look over our Home Office collections.
February 11, 2009
Your Interior’s Design is All in the Accessories
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Accessories on any scale make a large difference in how a room feels.
After you’ve chosen a new sofa, side chairs, or other major pieces of living room furniture, it’s time to move on to accessories- all the little things that turn ‘just any old house’ into a warm and inviting home. Here are a few suggestions from The Room Place for putting the perfect finishing touch on your living room.
Accent lighting is one of the fastest and most effective ways to create a sense of warmth in your home. A pair of table lamps placed on either side of your sofa can create a sense of symmetry and balance within the room, and provide low-wattage lighting sources that eliminate the glare of traditional ceiling lights. If you want to define a second seating area, a hanging lamp placed over side chairs or a table will do the trick.
Candles, like the ones shown above, are a great accessory for placing on end tables, coffee tables and ottomans. Even if you don’t light them, candles create a sense of warmth in the room. And, if you’re looking for a fragrant effect, the inviting aromas of vanilla, cranberry, and sugar cookie candles are all great choices for creating a sense of home.
Mirrors can work wonders in any living room, especially when placed over a sofa or fireplace. Carefully placed mirrors can be used to reflect light into dark spaces, reflect a beautiful outdoor view from a nearby window, and create the illusion of space in tight quarters. And don’t forget, groups of smaller mirrors in place of one large mirror can give your room artistic flair.
Artwork doesn’t have to be expensive to give your room a unique feel. From landscapes to abstract paintings and sculptures, your choice of artwork should reflect your personality and tastes. In addition, textured fabrics, family photos, and small items of interest placed in matching frames can create a one-of-a-kind wall grouping over a sofa or sectional seating.
The Room Place offers all the accessories you need to put those special final touches on your living room, bedroom, or family room. Visit any of our Chicago showrooms or www.theroomplace.com today!
