Have you ever walked into a model home and wanted to buy it just because of the decor? Did the home look welcoming? Have you ever tried to mimic the decor in your own home? Check out these tips professional designers and decorators use when decorating model homes. You can make your own home look like a model home. I am serious! It isn’t as hard as you might think.
Try these 20 Steps…
1. Float Your Furniture
Move your furniture away from the walls. More often than not, you will make your room look more inviting and more accessible.
2. Get More Lighting
One thing that sets model homes apart from everyone else’s homes is the lighting. Use dimmers, use lamps, and use track lighting to accomplish this task. Layering the different types of light in the room is key. The rule of thumb is 100 watts per 50 square feet.
3. Find Your Model Inspiration
This is how many designers start out their designs for model homes using one object. It may be a swatch of fabric or a piece of art or even a piece of pottery. Use that item to find your color and design scheme. I love the Kohler commercial where the home owners walk into the designers office and ask to have their home built around the faucet.
4. Be Creative with Paint
A lot of model homes really rev up their spaces with just paint. They have painted something special on the walls almost using the painted wall as art. Other times, they will paint an accent wall. Two words of caution on accent walls. First, make sure the accent wall contrasts enough with your main wall color. Second, make sure you pick the right wall to be the accent wall, don’t pick some sliver of a wall or a wall that is to the side of the room away from the focal point of the room.
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5. Use Plants
Many model homes have plants in the home. Plants bring the outdoors in!
6. Use Bookshelves
Lots of model home have a library area filled with books that look fabulous. We all know that books are expensive to use only as a prop. You know what they do? They visit thrift stores and buy books based upon the color of the cover. Never leave the paper sleeve on it.
7. Choose fabulous tile
Most of the model homes look like they have really upscale kitchens. If you look at the details, most of the money is spent in the back splash tiles. They find fabulous tiles to put up and it adds a classy and upscale touch to the kitchen. Don’t forget you can use just a little bit of tile in a shower on the back wall in the center or make stripes.
8. Use Window Treatments As Accents
Drapes can be hugely expensive. They don’t have to be. In most model home, they only add drapery panels on either side of the window. They do not cover the entire window, but simply frame it.
9. Be Creative with Candles
This is a standard in most model homes, especially in bathrooms. Get pillar candles and make sure to light the wick. It’s the small touches that make your home look lived in and not just trying to look like a generic home.
10. Remove All Clutter
Get rid of the clutter. There is no clutter in model homes. Just adhere to a place for everything and everything in its place.
It's not necessary to display everything in your home. Pick only a few pieces and accent them. Click To Tweet11. Be Creative with Molding
Many of these model homes have crown molding and chair rails. Use the molding in new ways to. Use it to make vertical divides under a chair rail and paint those areas two different colors.
12. Accessorize Your Stairway
Don’t forget to accessorize your stairwell. Place a collection of picture frames, art, metal pieces, etc.
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13. Use Artwork as a Headboard
Many times it is too expensive to buy a headboard, but you don’t have to. Buy three pieces of art. Get a large pillow and hang your artwork higher than the pillow so you don’t hit your head on it.
14. Go Bold with Pillows
Lots and lots of pillows on the master bedroom bed. Usually about 7 pillows will do the job. Two large in the back, next three smaller ones, then two more even smaller ones.
15. Don’t be Afraid of Artwork
You will need to put up artwork behind your couch, over the bed, on either side of a mirror, over the fireplace, over a dresser.
16. Be Creative with Personalized Murals
Murals are very nice to use in kid’s rooms. Pick a theme and if you can’t afford someone to paint one, use decals. There are many available now that look spectacular. Divine Elements of Design offers custom vinyl wall decor. We have various styles, designs, and colors. Check out examples at http://www.divineelementsofdesign.net/products/custom-vinyl-wall-decor/ You can also customize your very own on our website.
17. Don’t Forget About Flooring
Delineate you spaces with area rugs. Pick interesting flooring to jazz up a space.
18. Use Common Items as a Headboard
In a kid’s room that has a theme, use regular everyday items as a headboard. For example, if your child is interested in tennis, use tennis rackets staggered.
19. Use Built-Ins
You can do this yourself. Come up with a design and build it. These are usually very basic and trimmed with molding.
20. Accessories Are The Finishing Touches
Add accessories around your house in sets of odd numbers like a set of three. It is more and pleasing to your eye.
I hope you found these steps on ways to decorate your home like a model home useful. Please feel free to leave any comments, questions, or suggestions. I would love to hear your thoughts on how you decorate your home.
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We float our couches and we love it.
Thanks for sharing.
WOW! These are some really great, simple tips that a person often doesn’t think about. Thanks for sharing!
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I love this! I always feel this way when I go into a model home. I am definitely going to try some of these steps! Thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome. I hope these tips help.
These are great tips and lighting , plants and wall colour can make a huge difference to any room in your home.
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Wow some fab tips here! I’m now off to see what I can do on my stairs and with my windows!
Wish me luck!!
Best of luck to you. Let us know how it turns out.
We use a lot of storage bins to help hide “stuff”. Most homes have a lot of clutter so minimizing that I think helps open up the space!
Yes it does. But be careful with having multiple things in storage bids. I encourage you to go through them often and purge unwanted items.
Love the ideas! Getting too much stuff on bookshelves is something I struggle with constantly though. Just too many books! I’m sharing this in a roundup post to publish on 9-16-17.
Wow, thanks so much. I’ll be sure to check out your round up post.
i was wondering what type of white paint do decorators use to paint trim and wainscotting in model homes, Thank you
Sherwin Williams’ Pure White is a popular choice for trim and wainscoting. If you’re starting a project, you should give it a try.
Glad I stopped by your website. I was looking for such tips from a month. Finally, I can make my house complete with your decoration tips. Very useful and thanks for sharing.
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I liked what you said about getting rid of the clutter. I have been trying to figure out how I can improve the look of my home. I think that this would be a big step and we would have to teach our girls to put things away in a timely manner, but I think that it would be completely doable. I would love to try this out for our home.
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This is so inspiring! What is the first thing to decorate a house? How do I start?
I have been considering getting a model home this winter. I liked that you explained that it would be smart to be creative when painting a model home. It is good to know that having an accent wall could help make your home have a focal point.
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Wow, I love your idea to create built-in shelving and add in those critical accessories to help make your home look incredible. About a week ago, I moved into a new home. It is in the perfect location and has good bones, but it needs some remodeling. I will have to look into great decor like beautiful indoor candle lanterns that can help give my home that incredible design.
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I want to re-decorate my house to make it look like a beach model house adding some fresh and open touch. I like how you mentioned that being creative with candles is one of the most important things to not only make it look good but also smells good. I will definitely follow your advice in all the recommendations you gave, especially the candle one.
Thank you very much for reading. Candles are one of my favorite decorating items.
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My mother-in-law just moved into her townhome about 3 weeks ago and just mentioned to me that she’s hoping to find some good furniture for the living and dining room. You make a great point about how sometimes having a swatch or piece of art as a starting point to help you find inspiration can be a great place to start when it comes to decorating a place. I’ll have to let my mother-in-law know about that.
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Nice tips here! I especially love the idea of plants. This is such a simple and affordable option!
By the way, plants can also improve the air quality in your house.
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