Duplex apartments have advantages such as spaciousness and roominess, and they give you ample options for decoration. However, there are some tips to consider while decorating these beautiful homes. The larger a space is, the more difficult it is to decorate, because you need to use more furniture. However, you can actually create a magnificent look with only little touches. Let’s first take a look at the types of duplex apartments:
• Roof Duplex: Roof duplexes at the top two floors of a building have a bathroom, kitchen and salon in their bottom floor. The upper floor contains bedroom and terrace.
• Inverted Duplex: This kind of duplexes are structurally inverse to classic duplexes and they are made up of an entrance floor and the floor below it. Generally salon and kitchen are in the entrance floor. Bedrooms are located in the bottom floor which opens up to a garden.
• Garden Duplex: Categorized as inverted duplexes, garden duplexes have their bedroom, kitchen and bathroom at the entrance floor. Saloon is in the bottom floor and it opens up to a garden.
In all of the different duplex types decoration can be split into two categories, namely interior and stairs. Stairs, which separate duplexes from a standard apartment home, take up a fairly large amount of space in these living areas. Your preferences for the design of your stairs can define the whole atmosphere in your home. On the other hand, your interior decor reflects you and your style. Using a comfortable design in your interior will make your life easier. You can find all tips to home decoration in this article!
Stairs Decoration
Content
• Stairs Decoration
o 1- Pictures That Liven Up Your Home
o 2- Carpets To Match Your Stairs
o 3- Wood: Simple and Humble
o 4- The Harmony Between Neutral Colors
o 5- The Roomy Entrance Hall
o 6- Wallpapers With Colorful Design
• Interior Decoration
o 1- The Harmony Between Different Colors
o 2- Back to the Nature With a Pastoral Ambiance: Rustic
o 3- Trendy Hanging Bedroom
o 4- The Splendor and Grace of Dark Colors
o 5- Divided Minimalist Salon
o 6- A Tree to Widen Up and Naturalize Your Home
It’s not just stairs! With little touches you can turn your stairs into one of the most characteristic corners of your home. It is not at all difficult to create a home that reflects your personality, by combining staircase decorations with interior decoration samples!
1- Pictures That Liven Up Your Home
With brand new pictures, you can breathe a new spirit into your home. Pictures that you hang around your stairs will help you personalize your living area, and give you a nice experience by almost creating an elegant art gallery in the environment.
2- Carpets To Match Your Stairs
Undoubtedly, carpets add warmth and aesthetics to our floors. So why shouldn’t we add the same touches to our stairs? If you have an unused carpet sitting in a corner, you can cut it to match your steps and create an unbelievable look. Thick carpets attract too much attention so they’ll become the focal point of your home, so you might want to prefer thin rugs in this part of your home. However, it would be sensible to fix your rug pieces on the steps to prevent any slips and falls in future.
3- Wood: Simple and Humble
If you don’t like vanity, you can go with discreet. How? Wooden elements are friends to those who want to carry the beauty of nature into their home! For instance, using wooden railing would be an aesthetical safety solution. If you’d like a ceiling which looks higher, there’s a way for it too! Covering the wall which is adjacent to the stairs with vertical-pattern wood will make your ceiling look like it’s higher than it actually is, and bring a spacious feel into your home.
4- The Harmony Between Neutral Colors
Neutral colors such as white, brown and cream will help your stairs be visually more harmonious with your home. More widely preferred in the Scandinavian decoration tradition, these colors will create a simple elegance in your home.
5- The Roomy Entrance Hall
A crowded entry to your stairs can lead to a suffocating view in home. Keep an open area at the front of your stairs, which open up to a corridor, by removing every furniture there except for a small nightstand and maybe a carpet laid longwise. This will give you a more minimalistic view. In addition you will be minimizing the risk of tripping against furniture while walking.
6- Wallpapers With Colorful Design
Would you like a more striking transformation in your home which reflects your unique character? You can take a braver step and cover both your stairs and the adjacent wall with patterned wallpapers. If you think that your home does not look spacious and clean enough, you can use a wallpaper with patterns of light colors to bring liveliness to your stairs.
Interior Decoration
Now that we have designed the stairs, we go on with the interior decoration! One of the common mistakes in this area is to think of the bottom and upper floors as if they were separate houses. Defining a concept and implementing it as the dominant theme will bring a wholistic atmosphere to your home. So sit back, close your eyes and get ready to start the journey to your dream home!
1- The Harmony Between Different Colors
The contrast you get by using lighter and darker tones together can bring an elegant ambiance to your home. And for that it will help to use furniture in darker tones before walls of lighter colors. In addition, a stove, decorative coffee table, empty frames and various plants will help you create that nice look.
2- Back to the Nature With a Pastoral Ambiance: Rustic
Would you like an impression of a village in your home? If yes, you should try rustic decoration! By being generous in your use of wood, you can create a natural ambiance in your home. In addition, a wide carpet to cover the floor and surrounding plants will bring a pastoral vibe! If you are dreaming for a place where you can feel like you are in the bosom of nature, this concept will be the right choice.
3- Trendy Hanging Bedroom
If you fancy a modern style and follow the trends, we have a great suggestion for you: a hanging bedroom! Mezzanine stories, preferred by more and more people every day, is a solution which is both elegant and space-saving. Even if your house is big, who can say no to a cool hanging bedroom?
4- The Splendor and Grace of Dark Colors
For some, using dark colors might be considered a bold move. However, with little touches they could be the main actors of a splendid change. These colors are sometimes associated with boring and choky looks, but quite conversely they can help you create a dynamic and magnificent environment. Using the enigma of dark grey and black, you can create a sophisticated environment in your home. The key to all is the white floor and wall frames being the same color.
5- Divided Minimalist Salon
It would be the dream of many of us to decorate a large hall with lots of furniture in a duplex house. However, it is best to think first, whether we would need that many furniture. Especially if you have a small duplex house, you might as well prefer a minimalist concept. So you can use every inch of your home much more efficiently. In a unit which you place behind your couch, you can store materials such as books and electronic items. In addition, a bed to place behind this unit can be your sleeping area. Thus while saving space, you can bring a very minimalist and elegant style to your home.
6- A Tree to Widen Up and Naturalize Your Home
If your ceiling is high enough, you can try raising a tree inside your house. A tree which you raise with good light and matching soil can bring a garden vibe to your home. It also humidifies the environment and contributes to keeping fresh air inside.
If you have a duplex house which you want to decorate, you can use these fine details to level up your elegance. You will enjoy trying all of these new things! Wishing you a blissful home and a happy life where you can bring to life your favorite styles…