Do you love music? Regardless of how you are involved in music, consider dedicating one room in your home, as a music room. Such a room could be an unused room in your home, or you could even construct a new one. In either case, the room will be 100% dedicated to music. In your music room, you could write music, practice it, or just listen to it. Here are some steps to help you design your music room:
1. Remember to add the proper lighting
If you want to use your music room for relaxation music, classical music, etc., then make sure that the lighting in your music room is soft. However, you should consider red lighting if you are in a rock band. Red is a color of aggression, so such lighting would match well with the nature of band.
2. Add lamps and plants
Such items will help the room to appear lighter. If you want to adhere truly to a music motif, then search for musical lampshades, such as those with music notes on them. Choose plants with bright flowers, to enhance further the artistic environment of the music room. However, make sure the lampshades and vases are clear of any mobile parts of musical instruments.
3. Add music decor
This could include items such as music metal wall art. Such art is available in a variety of forms, such as treble clefs, bass clefs, musical notes, and so on. Another option is to include musical posters, such as those of singers, bands, and concerts. The decor will add to the musical motif of the room.
4. Ensure that the music room has a window
This is important, to allow visual stimulation to complement the sweet sounds of music. Make sure that the window has a relaxing view, such as that of a garden, skyline, or beach.
5. Position furniture based on your use of the room
If you are using the music room for band practice, then place all huge equipment on the perimeter of the room, so you can practice in the center of it. Meanwhile, if you want to use the room to chill out and play your guitar or kazoo, then position a chair near the window.
6. Add your own flavor to the walls
Besides music metal wall art, add various types of personal music items to the wall. That could include album covers and guitars.
7. Include furniture that will help visitors to relax in your music room
One of the most important uses of music is to calm our minds and bodies. Create an aura of relaxation by adding furniture that will encourage such an environment. That could include chairs, couches, and tables. Whether your visitors are there for a jam session or to listen to a CD, make the seating as comfy as possible!
Making your own music room can be as easy as hanging home wall decor. Follow the aforementioned tips to make it music to your ears (and eyes)!
By: Alyssa Davis
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How to Give Your Walls the Southwestern Flavor
December 24th, 2009The desert is very much part of the countries down south. Many people might not appreciate living in this place. Places like Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and other states in this region still have rich cultures that we can try to get to know. If you look at it, people in this region are very gifted with hand crafted items and accessories. On top of that, people are adventurous, mysterious and warm just like how their desert can be. Their lives are laid back and simple which are things that many people want to have. The beauty of the Southwestern Culture has inspired a lot of people. No matter what their beliefs and practices may be or even how different it is from others, theirs is a unique blend. No matter how arid their lands may be or dry their climate is their way of living has inspired many designers to create a theme out of it. What you have read above is just an eye view of what is all about. The beauty of their practices has lead to inspire many architects and interior designs. Understanding what their culture is about and injecting the meaning of it in to different interior designs, has added to the many wonderful options people can choose from into making their homes a better one. Southwestern wall art is one of the many contributions of their culture to our daily living. Many artists are compelled to create various accessories that you use to hang on the walls of your homes. These decors are anything that you can find in the desert and anything that you can relate to your culture. Metal works of various creatures like iguanas, lizards, and the bear are very notorious as an inspiration for this modern works. Different collections of paintings showing the beauty of their vintage pots and vases give great colors that can also be used in Tuscan or Mediterranean themes. Blankets and quilts attached to hangers simply to make the walls covered with great colors and patterns giving us a Hispanic setting. They have one of the greatest weaved materials that you can use to complete your southwestern theme. Their items involve a lot of colors and textures that can simply remind you how the desert looks like in a hot afternoon. It is often times blended with colors that can clearly show the personalities of various people in this region. A touch of red, yellow, tan, green and other pastel colors and can fill your walls; giving a natural look derived from the natural elements in the South. It is a definite that southwestern wall art can really spice up your walls and make them even more attractive than they should be. Having them as part of your decors can remind you of the warm sun and the stillness of the desert. It also gives you a taste of beauty that can naturally come from simple things. This is one inspiring culture that it has contributed in making many good home designs all throughout the world.
