3 Design Rules That Are Acceptable to Break

Not every home has to have the traditional rooms that are shown on HGTV. It’s okay to break the cycle of having a formal dining room, living room, guest room, etc. Here are 3 design rules that are acceptable to break in your home.

1.     Transform Your Formal Dining Room

·      Nowadays, kitchens have breakfast bars and informal dining rooms right off the kitchen. People don’t see the necessity of a formal dining room like they used to.

·      Consider using your formal dining room, living room, or guest room as a cozy nook to watch movies, an at-home office, or a hobby room for artwork, games, or workout area.

·      Refurnishing a room may not work for everyone, but it may be beneficial to put a room to good use rather than keep it solely for its looks. 

2.     Dark Wall Colors Crowd a Room

·      This statement isn’t necessarily true, it depends on what furniture and paintings go along with the wall color.

·      Some people like darker walls when they are watching TV or cozied up around a fireplace.

·      The space isn’t actually any smaller if the walls were a lighter shade. It’s how the furniture and paintings are arranged that make the illusion of the space feeling smaller.

3.     Too Much Furniture in a Space is Bad

·      Too much furniture is better than too little furniture. What makes a difference is how the furniture is placed in the room.

·      The key to using a lot of furniture is having a walkway to get around the room and to surrounding rooms. 

·      Artwork and mirrors can help make a room feel larger and not as cramped.

Changing a room back to its formality can be easy if you end up having guests over for the weekend. By having a sofa or futon in your at-home office or hobby room, you can quickly transform the room into a guest room. These 3 design rules that are acceptable to break may not apply to everyone, but can readily be available for those who are wishing to remodel their unused spaces.