When you bought, rented, or built your current home, you were probably drawn to its overall vibe, charm, and look. However, once you moved in and unpacked, you probably wound up giving each room its own distinct aesthetic. It's good for an individual room to come together, but it's even better to unify the look of your broader house. Knowing a few tricks can help you accomplish this.
Repeated Patterns and Colors
Unifying your home's look doesn't mean you have to replace all your furniture to match a certain style. In fact, you can do it by painting walls, some throw blankets, pillows, and even book covers. You can use a single color to unify your home, or you can also just repeat a particular pattern in different ways in every room. It's also smart to vary where the pattern is in each room. While one room might have an accent wall, another might tie in with a rug. This way, attention is diverted in different directions in each room but to a common theme.
Common Era Decorating
You don't want the same decor in every room, but getting it all from the same era can be a subtle way of unifying your house. Whether it's the 1950s and 1960s ranch-style homes or something more modern, most pieces of decor have certain time periods that they seem to represent.
Honor the Social Centers
Your kitchen and eating areas are going to be the social center of your home. Whether it's workdays with just family or evenings and weekends where friends and family might stop by, these are the spaces everyone will eventually gravitate to. If you're not sure what should anchor the decor for your entire home, then it should likely be the 5 piece dining room set you seat everyone around at dinner.
Window Treatments
Most of your rooms likely have windows, so why not use them to bring things together? Human eyes are naturally drawn to them to see what's going on outside. Even better, natural light during the daytime can make any unifying window treatments you choose to look glorious at times.
Unifying the look of your house doesn't have to involve making every single room absolutely the same, but it should involve some kind of central theme or common element. These ideas can either help you accomplish that or at least get started in the right direction.
