• Many decorating ideas can help turn your house into a home.home interior image by Andrejs Pidjass from Fotolia.com
  
  Alone or in combination, choose from the many interior decorating styles to create your own distinct design for any room in your home. Although popular styles are constantly changing, styles from yesteryear are still used frequently in home decorating, enabling you to find great home decorating ideas that fit your individual style---it just may take a bit of searching.
  
  

Bathroom

• Start with the smallest room in your home and consider the different decorating ideas possible. Many people choose to make their bathrooms a light color and use darker accents. This is due to the fact that the bathroom is typically the smallest room in the home, with the least amount of window light, if any. Painting or wallpapering the room a light color makes it appear larger. Horizontal and vertical stripes will also make the room appear larger; however, overly busy wallpaper or custom paint jobs may make the room appear smaller. If you want to use dark colors, use them as accents on such pieces as towels, washcloths and wall art.
  
  

Bedroom

• When considering decorating ideas for the bedroom, try cozy color patterns and hues. Avoid bright colors that are too busy, as these patterns may contribute to sleeplessness; choosing calm colors and patterns is ideal for the bedroom. Keep the accents and decorative elements in the bedroom to a minimum. Minimalistic styles are great for bedrooms because too much clutter in the bedroom can contribute to the loss of sleep and feeling of uneasiness, according to Feng Shui teachings. Otherwise, use your favorite colors in the bedroom or shades of cool blues and greens to produce a calming effect in the bedroom. Off white is great for making small bedrooms appear larger, but reflect early morning light easily and often causes sleepers to waken earlier than desired.
  
  

Kitchen/Dining Room

• The kitchen and dining room is where many people choose to use a decorative theme. Rustic and country or farm kitchens are a very common decorative theme for kitchens and dining rooms. For these decorating ideas, use rustic colors on the walls and farm animal accents on a wallpaper border and decorative elements throughout the kitchen. Use a similar decorative idea or theme in both rooms to tie the two rooms together. If using a farm theme with different animals, avoid using one animal only in the kitchen and another animal only in the dining room, especially if a wall separates the two rooms.
  
  

Living Room/Family Room

• The decorating ideas you use in a living room, family room or den will depend upon your unique style and the decor around your home. The living spaces in your home tie all the other rooms together, so most people choose to decorate in neutral colors or to continue the themes used in other rooms. Use a common color throughout the home, or recreate the colors found in an open kitchen or dining area that connects directly to the living room.