Using Finishing Touches to Transform Your Home

Today’s discussion is all about the ways you elevate a home in the final stages of the new home build process.

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Every phase of a home construction project is important, but one of the final steps in your project is placing the finishing touches, which can ultimately transform your home from basic to beautiful.

Finishing touches are anything that makes a home shift from good to great. Decor accent pieces like throw pillows, rugs, artwork, curtains, and even small knickknacks like coffee table or bookshelf trinkets can elevate a room and keep it from feeling flat. They bring balance with color, texture, and focus.

The strategic placement and pairing of these decorations allow them to stand out against the dark wood of the bookcase. Decorative books dark bookshelf gold accent pieces #bookshelfdecorations #darkbookshelfs #builtindecorating #lizpowell

The use of pale pink in the bed dressings in this room picks up the delicate color in the framed floral bouquet above the bed. Pale pink room flower picture girls bedroom #palepinkroom #goldframe #floralpicture #pinkfloralsheets

The pairing of bed accent pillows is an important way to draw the eye to colors dispersed throughout the room. The patterns of these pillows allow a more bold statement while not clashing with the duvet or curtains. Colorful accent pillows burlap pi

Another thing to keep in mind about the finishing touches is that you can use them to create visual groups that make a space feel more appealing an inviting. For example, if you have a statement pieces using a bold color, incorporate other items of decor that use that same color, like a wallpaper pattern, a framed art piece, or a single throw pillow that shares the bold color. Another way to create visual grouping is to prioritize a mood or feeling within a space. A sitting room might be made more cozy by the inclusion of a pair of lamps on side tables along with a floor lamp behind a chair. Or you might consider a luxurious vibe and add lots of expensive feeling fabrics in the form of throw pillows and blankets. Or you could change up the room even further by instead creating a gallery wall as the main feature of the room, including lots of striking and eclectic works of art.

In each of these scenarios, the entire vibe of the room shifts simply as a result of the way finishing touches were used and incorporated into the home.

The antique console table brings a sentimental touch to your home. The wainscotting and golden sconce lights add extra focus to the framed pictures. Antique table wainscot wall wall sconces #entrywaytable #antiquetable #wallsconce

Layering decorations is a useful way to highlight each object. The way the light cast shadows on the book speaks of a sunny room where you could spend hours basking in the sunlight. Coffee table book sunlight faux plants #sunnyreadingroom #coffeetab

Here are few other ways to bring a room together using finishing touches:

1 | Consider storage solutions.

You have a lot of aeshetic choices when it comes to storage. Picture a family entertainment room with floor to ceiling bookshelves filled with all kinds of games and activities. Leaving them visible ensures accessibility and might ensure all family members are reminded of their options on game night, but if you wanted to clean up the aesthetic and create a more sophisticated look, you mike consider storing bright, colorful games and activities in baskets along the shelf, so they’re just as accessible but you have control over the visual presentation in the room.

2 | Provide surfaces that discourage clutter.

We’ve all got spots in our homes that family treats as a dumping ground for keys, school things, mail, and more. If you’d like an easy solution to mitigate that issue that uses finishing touches, try this: add decoration like wooden bowls, tabletop picture frames, or stylish books and plants to bare surfaces in your home, leaving little room for clutter. Create clever ways to disguise clutter by keeping things like remotes, keys, and mail in baskets or drawers.

3 | Add dimension with candles and plants.

Whether you opt for a small, single wick candle or candlesticks on a dining table or mantle, a soft flickering glow elevates a space so much and provides visual interest, character, and life to any room. Another way to bring life to a room is through plants. Consider how all shapes and sizes of greenery can liven up a shelf, a corner, or a spare surface to help your home feel complete.

Create visual interest through grouping and contrasting your finishing touches in each room.

4 | Play with texture.

Our final recommendation when it comes to your home’s finishing touches is to have fun with texture. In a room with lots of soft bedding or linens like upholstery, you can provide balance and contrast with things like wood bowls, ceramic vases, wicker baskets, etc. Think of the way your home addresses each of the five sense, but especially touch as it plays such a huge role in the aesthetics of your home.

We love talking about all phases of a new home construction process, but the final steps might be our favorite for how fulfilling and exciting they are. How do you use finishing touches to elevate your home?