Chapter 47 Intro

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Chapter 47 Intro

• Decorating your living space

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Objectives

• How to create pleasing room designs
• Elements that make up a rooms background
• Strategies for selecting and arranging furniture
  and accessories
• Three types of lighting and the unique purpose of
  each
• Ways to make sharing space easier

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Think About

• If you had 75 to spend, where would you start?
• Where can you find decorating ideas?

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Designing Living Space

• Identify your needs, wants, and preferences
• What is your goal? For what activities will the
  space be used? What storage is needed?
• Evaluate your current space
• What works? What needs to be changed?
• Consider your resources
• Do not plan beyond your budget

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Backgrounds

• Walls
• Provide privacy, absorb noise
• Paint or Wallpaper
• Windows
• Window treatments, coverings
• Curtains, drapes, shutters, blinds, shades or a
  combination
• Floors
• Concrete, wood, cement, tile, slate, brick,
  vinyl, carpet, rugs, etc..

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Furniture

• Functional furniture- meets a specific need
• Styles traditional or contemporary
• Traditional- hundred of years
• Contemporary- simple, reflects todays lifestyle
• Selection
• What do you need, what do you have, where can you
  get these things affordably
• Arranging
• According to traffic patterns

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Accessories

• Lamps, plants, posters, pictures, books, baskets,
  etc..
• Lighting
• General overhead ceiling light
• Task focuses on where light is needed
• If lighting is above your eye level it should be
  10 inches behind your shoulder
• Accent intense beam of light directed at a
  painting, sculpture, or object

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Sharing Space

• Sharing a bedroom with a sibling
• Sharing a dorm with a roommate
• To be an effective roommate
• Set Ground rules
• Show Respect
• Consideration
• Cooperation
• Communication