| Are you comfortable with your bedroom furniture? Do | | | | size into a single room will make it feel cramped or |
| you feel that it can last you another ten years, but see | | | | even be difficult to maneuver in. Also, faux antiques |
| that the colors are fading or that the surroundings are | | | | can look very real without costing a great deal of |
| less than satisfactory for the 21st century? How can | | | | money. |
| you update the furniture and bedroom decor in your | | | | Look for the Design. |
| home so that it brings you into the modern era without | | | | Rather than looking for furniture that matches the |
| doing away with all of your classic objects? Here are | | | | original classic style that you like, shift your focus to |
| a few places you can start to maintain your style and | | | | what it is about that style that pleases you. For |
| still make it appear more modern. | | | | instance, do you like your classic couch and loveseat |
| Start Small. | | | | because of the size of the units, or is it the design on |
| Don't ditch your furniture or knock out walls. Start with | | | | the material? Perhaps you like the material itself, or you |
| small changes. For example, you can update a room | | | | like the intricate carving on the wood of the arms of |
| by simply adding a few accents, such as a throw rug | | | | the unit. Whatever it is that you particularly enjoy, you |
| to bring more color into a room full of earth tones. | | | | can most likely find that element implemented into a |
| Pastels and earth tones are very classic colors, and | | | | more modern design. You can do the same when it |
| adding splashes of bright reds, golds, greens, and blues | | | | comes to window dressings, kitchen hardware, and |
| can update the area without getting rid of the furniture | | | | restroom accessories. |
| style. To bring the room together, add matching throw | | | | Learn to Compromise. |
| pillows so that the splash of color carries over to the | | | | You may not find exactly what you are looking for |
| couch or bed (depending on the room). | | | | when you go shopping for new décor or |
| Stop Thinking Big. | | | | furniture because you have the idea in your head that |
| Classic style doesn't have to mean huge and imposing | | | | you must have a specific color and style. If you find |
| furniture, and it certainly doesn't have to include | | | | something pleasant that is a shade off, this can still be |
| expensive antiques. Go to a modern furniture store | | | | a good addition. As an alternative, you could always |
| and choose a design that mimics the old Victorian bed | | | | recover the furniture or sand and refinish any wood. If |
| your grandmother had but is much smaller in size. | | | | you can't seem to find furniture you can easily locate |
| Remember, the original designers of classical furniture | | | | other elements to update your room without giving up |
| were often working with much larger rooms than you'll | | | | your clearly classic sense of style. |
| find in a home now, and trying to stuff furniture this | | | | |