Aesthetic appeal
Artifacts add that extra glam quotient, giving your home a creative look.
Artifacts add that extra glam quotient and make even a simple looking room stand out. While the greens add a touch of natural beauty to the external elevation, aspects like a patio, fountains, waterfalls, pergolas, urns, statuettes, and lanterns bring a mystical element to the outdoors. Stepping out into a verandah, it is the comfortable seating, mural on the wall, or antique swing that creates a charming prelude to the interiors. Indoors, the options for decor are unlimited. When the home is designed in a traditional style, Indian or foreign, the artifacts must suit the character of the home decor. Brass lamps, heavy silks, portraits on walls, and carved furniture make a statement. The decor items will follow suit whether it is metal statues or lamps, silverware on the side tables, or ethnic floor coverings like Persian carpets or durries.
Whatever be your furniture and style of decor, artefacts serve as highlights, the key elements which determine the warmth and creativity of the interior. Even the most exotic furniture can appear cold in the absence of these decorative pieces. In the same vein, even the simplest furniture can be transformed to look exotic when blended with unique pieces of art work. It is a common perception that artefacts are expensive, outside the purview of an affordable décor. While artefacts can certainly be expensive, there are many exclusive pieces that can be stunning, available at affordable prices. Shalaka Pingale, owner of Sanskriti Lifestyle feels that doing up home is beyond the wall paints and furniture, "One can enhance any corner of their house by using different accent pieces. The distress finish is the latest trend. It breaks the monotony of the furniture colour. If you want to add a little colour and make a bold statement, you could move away from the white distress to any colour of your choice like green, lemon yellow or any other colour you fancy."
The distress finish comes even in smaller shelves for you kitchen or bathrooms to candle stands and photo frames, Pingale adds. "Another thing which is a favourite these days is the statutes in real coral and turquoise. They come in Buddhas, Ganeshas, or musicians. The market has now come up contemporary artifacts."
In bedrooms, personal items like bedside photo frames, indoor plants, bowls for knick-knacks, and window dressing can be tuned to complement the designs in the rest of the home so that there is a seamless flow of visual aesthetics all through the home. Alternatively, if the decision is to do up each room in different styles, there will be a variance. Personal touches in terms of preferences in colour, textured paints, or the
kind of seating will dictate the
look in these spaces. Other
more functional spaces have minimal use of decoration. Kitchens are activity zones that can be made cheerful and inviting with pleasant colours of cabinets or countertops, some artwork on the walls, and attractive tiles. These days, utensils, crockery, and cutlery are aesthetically
and artistically designed
and add a touch of
elegance to a dull and sometimes monotonous space.
Swati Shah, owner, Simply Life, feels most people decorate their houses using artifacts for Feng Shui purpose. "Most people, while designing their houses with artifacts, prefer it to do it as mentioned in the Vastu science and in Feng Shui. You can place waterbodies like fountains, water paintings on the north-east side, laughing Buddha and tortoise with coins facing the main entrance of the house or your office. Terracotta pots could also be placed at the entrance where as the urli pots can be placed on your centre table filled with water and petals or floating candles. This would make your entire room look very attractive."
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