Eye of the Beholder : Ways to Beautify Your Home with Nonstandard Decor

There is a reason your home design and decor does not look like those found in home decor magazines. In fact, there are quite a lot of reasons. Consider:

  • You need a lot of money to acquire and maintain those houses
  • You might not be an interior decorator
  • You actually have to live in your house rather than just show it off

Another reason your home doesn’t look like something out of a magazine is that maybe you don’t want it to look that way. There is more than one right way to look. In fact, it is hard to say that there are any wrong ways to look.

Your home should be what you choose to make of it. Home decor is an expression of individuality. So part of what makes a design good is that it expresses something unique to you. Here are some ideas on how to infuse that uniqueness with items beyond what is traditionally considered art:

Maps

Companies such as Muir Way are committed to preserving wildernesses and other pristine spaces. One of the ways they do this is by selling artistic maps of places like national parks. When presented in this way, these maps make more sense on a wall than in a book.

If you are a history buff, a wall full of maps makes a lot of sense. The same is true if you are a traveler. Pictures of where you have been will gain a lot of context when paired with …

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