Luxury interior designer Virgie Vincent knows how to easily upgrade your home from lovely to luxurious.

1. H o w T o
Virgie Vincent
Design a Room
with Metallics

2. is my middle name. When it comes to
decorating a home, the easiest way to upgrade
it from lovely to luxurious is to add metallic
details. Regardless of how much experience you
have with interior decorating, these ideas will
give you the guidance you need to slowly, but
surely, turn your home into a metallic, futuristic
palace worthy for a celebrity to live in.
Luxury

3. Get Crafty
Are you hands-on type with
your interior decorating
projects? Something as simple
as gold, silver or copper spray
paint can go a long way. You
can paint nearly anything — a
table, vase, picture frame,
chair, etc. It’s an easy and fast
way to upgrade an old or
damaged piece into something
new that you’ll love again.

4. Get Crafty
There are also more complex
projects to upgrade your
home. As I was scrolling
through the internet a few
weeks ago, I came across an
article about a woman who
decorated her bedroom floor
by covering it in pennies. It
looks stunning! In addition, a
penny vase can also add a
classy touch to your breakfast
nook table.

5. Incorporate Small
Pieces First
Although metallics can easily
transform a home into
something magnificent, it can
be daunting to decorate with
it if you’re not familiar with
the best way to incorporate
the concept. You can start by
using accessories such as a
silver tray for the coffee table
or a bronze vase.

6. Incorporate Small
Pieces First
You can easily to move these
pieces around until you can
find the perfect balance in the
room. As you’re getting more
comfortable with the concept,
you can move on to bigger
projects like installing a brass
lighting fixture, or a copper-
tiled kitchen backsplash.

7. Remember the
Color Scheme
The color scheme is the most
important thing to remember
about designing your space.
Colors on the warm end of the
spectrum, like red, orange,
yellow and brown, go with
with warm metals like copper,
brass and gold. Cooler colors,
like green, blue and purple, go
with silver, chrome and steel.

8. Remember the
Color Scheme
If your space is already
decorated with warmer colors,
then you should incorporate
warmer metals. The same goes
for rooms decorated in cooler
colors, then cooler metals
should be used. Neutral-colored
rooms are where you can have
fun — you can mix and match
all the metals you’d like!

9. You CAN
Mix Metals
Forget about everything you’ve
been hearing about sticking to
one metal — you can mix them if
you do it right! Make sure you:

10. Have a neutral environment.
White, beige and black allows
you to have more creative
freedom with color.

11. Pick a dominant metal, then use
the other metals as accents. Do
you like gold? Consider a coffee
table with a gold finish, gold
lamps and gold pillows, but
accent the room with silver
candle holders and picture
frames.

12. Use different finishes — like
matte, polished and hammered
— to tie everything together.

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