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HOW TO BLEND TRADITIONAL AND MODERN STYLE DECOR
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Apr 22, 2025
How to Mix Modern and Traditional Style Decor | Timeless Meets Trendy Love the charm of traditional design but also drawn to sleek modern style? You don’t have to choose just one! In this video, I’ll show you how to effortlessly blend modern and traditional decor to create a home that feels both timeless and fresh. | CHAPTERS | 00:00 Intro 00:50 Know Your Styles (Characteristics of Modern and Traditional) 03:01 Choose A Dominant Style 04:18 Pair Opposites 05:52 Mix Materials 06:51 Balance Scale 07:40 Unify Through Repetition 09:11 Incorporate Color Thoughtfully 10:25 Outro ✨| FREE DOWNLOAD |✨ The Big List - 101 Places To Shop Home Decor Online https://diannedecor.com/the-big-list
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hi it's Lindsay Diane from
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diancor.com in this video we're going to
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talk all about how to blend modern and
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traditional styles knowing how to blend
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modern and traditional styles can create
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a home that feels timeless and elegant
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and while the modern styles typically
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embrace clean lines and minimalism
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traditional styles are known for their
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warmth and ornate details and rich
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textures the key to successfully
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blending traditional and modern styles
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together is balance you want to strike
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the right balance that allows these two
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styles to complement one another rather
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than compete with one another and that's
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what we're going to learn in this video
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so let's get started with how to blend
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traditional and modern styles the first
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step in blending traditional and modern
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styles is to really understand the
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characteristics of each so that you can
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strike the right balance so as we
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mentioned before traditional styles are
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known for their ornate details they
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usually embrace rich textures that are
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patterned so think of paisley and dam
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mask as patterns for curtains and
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pillowcases and sofa upholstery and
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chair upholstery they also embrace
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classic materials like leather and
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velvet when it comes to wood tones we
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normally see deeper wood tones with
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their traditional style so think
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mahogany cherry
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uh walnut all of these deeper wood tones
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you will find in the traditional style
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the traditional furniture is often
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handcrafted and very ornate with details
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on the feet and the arms especially the
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modern style embraces streamlined and
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minimalist silhouettes so think about
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clean angular furniture the upholstery
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is usually a solid neutral so think
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creams white beige gray
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brown those are the styles that you're
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going to see with the furniture as well
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as a lot of the window treatments so any
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of the upholstery like your sofa
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coverings your chair coverings your
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pillow coverings and then any curtains
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or drapes you are going to see that in
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more of a neutral solid tone than
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anything else the wood tones that you
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see with the modern style or more of a
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neutral to lighter tone so while
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traditional was leaning darker modern is
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leaning lighter so oak and ash are very
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popular finishes for furniture in the
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modern style the modern style also
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embraces sleek materials so think of
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glass metal and engineered wood in this
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style by recognizing the characteristics
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of each of these different styles you
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can better blend them together in a way
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that they won't clash with one another
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and instead really complement one
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another now let's talk about how to mix
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and match furniture in the traditional
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and modern style the first thing that
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you'll want to do is to choose one
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dominant style so you can either go for
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a traditional style with splashes of
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modernity in it or you can go for a more
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modern aesthetic with traditional
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accents sprinkled within it once you've
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decided on your dominant style you want
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to set all of your larger pieces of
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furniture in that style so think about
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your sofa a love seat these things if
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you were leaning traditional and want to
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sprinkle in modern these things would
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probably be in the traditional style so
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uh more patterned deeper colored
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upholstery or you have leather sofas or
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leather love seats the arms of your
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furniture may be a little bit more
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ornate and then what you're going to do
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is you're going to sprinkle in some
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complimentary pieces of furniture like
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an armchair a coffee table or an end
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table in a more modern streamlined style
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adding in some contemporary lighting
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like chandeliers wall sconces and floor
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lamps is another way to add a little bit
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of a modern flare to an otherwise
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traditional looking room the next step
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to blending the modern and traditional
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styles is to pair opposites together so
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one way that you can do this is you
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could have a traditional dining table
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and pair it with some more contemporary
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chairs or you could pair a traditional
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looking sideboard and above it have a
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very contemporary or modern piece of
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artwork similarly you could have a chair
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that's in a traditional style so a nice
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rich deep mahogany chair but then have
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the upholstery be something a little bit
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more modern you could have it be a you
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know a a cool gray or a warm beige in a
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solid color instead of a more patterned
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you know blue paisley or damasque
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pattern make it a little bit more subtle
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and streamlined and contemporary by
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having a solid neutral instead of the
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traditional patterned upholstery that
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you would see in the traditional style
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another way to go is to pair a more
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contemporary sofa with some smaller
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traditional accent pieces so if you have
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a really beautiful modular sofa that you
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love those are very popular nowadays
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ones that you can kind of move around
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and reconfigure they're very streamlined
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you can pair something like that with a
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more ornate wood end table or a more
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ornate wood coffee table and this would
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strike a really great balance between
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the traditional and the modern style the
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next thing that you'll want to do is
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make sure that you are mixing your
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materials you're going to mix the
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hallmark materials of the traditional
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style with that of the modern style so
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you're going to pair some of those like
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heavier pattern drapes with maybe some
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sleek metal and glass decorative accents
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or you're going to pair a heavy dark
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chocolate leather sofa with some more
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lighter pillow covers that are going to
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help add decor to your seating you want
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to make sure that you are blending these
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two materials pretty evenly throughout
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your space again you have that one
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dominant style but you want to sprinkle
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in some of the materials that come from
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the opposing style so in this example
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you would want to sprinkle in some more
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high polish metal or glass or even some
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lighter wood tones into your space to
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help strike that balance between the
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modern and traditional scale and
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proportion are also important to
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consider when you are mixing and
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matching two different styles
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particularly the traditional and the
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modern the traditional style furniture
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tends to be sort of large and in charge
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right you have those large heavy
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Chesterfield sofas or you may have a
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really tall hutch or china cabinet you
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want to make sure that when you're
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pairing in other pieces of furniture
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from the modern style that they are
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similar in height or width so that they
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don't kind of look like they're out of
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balance in your space you want to make
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sure the proportions stay consistent so
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if you have two contemporary or modern
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looking armchairs or accent chairs make
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sure that they match the sort of height
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of that larger sofa or love seat another
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thing that you'll want to do when you
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are mixing the modern and traditional
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style is to consider repetition you want
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to sew a thread through your home that
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is common and you see it in different
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spaces in your home so this is going to
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help you create a more cohesive look
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even though you're blending these two
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different styles so think about things
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like the finishes of your wood or the
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finishes of your metal if you have uh
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matte black fixtures in one room don't
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go with copper in another room don't go
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with bronze in a third room you want to
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keep it consistent so go matte black
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throughout or go um you know silver
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throughout or gold throughout to help
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tie in those decor elements so if you
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want to have let's say you know gold
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hardware on your cabinets also go with a
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gold table lamp or a gold chandelier if
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you have um a mix of wood tones you can
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either do a careful mix or you can stay
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consistent throughout and that will help
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sew a thread through your spaces so if
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you want to go with that neutral walnut
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it's a nice midtone color it's very
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popular right now go walnut throughout
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use some you know walnut uh accent
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tables in one room and then maybe you
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have a walnut coffee table in another
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room think about these sorts of color
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tone matches and use them to create a
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cohesive look throughout your space and
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lastly you want to incorporate pops of
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color thoughtfully so think beyond just
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the decorative pillows on your sofa or
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the throw blankets at the end of your
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bed and think about maybe your accent
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rugs what are the colors in there think
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about your artwork on the wall what are
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the colors that you have going on there
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think about even some of your um coffee
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table books that you may have out or
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little figurines that you may have out
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or ceramic vases or jars that you have
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for decorative accessories think about
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all of those sorts of little things that
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you can use to add in little pops of
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color throughout your space and when you
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do this consistently from room to room
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it helps blend together everything
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really well again the idea is that
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you're using the color as the unifier so
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if you have a traditional style lamp
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that's in a beautiful sage green color
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and then you have a more modern style
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pillow cover that's in that same sage
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green color it's going to help to unify
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those two different styles through that
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color so this is a great way to add pops
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of color in your space and help blend
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the traditional and the modern style
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together that's it for this video i hope
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you found it helpful those are the ways
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that you can seamlessly blend the modern
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and traditional styles together in your
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home don't forget to visit me at
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bye
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