Home decor is a fail-safe gift for any occasion – just as long as you follow simple basic rules in choosing one. Whether you are buying a gift for your friend’s birthday or helping someone to redecorate his home, there are lots of simple home decors that can be found. First basic rule is to find something that can be used in any area of the house. Before anything else, find out about the recipient’s favorite color, texture, print, and overall style. Some people like oriental style, and some may like minimalism.

Pillows

Pillows can be placed anywhere. It can be on a sofa in the living room, or in the bedroom. For decorative pillows, you may pick anything according to your recipient’s preference. Some decorative pillows have beads attached to them, these are fine. But for bedroom pillows, minimize additional features such as beads as this make pillows uncomfortable when sleeping.

Candles

People will always find uses for candles and is one of the most versatile gifts out there. Find a fragrance that you’re sure the person will like. Certain scents can calm a person’s senses. Lavender, for instance, is a very relaxing scent. Candles can be placed anywhere, either on top of fireplaces, or inside it when it’s not being used. The variety and designs of candles that are available today is fantastic, from small tea candles to huge centerpieces. Candles used to be functional items, but nowadays they are usually stored in the bottom drawer for emergencies when the power goes out or are used decorative items, whether it be for the bathroom, bedroom or wind resistant ones for when entertaining outside.

Making your own candles is actually not that difficult if you prefer to really add a touch of personality to your home decorating and can be great fun to get the older children involved in creating their own designs that they can give as gifts to the rest of the family at Christmas or birthdays.

Wall Art

When purchasing wall art as a gift, you have to make sure you know the person really well. Knowing the person will help you find the right wall art. You may take the person out somewhere else and observe his choices. You don’t want the person to hide your gift or hang it but not like it.

Floor Rugs

Rugs are a beautiful addition to any place and make the floor look interesting. You may want to find a rug that your recipient would prefer, but finding any rug is okay as you might just inspire the recipient to decorate an area of his house in a such a way that he has never done before. Blue rugs are a good choice because blue can act as a neutral color and can go almost with everything else. A flower shaped rug will look good on a flower printed surface such as on a sofa.

Don’ts

Don’t just buy functional gifts; choose gifts that won’t cause them a lot of work. For example, choosing pillows with colors that will completely throw off the entire look on their living room may make them want to change everything else in it, or worse, they’ll trash your gift.

Author Bio: Seraphina’s passion is to write on a variety of subjects about home decorating including the best gifts to give. Her most popular tip to update any room with the latest season’s look is to lay flokati area rugs or oval area rugs on your floor.

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