Furnishing and decorating your home with a mix of precious and sometimes peculiar items from around the world can be a challenge, and great care should be taken to ensure that what appears to you to be the essence of good taste does not end up looking to others like a quality gift shop. Your living room will be the room that will make the most impression on your visitors, so try not to be too dramatic or specific with your collections. Keep the displays in groups which will show them off to their advantage, especially with appropriate lighting to add impact to the pieces. Fabrics are a very important ingredient in any interior scheme. Roller blinds and Roman blinds make a good choice for windows in this type of décor, as they will contribute much to the interest in a room, but will not upstage the collections.
The Islita Scarlet Roman blind creates a sensual atmosphere in a room, with the rich timeless colours associated with the tropics, ideal for Asian or African collections. Alternatively, the Duet Sunflower Roman blind will create a dynamic Mediterranean statement, best suited as the window treatment for collections based on brightly coloured pottery and primary coloured abstract paintings.
Floral fabrics will have a big impact in a room: they can be elegant without being formal and pretty without being twee, and are ideal if your collections are of European country origin. The Ceylon Pearl Roman blind is chic without being too trendy, being ideally placed to provide a graceful window finish that will complement rather than compete with your special collections. Should you have a preference for curtains then keep the curtain pole fairly uncomplicated. The Regency Portfolio wood pole is a good choice, as it is available in many colours and finishes, ensuring that a good tonal colour match is achieved with the curtain fabrics and also with the rest of the colour theme of the room.
