Casual Style Decorating
Go For a Caz and Relaxed Look for Your Apartment

Brief Overview:
What Makes a Casual Room?
Simple and Basic
Slipcovers and Fabric
Color Me Casual

Are you in a mood to make your apartment as casual, relaxed and comfortable as can be? Home is where you are supposed to feel warm, comfortable and as homey as possible. Make your apartment a place you want to be by finding ways to turn a stiff, formal looking room into a casual room with a warm atmosphere.

What Makes a Casual Room, Well Casual?

What makes a casual room is the first question you should be asking yourself. A casual room (or caz as it is sometimes called for short) is made up of simple details, soft upholstery, horizontal lines as opposed to vertical lines that are restful and inviting, textured elements that can be seen in both the fabrics you choose as well as your accessories and surfaces that are low-luster. Casual rooms are ones that have furniture arranged so as to avoid any type of perfect symmetry. Perfect symmetry after all is a sign of a formal room and not a casual room.

Simple and Basic

Keep all details in a casual room as basic and as simple as possible and make sure your furniture and all of your elements are either softly curved or rectangular. Both speak of casual in a relaxed and warm fashion. A caz room is a perfect place for some pieces of your family history or something whimsical such as wooden candlesticks, old luggage or toss cushions that were once your grandmother’s.

Slipcovers and Fabric

Always make sure that your room is soft, warm, comfortable and as inviting to you as it is to everyone else. Slipcovers on a couch and chairs suit a caz room. Look for fabrics that are textured and come in the materials cotton, linen and wool. Upholstered pieces look especially homey when they include buttons, pleats, cording, ribbons and ruffles.

Color Me Casual

Color is an important element of a casual room. Neutral colors such as beige, off-white and tan have that warm, earthy look while soft pastels give off a calm and soothing feeling that speaks of serenity. Contrast your neutral colors with some darker hues such as forest green, navy, wine, olive, cranberry and rust.

Regardless of whether the rooms of your apartment are decorated in Shabby Chic, French Country, cottage, rustic or a décor of your own making, casual decorating ideas can still be incorporated into them. Try it and find out!

~Anika Logan

Anika Logan has lived in her share of apartments over the years and has plenty of decorating ideas, not to mention pearls of wisdom to pass on to you. If you have an apartment question/dilemma, look no further-Anika will provide the answers!