A few accesories to unite an open space.

So as I've mentioned before our home is an open concept layout. As you walk through our door you can see into our kitchen, dining room, living room and laundry room. With kids and for entertaining I love having an open concept home. However, I sometimes get discouraged when it comes to decorating. I like everything to flow nicely, even my decor. Here are a few tips on how I decorate to ensure each room is defined but yet blends together nicely. We chose to use neutral colors for the base of our home. For example, the walls, furniture and curtains are all neutral colors. We add some color with our decorative accents. I have some maroon and green decorations throughout our home for a pop of color. I recently hemmed my curtains in our living room because they were covering our baseboard. I used the extra material to create decor around my home to unite the rooms.

Here are the curtains I hemmed. I love the pattern on them and wanted to incorporate it into the other rooms in our home.

I used a large piece of fabric to place on top of our shelving unit in the living room.

I framed a piece for our laundry room.

I used a small piece and draped it over a basket in our laundry room.

I framed another piece for our dining room.

Here is a view into our home from the door as you walk in. As you can see having a few similar accents ties the space together nicely.

Here is a view of our laundry room from the door. More of the accents are visual creating a unified space.

I love decorating and had a lot of fun creating some decorative accents out of extra fabric! What are some decorating tips you have?