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Want to know how to create a decorative focal point that instantly elevates your space? In today’s video, I’m breaking down simple, designer-approved strategies you can use in any room — whether you're decorating a living room, bedroom, entryway, or even a bathroom.
A strong focal point gives your home direction, balance, and that polished look that makes everything feel intentional. And the best part? You don’t need a huge budget or a complete makeover to make it happen.
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01:30 STATEMENT CEILINGS
03:15 SCULPTURAL FURNITURE
05:06 DECORATIVE OBJECTS
08:44 WINDOWS
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Hi, it's Lindsay Diane from diancor.com.
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In this video, let's talk about how to
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create a decorative focal point in a
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room that does not have one. Normally,
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we rely on architectural details like
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mantels and fireplaces
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to create decorative focal points in a
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room. But sometimes you're just
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presented with a few blank walls and you
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really need to use something else to
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create a focus in your room. A
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decorative focal point is a design
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element that is made to draw your
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attention or your focus. This is a great
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opportunity to sort of make a statement,
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have a wow moment, add drama to your
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space and around which you can sort of
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build. It's a great way to establish
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orientation in a space. It's also a
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great way to establish a flow or a
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direction. Usually, people are going to
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move into the direction of that
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decorative focal point. And so, knowing
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how to create a decorative focal point
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is a really great tool to sort of have
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in your back pocket for when you are
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designing your rooms. In this video,
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we'll talk about how to create a
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decorative focal point using furniture,
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how to create a decorative focal point
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using a statement ceiling, and how to
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create a decorative focal point using
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decorative objects or accents along a
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wall. Let's get started with statement
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ceilings. Statement ceilings are a major
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trend right now and it's mostly because
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we have access to things to create
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statement ceilings in our homes that we
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didn't have prior. Now we have things
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like peel and stick wallpaper that can
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easily be applied overhead. We have
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different types of moldings that are
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peel and stick. You can add crown
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molding. You can paint your ceilings.
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There are so many options now to create
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statement ceilings at home that it is
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really a possibility for the average
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person to create a really dramatic
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moment in a DIY fashion in their home.
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Now, in addition to just applying
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something to your ceiling, you can also
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use this opportunity to add in some
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dramatic lighting and let that be a
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focal point. So, a really huge dramatic
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chandelier is a good way to create a
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decorative focal point in a room. So, if
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you are looking for a way to create a
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little bit of a wow factor, maybe you
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have, you know, the rest of your room
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already laid out, but it's like, uh, I
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don't know which way to look first.
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There's nothing super special about it.
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Think about maybe swapping out a
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lighting fixture or adding some sort of
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trim or molding to your ceiling to
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create that statement ceiling and let
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that be your decorative focal point.
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Now, of course, depending upon the
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height of your ceiling, this may not be
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something that you can do on your own,
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which is why it's a rare uh bold moment
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when we do see it. But if you can and
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you have the ability to do it or hire
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someone to do it, this is a great way to
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add a huge wow factor into your room.
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Another way to create a decorative focal
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point in your space is to use statement
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furniture or sculptural furniture. So
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there are some pieces that are so
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dramatic that they will draw the eye on
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their own. Now many of these pieces are
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things that frankly we don't really
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create anymore.
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Pieces like Chesterfield sofas that have
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some magnificent detailing to them are a
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great way to create a focal point in
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your space. Especially if you have a
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bold upholstery associated with a piece
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like that. More often than not though
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nowadays you are going to find the
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modern pieces are more sculptural and
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those can be used to create a decorative
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focal point as well. So, if you do not
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have the ability to search for vintage
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finds and find a really nice
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Chesterfield sofa that's in a beautiful
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emerald green or something like that,
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you can look for some more modern and
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affordable sculptural type pieces to add
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to your space to create a decorative
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focal point. Pairing these together or
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having them isolated on a wall. So,
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let's say if you had a sofa, that's
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going to be your focal point along your
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long wall. Or if you have a smaller room
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and you want to have a set of really
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beautiful sculptural chairs that can be
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a focal point, pair a piece of large
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oversized artwork behind it and boom,
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you have a focal point along that wall
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that has been made by that furniture. So
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when you are shopping for your space,
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think about the one the silhouette of
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the furniture pieces that you're
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choosing. If you see something that has
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a really beautiful, unique silhouette
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that doesn't look cookie cutter or
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run-of-the-mill, think about using that
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as a statement piece of furniture to
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help you create a decorative focal point
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in your room. The next way to create a
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decorative focal point is to use
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decorative accents or objects. Believe
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it or not, there are a lot of things
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that can create a decorative focal point
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that we just take for granted in our
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kind of run-of-the-mill and we see them
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everywhere. Bookshelves, especially in a
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set or a trio, are a great way to create
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a decorative focal point along an
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otherwise blank wall. You don't have to
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have a special built-in system to have a
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beautifully decorated sort of bookshelf
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wall. You can use the little IKEA packs
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sets or you can use uh, you know, the
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six tier or five tier bookshelves that
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you get from Target or Walmart. Get a
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series of them, line them all the way up
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along the wall, and then take your time
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alternating maybe books or decorative
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objects. If you are not a big collector
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of books, you do not have to decorate
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these shelves with just books. This is
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an opportunity to add in some different
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decorative objects, sculptures, vases.
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All of these things can be used to
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create a focal point in your room. The
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idea is that you make it grand enough to
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draw one's attention. And a great way to
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do that is to use multiples of a large
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accent furniture piece like a bookshelf.
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So, two bookshelves or three bookshelves
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in a row. Or you could use a pair of
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china cabinets, a pair of console
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tables, and then use some artwork to
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complement that to create a really
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beautiful decorative focal point along a
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long wall. Plants can also be used to
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create a decorative focal point in your
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home. Whether they are real or
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artificial plants, think about using
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these to create a dramatic moment in
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your space. So get some large trees with
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large broad leaves on them and you can
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again you can use them as a set to
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balance out a wall. You could have one
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really dramatic piece. You could have
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lots of small potted plants on a
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bookshelf that have like nice creeping
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vines and things like that. You can get
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really creative with the way that you
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hang plants on walls. I will put up a
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few examples of these. You can find a
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lot of wall-mounted potted plants or
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hanging plants. Clustering them together
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is a great way to create a decorative
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focal point in your space. Bopilic
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design is very popular right now. And
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frankly, it's usually only isolated to
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commercial spaces. So when we're
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thinking about, you know, plants inside,
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hedge walls, things like that, the only
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people that are really able to maintain
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that well are like hotels and airports
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and things like that. But when it comes
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to the residential home, the best next
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step is to use smaller artificial plants
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or smaller potted plants, succulents,
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things that are easy to maintain. Let
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them group together to form a larger
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sort of decorative moment. and let that
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be the decorative focal point in your
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space. I will link in the description
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box below my video about the 10 most
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popular artificial trees to use for
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decor. And you can select through these
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and you can see some are more dramatic
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than others. Some have broad leaves,
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some are thin and wispy. And you can
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sort of see that depending upon the
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variety that you choose, you can really
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draw attention to a wall or to a window
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with plant material. And the last way to
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create a decorative focal point in your
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room is actually to frame a view. Think
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of this as creating your own landscape
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painting. If you have some nice large
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windows with a beautiful view outside,
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whether it be a pond or a beautiful
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willow tree or even just your garden or
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the trees or forest behind you, go ahead
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and really try to frame that view with
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your windows. So, here's how you would
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do that. The first thing that you want
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to do is to draw attention to that
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window. And you're going to do that
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using your window treatments. Now,
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because the view is what you really want
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people to see, you want to be careful
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about the window treatments that you
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choose. You don't want anything to be
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obscuring that view any more than it
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needs to. So, this would be a great time
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for like shades and shears or something
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that you can pull up, whether you have
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plantation shutters that you can open up
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or something that you can pull all the
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way up. I wouldn't do blinds or um
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anything like that because it's going to
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start to interfere with your view
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outside of that window. So, you want
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something where you can draw the
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curtains all the way open or draw the
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drapes all the way open or pull the
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shades all the way up so that you have
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maximum view out of that window and you
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are able to frame a beautiful view
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outside. Think about adding some bench
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seating like create a little window seat
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there. That is a great way to draw your
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attention to that space and draw people
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to that moment. You don't want to put up
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a sofa in front of that window or a
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large back chair, anything that's going
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to obscure that view, right? So, it's
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once you have decided that this is going
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to be my decorative focal point, make
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sure that you arrange your furniture
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around that so that you are not
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disrupting the view to that space. And
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then you can go ahead and even enhance
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the view even more. So, if you have this
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beautiful tree out in your backyard,
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this huge tree that's been there for 40
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years, think about putting a bench under
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it. Think about adding some flowers to
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around the trunk of that tree or adding
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some, you know, brick work to really
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frame out that tree. Whatever you can do
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to sort of enhance the beauty of that
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moment, do it because that is a really
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beautiful decorative focal point that
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lots of people wish that they had. Most
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of us are just looking at a neighbor's
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fence. So, if you have a really pretty
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scene to look at outside, don't overlook
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that as an opportunity to create a
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dramatic moment in your space. And make
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sure that you frame out that window and
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really draw your attention to that space
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so that you have a focal point in your
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room that you can really celebrate.
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That's it for this video. I hope you
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found it helpful. If you liked it,
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forget to visit me at diancor.com. I
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post all about home decorating ideas and
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inspiration over there. I thank you so
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much for watching and I'll see you in
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the next one. Bye.
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