| If you are thinking of changing the style of your lounge | | | | Complement the room with colorful cushions and |
| in your home, then why not use a Mediterranean look. | | | | throws. Bright colors like mauve and red are best. Why |
| Mediterranean homes give a warm and inviting feel to | | | | not have a side chair made from cane or even a |
| them. Here are a few ideas that will help to give your | | | | wrought iron chair and fill it with a cushion or two for |
| living room some style. | | | | show. Place the chair on an area rug. |
| Invest in some unique plants. Some plants can give a | | | | You can, also, hang tapestry on the walls. Bright |
| healthy environment to a room, such as, the Bamboo | | | | designs are good. This will give a desirable look around |
| Palm tree. This is a tall tree that is toxic free. Toxic | | | | the room. Oil paintings on the walls will, also, enhance |
| free plants will absorb large amounts of particles from | | | | the room and give it a great feel to a Mediterranean |
| the air and will leave a room fresh and clean. Flowery | | | | look. |
| plants will enhance a room with color giving it a happier | | | | Wicker furniture can give a Mediterranean style look |
| and brighter environment. Fill some of your green plants | | | | too. Perhaps, a coffee table made of wicker over |
| into terracotta pots and spread them around, filling the | | | | your large square or circular patterned area rug will do |
| empty spaces in the room. Place a large flowery plant | | | | the trick. Also, add a small wicker side table with a |
| on a floral area rug, preferably a round rug. Place a | | | | circular area rug under it and place a plant onto it. |
| bamboo palm plant on an area rug, as this will look | | | | White, also, gives the room a bright look. Most |
| great. | | | | Mediterranean homes are decorated with white walls, |
| Some people have terracotta or wood floors and use | | | | so have the room painted white everywhere. Even |
| area rugs, instead of having carpet. A large patterned | | | | white curtains hanging off a wrought iron curtain pole |
| rug in the middle of a lounge with a coffee table on it | | | | will look desirable. White Nylon hanging over patio |
| gives a cosy effect to any room. Also, use smaller | | | | doors can be effective too. Also, shutters placed on |
| area rugs to enhance the empty spaces. Use | | | | windows and doors is a very Mediterranean stylish |
| terracotta pots and pottery vases to decorate the | | | | look. An area rug nearby a patio door will look great. |
| room and use area rugs with them. Place one on a | | | | There are many ways to make a room look more |
| small circular are rug to give a Mediterranean feel to | | | | Mediterranean. Look at some holiday brochures of |
| the room. If you bought pottery pots from either | | | | villas in Europe. Greece and Cyprus have a more |
| Cyprus or Greece, then use them to enhance the | | | | Mediterranean look to their homes with many of the |
| room with your area rug. | | | | above ideas. Area rugs are the most enhancing |
| Decorate the room with wrought iron, candelabras and | | | | feature for a Mediterranean feel and can easily be |
| white statue ornaments. Spread them around the | | | | acquired quite easily. Area rugs are used all the time |
| room. Candle sticks on a window seal is a good idea | | | | abroad in most villas, so it is a feature for any |
| with an area rug beneath it. | | | | Mediterranean style room. |