In Late Fall, Cleverly Use Home Accents from Curly’s to Transform Your Space Into a True Home

As the calendar turns and Halloween and homecoming football games give way to the holidays, consider purchasing some fine home accents from Curly’s Furniture to fill the dark or bare corners of your abode. These knickknacks and even small practical accent accessories are magical in changing a utilitarian, spartan space into a welcoming, warm place. You’ll feel better as the days get shorter and the mercury drops outside, and your guests will appreciate the new, cozy atmosphere as well. You’ll be amazed at how dramatically some well-placed decorative pieces from our Streator and DeKalb, IL furniture stores will elevate your mood. And remember: for accent furniture and everything else we sell, we match prices. Here are our hits among customers for Fall 2021!

Beautiful Accent Furniture Great and Small

Take your pick of attractive and fashion-forward accent furniture for both artistic and practical reasons, from fun fluffy poufs to add color and texture to your lounge, to an idea entryway accent cabinet to show off flowers and/or keepsakes. One of our particular favorites is an accent console cabinet in an antique gray finish, still affordable even though it has hand-carved details in its doors. Inside you get three shelves for your storage needs. For an ideal blend of seating and storage there are our many storage benches, well-upholstered and featuring drawers or cubbies to keep your room’s clutter at bay!

Striking Wall Art to Add Splashes of Color

Choosing cool wall art from Curly’s Furniture is another sure way to add cheer to a formerly drab room, particularly if you’ve got more walls to fill than things to fill them. Choose anything from massive prints of city life or a real painting in the style of your favorite Old Masters. If you’d rather have Mondrianesque rectangles, African or Asian-inspired motifs, or Pop Art poking fun at commercialism, we can get you that too!

Intriguing Area Rugs for Visual and Textural Flair

The right area rug from our stores will make your eclectic furnishings look like a harmonious whole. Coming in diverse styles from Oriental to ultra-modern, these jute-backed rugs offer visual and textural appeal particularly on winter nights when hardwood floors are a bit chilly when “naked.” Sink your feet into these lovely rugs instead. Our moneysaving items make it happen for less!

Dramatic Wall Mirrors Magnify Your Room’s the Light

A timeless designer’s tactic is to hang up attractive wall mirrors to make a cramped, dark space seem more spacious and brighter! On that note, Curly’s Furniture presents you with accent mirrors large enough to be a strong presence in the room and with an intriguing frame design/shape, be it distressed white for a country vibe or a swanky art-deco air. Even better still, with strategically placed accent mirrors on your walls, you get more chances to sneak-check your appearance to make sure lipstick is on point, etc.!

From matching photo frames to vintage-style tins to fill a corner, we are your affordable accent furniture source second to none!

Ways to Use Area Rugs to Enhance Your Interior

One element that you can introduce into your interior design scheme that always enhances your home’s aesthetic is a classic area rug. Professional decorators will always have an area rug in mind when designing a space, as it is an essential piece in their toolset, a home accessory that should be more than an afterthought, as with all home accent pieces. Whether bold or subdued, your area rug can “pull together” seemingly disparate elements of your home décor. Bold geometric patterns can “wake up” your room while smaller ones in neutral tones can have a calming effect. There are numerous reasons to purchase an area rug for your home, and not all of them involve leaving them on the floor. Curious? Continue reading to learn how to use an area rug to appreciate the character of your home.

An Area Rug as Your Room’s Focal Point

Perhaps the simplest use for a beautiful area rug is to place it in the center of your sitting room or living room, to serve as the room’s focal point. Connect every furnishing component together by placing the front feet of your seating and end tables just over the edge of the rug, orbreak the rules and keep everything off the edge by a few inches. In either case, a complementary area rug that matches your existing furniture helps to anchor the room by drawing the eye toward the center, allowing each individual piece to unite as a whole.

Think Outside the Box with Your Area Rug

Of course, there are more interesting and creative means to use an area rug in your interior. One such way is to hang your area rug on the wall for a unique alternative to wall art on canvas. Hanging your area rug can also separate large, open plan spaces as an intriguing substitute for wooden room dividers. Anyone who notices your area rug, whether on the floor, the wall, or hanging from the ceiling, will certainly bring it up, thus making something you otherwise would have taken for granted into a fun conversation piece!
To find the ideal area rug for your floor space, check out Curly’s Furniture at our DeKalb, IL showroom or any of our other 3 stores.