Top 10 Decorative Accessories for Your Home

It's important to match the furniture in your home, and, a lot of times, neutral tones are used to keep things from clashing. But after you have all your furniture, it is time to give your home a little personality with some decorative accessories. And while these accessories are designed to add color, style and texture to your home's decor, many of them can be quite functional as well.

The Best Decorative Accessories:

1. Candles and candle holders: Scented or unscented, candles are timeless and do a lot for the mood of a room, even when they aren't lit. Instead of traditional pillar and jar style candles, try an intricately designed lantern or a tray filled with tea-light candles and pebbles.

2. Throw pillows: Throw pillows soften a room's decor but can also add a splash of color to a room filled with neutral furniture.

3. Mirrors: Mirrors are commonly used to make a room appear bigger, but they can do more. If you consider seating arrangements with your mirror's placement, it can offer a view of a piece of artwork that might otherwise be to the back of your guest in your recliner. Also, the reflection from a mirror can brighten a dark corner.

4. Tapestries: Hanging tapestries from your walls adds texture and class that is hard to get from other wall art. Tapestries have the look of authentic artwork instead of just reproductions.

5. Vases: Vases by themselves are works of art, but you can also add flowers, reeds or branches to them, giving your room a more vertical dimension.

6. Fireplaces: Just because an indoor fireplace isn't built into your home doesn't mean you can't enjoy their warming glow. Hang a wall-mounted fireplace in your bedroom or a more traditional-looking unit in your family room.

7. Baskets and bowls: Baskets and bowls go easily into any room of your home and offer not only style, but function as well. A bowl of fruit might sound cliche, but it still provides brilliant color and promotes healthy snacks for your kids. Baskets also give you a place to store newspapers and magazines instead of letting them clutter your coffee table.

8. Indoor fountains: The soothing sound of running water can relax away any day's stress. Indoor fountains are also nice for adding moisture to the air without the annoying hum of a humidifier.

9. Statues: Offering a point of interest, statues can be conversation starters for guests who get up and move around the piece, trying to take it all in. Decorative statues also add life to a room.

10. Decorative screens: Decorative screens can add a European or Asian feel to any room. They also serve several practical functions, like breaking up a long room, hiding a closet door or creating a more intimate area in the space.