Adding & Enhancing Architectural Elements

Architectural Details

Details are often what separates “blah” from “wow”. When it comes to your home’s design, why settle for anything less than the best.

Adding architectural elements or enhancing the one’s already in place is a great place to start.

Architectural elements simply refers to accents and additions that help identify the structure, regardless of its design.

Here are some ways to make these elements stand out to improve the look of your home:

Find a Niche

Have collectibles, photographs or other items you’d like to put on display, but are short on cabinet or storage space? Look around. You may have more space than you realize.

Find a wall in a central hallway that receives a fair amount of traffic and build recessed shelving (between the studs). Your items will command the attention of guests because of its unique position in your walls.

Highlight the Woodwork

Another way to improve the architectural elements of your home is to paint the woodwork and trim white. When the walls are another color or patterned with wallpaper, the white trim perfectly contrasts it while also serving as a frame that forces you to focus your attention on the walls.