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APARTMENT GUIDE 4
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007
BYCHRIS HORN
Customize your space using fun, affordable accessories
Rugs, lighting fixtures provide easy ways to make your place sophisticated
Whether you want a simplistic, ultra-mod living room or a cozy, Provincial bedroom, Lawrence has many
options to help create a room with great atmosphere that is sure to catch some attention.
You could buy bedroom decor from Ethan Allen or Jonathan Adler, but most college students can't afford highend furniture.
Frugality is necessary for most college students, and it can create the common scenario of "How do I make it look like that, but spend less on it?"
Anyone can succeed in their look-for-less goal, but first they should know what's hot and whats not.
Paige Ensminger, sales associate at the home-furnishings store Blue Heron, 921 Massachusetts St., said black and white were good bases.
"You can find inexpensive lighting fixtures that are really important in creating a high-end look.
She said that by adding popular graphic prints or flashes of bright yellows and blues, anyone can create a chic living
(Luckily, unlike fashion, home decor trends stay popular longer and won't look outdated in your home after the trend has left stores.)
PAIGE ENSMINGER Sales Associate, Blue Heron
space.
A fashionable motif can be created in other ways, too.
"You can find inexpensive lighting fixtures that are really important in creating a high-end look," Esminger said.
Esminger said rugs are a good way to combat a boring design.
kind of blah furniture, rugs can spruce things up," she said. Shay Elder, owner of Eangee Home Design, 933 Massachusetts St., said he saw a shift to more eco-friendly furniture.
He said he also noticed that more people were shifting towards an individualis-
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