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Bachelor pad decorating help?

I'm buying a house in a month. I am a bachelor and will live there alone, at least at first. It's a 3 bedroom rancher with 1 bathroom, a nice size living room, and a big kitchen. The living room and kitchen have brand new vinyl flooring. I'm going to repaint some rooms (kids lived there) and then recarpet the bedrooms. I have a good idea what I'm going to do with the space in terms of furniture, but my main question however is, I need a little help with decorating. What kinds of things (pictures, posters, etc) should I hang on the wall? by the way I'm 25 if that helps.

Public Comments

1. Hang up some posters of large chested women, rock bands, and maybe some beer signs.
2. I agree posters of playmates,felt pictures of dogs playing poker and Elvis, an arrow pointing way to bedroom,basketballs and dirty socks laying around. seriously forget posters dude you're not 12 anymore.
3. you can check some decorating website, and get an idear about which style you like. www.decor-photos.com a free picture site! i think modern, simple, and fashion may suit a bachelor. http://www.decor-photos.com/fe/Modern-7571d79ea82d2b75.html http://www.decor-photos.com/fe/Simple-6a768e0f6cae0bb6.html http://www.decor-photos.com/fe/Fashion-c97b3fc7cf9eed13.html
4. u gotta make your living room warm and sexy 4 when u bring all those babes home! How about medium terracotta on 3 walls - khaki or deep blue on another? get some sexy trendy lamps and a beaut flotaki rug to lay them chicks on geez? u must havva good sound system and plenty o booze! u gotta set the scene 4 abitof seduction
5. If you are 'decorating' a place for the guys to hang out and drink beer -- the posters, etc. that others have mentioned are appropriate. However, if you hope to look like an educated, financially stable professional --- 1) furniture should match, and be 'real' furniture. (No directors chairs, beanbags, college-dorm furniture) If something was repaired with duct-tape, throw it out. 2) choose a single piece of art for over the sofa or fireplace -- the dominant colors in that piece should determine colors for other pieces. By art, I mean a painting or framed print. Posters do NOT count as art, except possibly if they are framed and under glass. 3) limit the trophys (bowling, stuffed wildlife, etc.) to a minimum. 4) put things 'away' -- the fewer things 'out', the fewer things that get dusty and look cluttered. In all the rooms, limit the number of things that are out on counters, tabletops, etc. Also -- a clean kitchen and bathroom go a LONG way in impressing dates.
6. go with black and white prints (nature, graphic, etc) black and white prints are classic and don't look to girly....if you're into music get some vintage posters (vintage looks way cooler than the ones today) get them framed and make them look fancy
7. if you go for poster's make sure you get theam framed,some shelves would look good a mirror.
8. A good, cheap way to brighten up a room and decorate a wall is to paint large blocks of color. It's a fairly contemporary look and it's easy to do. You can leave them plain, edge them with molding or hang pictures within them. It's a great look, especially in a plain white room. Tape around where you want the block to be. If the wall is even slightly textured the paint will bleed under the edge a bit unless you either paint the edges with a clear sealer of some sort OR if you've painted a base coat, use that base color to paint around the edges before painting in your block color. That way if anything bleeds under it's the same color that you already base coated the wall.