Add Patina to Your New Home

"For me, drapery is the number one way to add warmth to a new home," says Ammie Kim, ASID, Los Angeles. "It dresses up naked spaces right away, and it can impart any kind of style to a room instantly, even if you want to stick to a contemporary feel by avoiding patterns and using lighter materials." Rugs, too, create a sense of what Fredman calls "friction, a counter play against everything being new and neutral."