A well-coordinated room will look expensive even if the elements of the decor are cheap. Choose a theme that will tie together your room. This will help you look for inexpensive pieces while making it seem as though you have paid an interior decorator. Rooms that seem confused, cluttered, and mismatched have the look of cheap rather than luxury even if the pieces are lovely. For example: A beach-themed room would have pictures of the ocean, shell decorations, and a blue-green palette. A rustic, woodsy theme would have wood detailing, paintings of landscapes, and an earthy palette. Industrial themes use repurposed items, steel accents, and sharp edges to give the room a more modern edge. Gray, brick red, and black are popular colors. Minimalism is a popular and trendy design scheme where you use as few pieces as possible to decorate your room. Simple furniture and white or neutral colors will make the room look as though it could feature in a magazine, likes Home and Garden, but the style is inexpensive to recreate. Stick with white or light neutral shades, such as brown or gray, for the base color. Your walls and larger furniture pieces should belong to this color scheme. For example, you might have beige walls with white doors and gray furniture. Your feature elements will stand out against neutral colors more, which will make them seem more prominent. Some neutral colors you can mix and match include: Gray Slate Blue Taupe Soft yellow Off-white shades like ivory and cream Coffee brown Tan Beige Accent pieces are small decorative items that contrast with your neutral color scheme. They are usually either brightly colored or patterned. Accent pieces can be easily and cheaply be replaced if you ever change your style. Make sure all of your accent pieces are the same color for maximum effect. Some items you might consider for accents include: Vases Pillows or cushions Blankets or throws Picture Frames Ottoman Tablecloths Flowers Figurines Striped, dotted, or chevron patterned objects A focal point is a piece of furniture, art, or object that is the primary decoration in the room. Having one grand piece will draw attention to it, making it seem important and pricey. A room in which there is no clear focus tends to feel cheap. Some good focal points for a room include: A large painting A unique table Two retro mod chairs A wall decal Full-length book shelves An ornate mirror Ironically, having less" clutter in a room makes the overall impression that of luxury. You do not want a room that is filled with furniture and decorative items and resembles a second hand shop. Limit how many decorative pieces display. This creates the impression that you spent more on a few, expensive items instead of buying many cheaper items. When placing your decorative items around the room, keep a little bit of space between each item. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/1\/1a\/Fake-Expensive-Decor-Step-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Fake-Expensive-Decor-Step-6.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/1\/1a\/Fake-Expensive-Decor-Step-6.jpg\/aid8461076-v4-728px-Fake-Expensive-Decor-Step-6.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>License: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/">Creative Commons<\/a><br>
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<\/p><\/div>"} Decorative shelves should ideally not be crammed with items. It's tempting to fill that space with stuff. Instead, only fill 1/2 to 3/4 of the space, leaving some empty space. Keep your surfaces, such as coffee tables, counters, and TV stands mostly clear. Choose only one or two items to place on these surfaces. For example, you might keep a lamp on a side table with a single picture frame but nothing else. If in doubt, remove. Try taking out a piece of furniture. See what happens if the coffee table is simply moved to the another room. Or see what happens if you remove throw pillows/cushions. You may find that less is more.

Summary: Choose a unifying theme. Focus on a neutral color palette. Add accent pieces. Choose a focal point. Avoid clutter.

On the PowerPoint presentation, click on the text field you want to insert an Excel file then click on the Insert tab on the upper-left section of the window to view the Insert toolbar. This will open a small window called Insert Object. This will allow you to insert an existing file to your PowerPoint presentation, in this case, the Excel document. Still on the Insert Object window, click on the Browse button and use the Explorer to navigate to the location of the Excel file you want to link. Once you've found the file, select it and click Okay. Back on the Insert Object window, make sure that you check the Link option right beside the Browse button. By doing this, any changes made on the Excel file will be automatically reflected on the PowerPoint presentation. Click on Okay to finish inserting the file. The data table on your Excel file should now be displayed on the presentation slide. You can move it anywhere on the presentation and adjust its height and width by clicking and dragging its corner points across the slide. Go back to Microsoft Excel and change any data in any of the cells. Once you've edited one of the cells, go back again to PowerPoint. The data on the Excel object on your presentation should reflect the same changes you made on the Excel file.

Summary: Choose where you want to insert the Excel file. Click on the Object button. Click on the "Create from file" radio button. Select the file to insert. Check the Link option. Make sure that the link works.

With a tiered APR, the credit card company applies different rates to different parts of the balance. For example, it may charge 17 percent on balances up to $1,000 and 19 percent on balances above $1,000.00. If you have an outstanding balance of $1,500, you would pay 17 percent interest on the first $1,000 and 19 percent interest on the last $500. Figure out how many tiers apply to the outstanding amount at the end of your billing cycle. You need to figure out the DPR for each of those rates individually. So, for our example: 17 365 results in a DPR of 0.047 for the first $1,000 of your balance. 19 365 results in a DPR of 0.052 for the last $500 of your balance. The steps are essentially the same as those for fixed and variable rates, as you can see. But it's important that you remember to apply each step to the different tier rates. Assume that we're calculating the monthly rate for January, which has 31 days. 0.047 x 31 = a monthly rate of 1.457 percent for the first $1,000 0.052 x 31 = a monthly rate of 1.612 percent for the last $500 Again, move decimal points two places to the left to convert percentages to numbers that can be multiplied. $1,000 x 0.01457 = $14.57 of interest paid on the first $1,000 $500 x .01612 = $8.06 of interest paid on the last $500 $14.57 + $8.06 = $22.63 of interest paid on your outstanding balance of $1,500.
Summary: Understand how tiered APRs work. Calculate the DPR for each tier. Multiply each DPR by the number of days in the month. Calculate the interest paid on your outstanding balance. Add the amounts together to find your total.