Nothing says Spring like jazzing up the inside of your home. So, with a few simple ideas, let’s get started.
For a small change with a large effect, wallpaper one wall with an unexpected colour, or the back of a shelling unit. Consider a patterned paper on the wall with windows, less product is needed, keeping the cost down yet adding texture and sophistication.
(Wallpaper is a decorating tool that gives walls a sophisticated option, wallpaper has come back better than ever. Pre-pasted paper has an easy-to-apply adhesive backing. Peel and stick wallpaper is convenient to remove for a less permanent choice).
Next shop at home, by re-imagining your bed. Bedding sets are easy, they are already coordinated, so let’s swap out a few items from each set, such as mixing a solid bottom sheet with a patterned print top sheet, include two patterned print pillow cases as shams with the solid pillow cases. Choose a prominent colour from the sheets, then add a throw in the prominent colour at the end of the bed!
Have fun mixing it up, bring out your inner decorator? Unsure what colours to use together? (Use a colour wheel, and gravitate to complimentary colours on the opposite side of the wheel, it’s a fail safe tool).
Shed new light with patterned print lamp shades; an easy update. Consider adding an “inverted” lamp shade to a pendant light! It’s a surprising easy way to change the look of the pendant light without having to do any rewiring.
Here’s the trick! Have a look at your pendant light, is there a finial at the bottom of the light? If there is, your in luck, simply buy a shade slightly larger than the pendant light both in width and height, invert your new shade – unscrew the finial – place the new shade on the post, right over top the existing light, tighten the finial and voila a new look; to an old light.
Just for kicks, add a couple of new patterned toss cushions to living-room seating; to dress up your new patterned spring look.
Roxanne Griese is a writer and an artist; visit www.artbyroxanne.ca.