Women across America repeat the same ritual. We peer into our clothes closets and decide what to wear, what to toss and what to update with an accessory or two. This year, how about applying that very same idea to your home’s fashion? It is also a reflection of your unique style. Let’s concentrate our efforts to freshen, update and accessorize your home’s style.
It is common knowledge that paint is an inexpensive, quick way to freshen up and add zing to your home’s interior with color. Take a tour of your home to determine your painting needs. Keep in mind two things- balance of color in a room and where to apply that color. Decide the room’s main color and, as a rule of thumb, apply it to about 70% of the surfaces. Think about painting only one or two walls or maybe apply a lighter tint of the color on the ceiling. Some wood and concrete floors can be painted with the proper type of paint for a fun colorful look. That old tired dresser or table can sparkle with fresh paint and new knobs.
Pairing up different pieces of our wardrobe can give us a range of different outfit possibilities. Your home’s fashions can benefit from the same approach. Decorators like myself bring a fresh set of eyes to remix and recreate what you currently have in your home. Your rooms are reborn before your eyes for just the cost of the consultation. You all know people with a flair for decorating. Let them be the movers and shakers to jump-start your room makeover. What’s old can become new again as the saying goes! Put a seldom- used living room lamp in the master bedroom or a small wood table in the bathroom for a contrast of texture. This should get the ball rolling for you.
The final touches, the accessories, are the beautiful bows on home packages. Pillows are a logical start. Armed with the very latest in seasonal colors -jewel tone green, amber and purple- you can fast forward a room to Spring 2006 painlessly. Beautiful metal finishes are everywhere on fixtures, faucets and furniture. How about hanging a new bathroom towel bar or replacing your home’s switch plate covers with the newer decorative metal ones found at your local home decorating centers? Eye-catching, artistic vases and bottles saturated with color are showing up in trendy magazines and beautiful model homes. Get that look by purchasing inexpensive clay pots available in many shapes and sizes and paint them any color you desire- very chic and very budget-conscious. The whole idea here is to infuse high style and color in small doses for an update that will not break the budget.