Spring is here!
The most wonderful time to refresh your home with light and new color.
Do you feel like your home is still wearing it's winter clothes? Need a new color to lighten up your space?
Time to remove the dark and heavy, replace it with the light, bright or soft and airy. Take up the rugs, change the pillows, open the blinds, add new white bedding and flowers. It's time to enjoy your home in a different way during this beautiful season!
Interior Design is not just about visual. It is also about how it feels. If you walk into a room and see the color on the wall, or see a piece of art, the fabric on a chair...what is your first response? Does it excite you or make your head spin? Draw you in or make you gasp? Listen to how it makes you feel.
Grey seems to be the new color of the year, maybe decade. There are so many options when you go to the paint store to choose that new grey. Is it a cool, blue grey? Brown undertones? Green base? Be sure to think about putting samples of color on your walls before you choose. Each color will come out differently in your space depending on the light, what direction your room faces and what else is in the room that might impact the color.
I am seeing grey used on kitchen cabinets, walls, bedding, tile and flooring.
It is a great alternative to black and white as a neutral.
There also seems to be allot of white going up these days. Using white with a tint that compliments the colors in your room allows you to keep things neutral and add color everywhere else. Do you like warm or cool?
My favorite whites are Benjamin Moore...White Dove, Acadia White, Simply White and Pratt and Lambert Seed Pearl. It is important to choose the right sheen for your white. Depending on where you are using it, the light will have a big impact on the final look.
I am so excited about all the new options for flooring. The laminates have come back in a huge way. The manufactures are working hard to come out with new and reasonably priced options that look amazing. The vinyl flooring, cork, tile and wood are all giving us so many different looks to choose from. You can now replace your floors with flooring that allow you to leave the old and just add on top of it, giving you a completely new look without breaking the bank.
I have been busy with so much remodeling this year! It has been so much fun to take a bland, basic space and turn it into a warm, beautiful home with so much personality. I am looking forward to the next kitchen that starts soon. There are so many ways to turn an old eyesore into a space that is functional yet beautiful. I will be sharing more pictures of the "before" and "after".
Happy Summer!
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