House Beautiful shares 101 makeovers in their February issue. I thought I would share my top 10 favorite ideas they suggest that I have used in my house. Small changes really do make a big difference...
1) Take a white garden bench and paint it the color of your favorite flower.
2) Put a real rug, not a bathroom rug, in front of your bathroom sink. It will hold up just fine.
3) If you have a full bookcase, remove one shelf of books and treat it like a shadow box.
4) Buy a large map, poster, or have a favorite photo enlarged and cut it into equal parts. Frame all the sections and reassemble them on the wall.
5) Paint the ceiling of a white room a pale, pale blue or gray. It will feel as if there's no ceiling at all.
6) Bring your favorite piece of outdoor furniture indoors.
7) Does your big round table just not look right? It needs something tall in the middle, or it will always look restless.
8) Arrange your flowers in anything but a vase: Go through your pantry and find a pitcher, a tureen, a mug, a teacup.
9) Get your sofa off the wall. Pull it into the center of the room with a long table or desk behind it, a lamp, books. Accessorize!
10) Rearrange your fireplace mantel. Instead of one candle-stick at each end, mass lots of them on one side. Remember: Odd numbers make the best arrangements.
Make one of these changes today and get rid of the winder blahs in your home. Did anyone say Spring? ;)
Theresa
4 comments:
These are great tips! I found your blog through another blog. Your blog is really cute!
Great ideas, thanks for sharing them!
Melissa
Great ideas...we echo the one about the real rug in the bathroom.
smiles, kari & kijsa
Great ideas. I had just started looking for a real rug for the bathroom! Rhondi xo
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