After countless hours of Pinterest and magazine browsing—are you still looking for inspiration for your home? Whether you want a little or a lot of changes when it comes to interior decorating, there are many ways to spruce up your living space that matches your own style and personality while at the same time, helps brighten up your overall mood.
Below are five interior design tips to help cheer up your home, no matter the season.
- Add in accents
This is an easy way to change up a room’s personality. From accent rugs to throw pillows, candles, coffee books and more, there are endless ways to add in creative accents. Plus, don’t feel like you have to break the bank when shopping for new accent pieces. Instead look at your local thrift stores to see what they have. They might have a piece that you didn’t even consider beforehand. Remember when incorporating new pieces, make sure that they don’t add clutter to the room.
Furthermore, when adding in accents, it doesn’t just include the physical items mentioned above, consider adding decorative lining to the back of your bookshelf or painting a single wall.
- Bring the outdoors, indoors
Plants are a great way to add color, beauty and life to a room. You can use larger plants as a nice side piece to your furniture or place in the corners of your living space. Consider placing medium sized plants on a bench or window ledge to make a statement in your home.
In addition, plants can also help improve your mood—just remember to water and tend to them so you can watch them thrive. If you don’t want the added maintenance with live plants, consider high-quality faux plants.
- Lighting
Chances are some parts of your home need an upgrade when it comes to lighting. Like plants, enhancing lighting in a room can positively affect your mood. If you have limited windows space, consider using stringed lighting hung on the wall or combine floor lamps with small desk lamps to place on end tables to create a more cozy glow.
In addition, using glass doors instead of other types is a great way to let in more natural light into a darker room as well as intricate designs and patterns. Consider glass doors with unique designs and accents that can create an overall theme for the room. They also can close off important areas of the home, such as the dining room area, living room or even bedroom.
- Add comfort
When looking to cheer up your home, comfort should be a part of the equation. Besides an accent blanket to drape over the couch, consider a faux fur or sheepskin throw over an arm chair or couch.
Designer Maxwell Ryan explains, “Make sure you have pleasing textures around you. Little touches can make a big difference. Try adding a sheepskin or a soft blanket over a chair that you use when working at home.”
- Color
When in doubt, add some warm colors to your walls, such as red, yellow or orange. You can paint the whole area or consider painting one wall to make a statement. Before heading to the paint store, know the square footage of the area you’ll be painting. Be sure to sand the walls before applying paint and let the paint dry for at least 24 hours before bringing the furniture back in.
Also, when considering paint, don’t just tape small paint squares to the wall. Take a sampler home and paint big sheets of cardboard and pin them against the wall to really get an idea of what the color will look like. Although paint is a low-cost way to change up a room in your home, remember to make sure the paint complements your furniture.
Keep these five suggestions in mind the next time you get the itch to change up your home decor. It will hopefully put yourself (and your guests) in a better mood.
