Decorating With Red

Red is a great color to use when interior decorating if you’re looking to make a statement. It is bold, warm, and full of passion. Red walls can radiate a stimulating energy and is traditionally representational of love, battle, and warmth. Red is one of few colors that can convey numerous emotions. Red is also a great accent color and is often used to draw attention to certain areas of a room or to make special, exciting features pop. Reds can offset paler, washed out colors and also coordinates well with darker hues of black, navy, and grays. When mixed with warmer shades of oranges, golds, and yellows the color radiates a sense of warmth and coziness. Reds are currently most popularly used in kitchens, living areas, and home offices. These are areas where the mind is stimulated and people are active versus a calm, relaxing, or quieted space like a nursery or bedroom.

Simplistic, Natural Window Treatments

Minimal and natural window treatments are becoming a popular trend in interior decorating as  the want for “green” design sky rockets. Whether you find yourself in need of fresh window treatments or are starting with a blank palette, it is easy to create and customize window coverings that are simple and minimalistic, while still reflecting the style, personality, and theme of your room. Exposed wood grain in blinds and natural woven shades are surfacing with bamboo as popular choices for modern, simplistic window coverings. Wood is making a comeback in decorative hardware, while bamboo, birch and maple are the materials of choice for the newest finials and pulls. The natural woods are light, in color and can be easily incorporated into various styles of décor. Another trending, modern window treatment is natural woven shades in bamboo and matchstick. These woven shades come in different colors of wood, and some include grassy woven accents. These treatments allow into the space but still allow for privacy. 

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Fabric Canvas DIY project!

Looking for an inexpensive yet crafty way to spruce up a drab room in your home? Try this easy, do-it-yourself project for a few new decorative wall pieces! Start by finding a fabric that you love; maybe something that coordinates with your wall color or pillows. (Robert Allen and P. Kaufmann are two textile companies that have trendy and interesting fabrics each season!) Make sure you purchase enough fabric to cover the entire canvas. Then all you’ll need to get started is staple gun, scissors, and a canvas, all of which can be bought at most craft stores. Find the composition that you want to show within the fabric and smooth out the cloth. You may have to iron it, depending on the type of fabric, but stretching it tightly on the frame will remove many of the minor wrinkles. Then all you have to do is staple it to the canvas frame! Start by placing a staple in the center of each side of the frame. Work out toward the corners, adding only a few staples to each side before moving to the next. The corners can be neatly folded and stapled to the backside of the frame. Viola! A there you have it! A simple, inexpensive and quick way to display some of your favorite textile prints and liven up a drab room!