With the sun shining, flowers blooming and gardens bounding to life, it is natural to crave a little spring update around the house. These doable paint jobs, miniature pick-me-ups and new ways of working with everything you have will update your home for spring — and will not break the bank.
Polsky Perlstein Architects
1. Paint stair risers a rainbow of hues. You will not have the ability to help grinning when you climb the stairs daily if they’re painted in this joyous selection of colors. For the best result, select colors which are all similar in tone: pastels, clear midtone colors or rich and deep.
A Good Chick to Understand
2. Brighten up with yellow, glass or Lucite. Sunshine yellow and clear materials that let the light through help insides glow. Try including a lemon-yellow lamp or stool, or a table in glass or clear Lucite — just one new item can truly wake up your home.
Kristie Barnett
3. Give your balusters the ombré therapy. Paint in many gradient shades of one colour will immediately transform those little posts holding up the handrail on your staircase into the focal point of this room.
Tara Bussema – Neat Organization and Design
4. Use a garden urn inside. Insert a breath of fresh air to your bedroom with a green plant tucked into a petite concrete urn — it is less expected than a normal flowerpot and hints in the garden outdoors.
The Hunted Interior
5. Borrow dishes to show jewelry. Style your dresser by placing a few pretty bowls or dishes of jewelry atop a stack of favorite books.
Kristie Barnett
6. Paint your dining seats — and do not be afraid to mix it up. Break up that boring, matched dining set by painting the seats in many different colors that work together. Try out pale aqua and cream, as revealed here, or a mixture of pastels or brights to get a more adventurous appearance.
Take it further: Paint your ceiling, too, just like the developer of this space did.
maison21
7. Cover. While it would be impractical to cover the whole wall of books, a single shelf can be enriched by covering the books in beautiful paper. If you want to show what’s indoors, add file labels to the spines and neatly write the names.
Lucy Interior Design
8. Set a bird on it. Nothing says spring like little critters, so go ahead and scoop up the next bird ornament, sculpture or art print which grabs your eye.
Corynne Pless
9. Try out a major tray on the table. Create an inviting tableaux by mixing up an oversize tray with a mixture of dinnertime essentials (napkins, plates, a crock of utensils), fresh flowers, candles and also something purely fun — such as the cow sculpture shown here.
Laura Collins Design
10. Decorate with flowers and fruit. A bowl of lemons is so cheerful (and economical!) , and spring flowers like tulips and daffodils are less expensive and more readily available while they’re in season. Scoop up a lot of lemons and all those flowers are available the next time you go to the marketplace.
Hide & Sleep Interior Design
11. Repaint kids’ furniture. If the notion of painting furniture sounds daunting, consider starting with a little piece — state, one from your kid’s room. On a dresser this petite, you might even have the guts to experiment with a cool effect, such as the colour gradient shown here.
Anthropologie
Marmara Knob – $12
12. Replace knobs on cabinets and drawers. This takes all of five minutes and can make your furniture feel completely new. I love the wide range of knobs in Anthropologie, and also the sale bins often hold a number of the greatest treasures.
Tip: If you are shopping in shop, make sure you bring along one of your old knobs to match the size and positioning of holes.
Hide & Sleep Interior Design
13. Create DIY tape artwork. This fun, simple project would be ideal for a kid’s room. Collect an range of washi or other paper craft tapes, and get started ripping and taping away. Stick with simple shapes, such as letters for the best effect, and the homes shown here.
Jamali Floral & Garden Supplies
White Porcelain Urn Flower Vase – $8.99
14. Scoop up a new vase or 2. One great find, such as these ceramic urn vases, may do wonders to spruce up your space. They’re less than $10 apiece!
Kropat Interior Design
15. Hang colorful kitchen towels. Changing the colors and patterns of your own tea towels every season is a quick and effortless method to update the kitchen.
Leverone Design, Inc..
16. Place bud vases in unexpected areas. Get the most from a single bouquet by cutting out a few stems short and putting them in bud vases across the house. Try out one by every sink, on bedside tables, on your desk and on a bookcase, tucked in one of the books.