“Lighten Up” – Tricks for Airy Spaces & No-Fail Neutral Colors
In the winter, we tend to hibernate. We burrow under thick blankets and wear heavy sweaters. But what if, instead, we “lighten up” for the new year? What if we went for light and airy, instead of dark and heavy? Here are my tricks for making any space feel light, airy and inviting: 1. Use white and neutral …
Color Showcase: Decorating with Neutrals
I find myself increasingly drawn to rooms decorated almost exclusively in neutrals — Pinterest is flooded with such spaces and they seem so restful. In fact, I’ve made a systematic effort to create more neutral spaces into my own home and in the process I have landed on some tips to achieve the serenity of …
Grey: The New Neutral
There was a time in my home decorating journey (and it IS a journey) that I embraced bold colors on walls and on furniture. Over the past few years, my taste for that has waned, in favor of soft neutral backgrounds with punches of color coming in my accessories (did you catch my recent guest …
The New Neutrals
I’ve heard neutral design described as everything from ‘trendy’ to ‘blah’. And over the past decade neutrals have been equated with the color beige, and beige only. I dubbed this beige color “builder’s beige” (a.k.a. the color that builder’s paint an entire house in the hopes of attracting buyers). Regardless of whether you feel neutral colored …