Decorating: How to Revive and refresh your home for New Year - With Christmas done and dusted for another year, January is the perfect month to take a fresh look at each room in your home. Perhaps parts of your stay are looking a bit jaded, or maybe some features would simply receive an injection of bold color or pattern? Follow these easy updates and I guarantee your home will be filled with a renewed sense of verve and vigor that you never knew he had!
Juliette Byrne
Restart your room
Why not give your bedroom a simple refresh with a new bedding set? After all, there is nothing nicer than getting into a bed made with freshly laundered linens. Stick to neutral white and crisp sweet -. And treat yourself to flowers by the bed for an uplifting hint of spring
Why not give your bedroom a simple refresh with a new bedding set? After all, there is nothing nicer than getting into a bed made with freshly laundered linens. Stick to neutral white and crisp sweet -. And treat yourself to flowers by the bed for an uplifting hint of spring
Alex Maguire Photography
ReVamp your cushions
If your sofa is a little tired, pep it up with new cushions - they are a simple way as to lift a room without a lot of expense. Or consider track down scraps of fabric and simply re-cover your existing cushions for an update of the cost-effectiveness. If you can stretch to it, a new pattern will add new energy to your living room, especially with a bright design like this.
If your sofa is a little tired, pep it up with new cushions - they are a simple way as to lift a room without a lot of expense. Or consider track down scraps of fabric and simply re-cover your existing cushions for an update of the cost-effectiveness. If you can stretch to it, a new pattern will add new energy to your living room, especially with a bright design like this.
Sweet William
hang your art
I am guilty of it. Whether old photos that need framing or beautiful ceramic plates that look like much better on the wall that led into a closet, many of us have images, engravings and illustrations that are desperate to hang up.
If you have trouble finding the right place for each part, you can not go wrong if you simply mass group to create a constantly evolving art gallery that will refresh a space and draw eye.
Read tips on how to choose and display
art I am guilty of it. Whether old photos that need framing or beautiful ceramic plates that look like much better on the wall that led into a closet, many of us have images, engravings and illustrations that are desperate to hang up.
If you have trouble finding the right place for each part, you can not go wrong if you simply mass group to create a constantly evolving art gallery that will refresh a space and draw eye.
Read tips on how to choose and display
Gabriel Holland Interior design
Make a paint job
This is such an easy solution, but very effectively. Channel your inner guru of color and paint a wall in this dramatic shadow that you have been longing after. This deep blue-gray adds a new dimension to this room, or try a panel of a pastel or bright zingy fresh.
Since you are only covering an area you can go out with a very small pot of paint, so it is not only a quick and easy solution, it is profitable, too.
This is such an easy solution, but very effectively. Channel your inner guru of color and paint a wall in this dramatic shadow that you have been longing after. This deep blue-gray adds a new dimension to this room, or try a panel of a pastel or bright zingy fresh.
Since you are only covering an area you can go out with a very small pot of paint, so it is not only a quick and easy solution, it is profitable, too.
Chris A Photography Dorsey
Display your treasures
This is one of my biggest bugbears interiors, and, hands, I'm guilty of it, too. If you reserve a pretty porcelain, vintage paperweights, old ornaments - or collection of treasures you love - hidden behind closet doors, then dust off and put them on the screen. They add interest to the room and give you a lift every time you walk in.
These glass bells are an elegant way to show your most valuable assets and the arrangement can be exchanged and modified as you please.
This is one of my biggest bugbears interiors, and, hands, I'm guilty of it, too. If you reserve a pretty porcelain, vintage paperweights, old ornaments - or collection of treasures you love - hidden behind closet doors, then dust off and put them on the screen. They add interest to the room and give you a lift every time you walk in.
These glass bells are an elegant way to show your most valuable assets and the arrangement can be exchanged and modified as you please.
Julie Holloway
make a good first impression
the room is the first and last piece you see, so make sure yours is fresh, functional and uncluttered. Be inspired by the sleek entry back and make sure you have plenty of hooks, so everything can be lifted off the ground. This bench is attractive, but if you have a busy home, consider a design that includes storage. Finally, hang a large mirror -. It will visually expand a narrow space and increase the light levels in a
the room is the first and last piece you see, so make sure yours is fresh, functional and uncluttered. Be inspired by the sleek entry back and make sure you have plenty of hooks, so everything can be lifted off the ground. This bench is attractive, but if you have a busy home, consider a design that includes storage. Finally, hang a large mirror -. It will visually expand a narrow space and increase the light levels in a
Paul Craig Photography
Beautify your bathroom
If you have gradually left the bottles of shampoo and cream bath body take over your surfaces bathroom, stashing all your lotions and potions instantly cool space.
For a quick fix, track down a vintage-style cabinet like this and use it to stack towels and keep them organized products, but on the screen. Try second hand stores to find a room that can be painted and repurposed to add a touch of character to your daily ablutions.
If you have gradually left the bottles of shampoo and cream bath body take over your surfaces bathroom, stashing all your lotions and potions instantly cool space.
For a quick fix, track down a vintage-style cabinet like this and use it to stack towels and keep them organized products, but on the screen. Try second hand stores to find a room that can be painted and repurposed to add a touch of character to your daily ablutions.
Brian O'Tuama Architects
Stretch to a new backsplash
OK, it is a slightly larger project that adding some cushions, but laying a new backsplash perk up your kitchen without end. A bold color band will lift a neutral system, or try a slab of a luxury material, such as marble for a kitchen that feel like new.
See credenzas that will transform your kitchen
OK, it is a slightly larger project that adding some cushions, but laying a new backsplash perk up your kitchen without end. A bold color band will lift a neutral system, or try a slab of a luxury material, such as marble for a kitchen that feel like new.
See credenzas that will transform your kitchen
Closet Classics of Andover
Clean up your act
Finally, once all the Christmas gifts have found a new home and the last decoration was hidden away for another year, why not give the house a thorough cleaning? It is a surefire way to add fresh radiance to your home. After all the fun and festive cuisine that went on, it's a great idea to rub so you can start 2015 with a new slate.
Tell us ...
If you have ideas to give your home a boost easy for 2015, please share your tips in the comments below.
Finally, once all the Christmas gifts have found a new home and the last decoration was hidden away for another year, why not give the house a thorough cleaning? It is a surefire way to add fresh radiance to your home. After all the fun and festive cuisine that went on, it's a great idea to rub so you can start 2015 with a new slate.
Tell us ...
If you have ideas to give your home a boost easy for 2015, please share your tips in the comments below.