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Brighten Home for Spring By SUE DOERFLER | The Arizona Republic Many homeowners equate the arrival of spring with cleaning. But spring is also the perfect time to give your interior decor a facelift. Interior designers suggest welcoming spring into your home by incorporating simple decorating ideas that mirror nature’s seasonal transformation. These 10 ideas will help you get started:
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1. Clear Out
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“Start by taking a surface and cleaning everything off,” said Scottsdale, Ariz., interior designer Judy Fox. For example, remove books, accessories and other items cluttering the top of your coffee table. When you redecorate it, put back fewer items. This will give the room a more open, spacious feeling, she said. Another idea: Roll up those big, heavy rugs. They provided a cozy, comforting feel during cooler weather, but their removal will make your rooms appear larger and more open during spring and summer.
2. Awaken Your Decor If your furnishings have become tired-looking, change them out, revamp them, toss them or donate them to a charity.
3. Bring the Outdoors In Longer days are knocking, so let them in. Put fresh flowers in a decorative vase on your dining table. Flowers such as tulips and lilacs say spring. Or opt for the exotic, such as orchids.
4. Let the Indoors Out Your home’s brighter, lighter spring look can extend to your patio and landscaping decor.
5. Go Lighter and Brighter Reds, tangerines and greens are key accent colors this season, Phoenix interior designer Sherry Hauser says. Store your master bedroom’s dark decor items, such as the brown, black and gold duvet and matching pillows, and replace them with brightly colored accents and furnishings.
Pillows are an easy way to change your decor’s look and feel, no matter the season. Spring looks include bold flower patterns.
7. Make Marine the Core A clear bowl filled with sand and layered with shells you’ve collected at the seashore can turn into a focal point. Don’t despair if you haven’t been to the beach lately. You can buy them. Styles and patterns from abroad can be incorporated as accents.
9. Appeal to Senses Candles, crisp fabrics and decorative bowls filled with grapes and berries provide sensual appeal.
10. Make Mealtime More Festive
Colorful appetizer or dessert plates can supplement your dinnerware.
Room image courtesy of York Wallcoverings, a wallpaper company in York, Pennsylvania, shows wallpaper by York Wallcoverings. Bright red-pink and bursting with energy, honeysuckle is dominating home decor trends in 2011 as a playful and vibrant alternative to the serene turquoise of 2010. (AP Photo/ Helping build York Wallcoverings)
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Pink Poppy Knob. Bright red-pink and bursting with energy, honeysuckle is dominating home decor trends in 2011 as a playful and vibrant alternative to the serene turquoise of 2010. (AP Photo/Anthropologie)
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