Spring Is In Air Decorate your home with springtime in mind

BY KRISTINE PUGACH specialsections@antonmediagroup.com

We all feel re-energized with the onset of spring. Seeing the emergence of new life blossoming from the ground and the promise of possibilities to start anew. A wonderful way to evoke these feelings is to refresh your home. There are so many ways to accomplish this with minimal spending and time-consuming projects.

Trade out your textiles. Change your window treatments with soft airy materials like cottons, linens and sheer organza. Swap out an area rug or add a layer to your existing one. Opt for a sisal for earthy texture or introduce a new palette or theme to transform your space. Sky blues, minty greens, sunny yellows and warm whites and creams will usher in spring simply and effortlessly.

Your bedroom is your sanctuary and should be calm, serene and peaceful. Swap out your heavy comforter for a lighter new duvet cover or coverlet. Combine whites, tone-on-tones, and crisp linens and soft cottons for a light airy feel. Add some neutral wovens or a pretty pale spring color for subtle unexpected contrast.

Try to repeat one color throughout the house to create continuity and harmony. Try adding an unexpected pop of color to liven up your home. Be bold. Spring is a wonderful opportunity to explore different styles, textures, and colors.

Accessorize. You’ll be amazed at how easy, simple changes can work wonders in transitioning your home from season to season. Artwork, trays, pillows and throws in softer, lightweight fabrics and color can bring big results. Scented candles, soaps and diffusers in citrusy, floral, eucalyptus and lavender scents will immediately let you know spring is in the air, and will uplift your spirits every time you walk through your front door.

Bring on the greenery. Plants, flowers, earthy textures and organic materials bring the outside in. Add some fresh flowers in a pretty vase or ceramic pitcher and pop ferns in a rattan vessel or basket. Don’t have a green thumb or often forget to refresh the flowers? No worries, add a mix of faux flowers. (No one will ever know.)

Spruce up your outdoor space or deck by adding a console cart with pretty colored barware and floral accents. Change the fabric on your furniture cushions or better yet just add some fresh new pillows and accessories to freshen your space.

Don’t forget your front door entrance. Add an inviting and welcoming feeling for your guests with a springtime wreath of forsythia and pussy willow on your front door. Add additional pops of color with daffodils and tulips in a pot or little wood wagon that you can swap out when the heat sets in. If there’s some room, put a small seat or bench on your porch so you and your friends can visit outside and enjoy the fresh spring and summer air.

Kristine Pugach is an interior designer for Safavieh Home Furnishings Glen Cove.