March brings with it the promise of warmer days and blooming flowers making it the perfect time to give your home a fresh makeover. Here are a few ways to refresh and reset with these spring decor ideas:
SOFT PASTELS
It’s easy to enjoy rooms that reflect the beauty of the season. Use soft pastel colors like pale blues, mint greens, and blush pinks to create a light and airy atmosphere in your home. We all know what an impact color has in creating the ambiance of any space. Pastels help bring a serene and soothing tranquility to a room – something most of us are looking for more than ever to help ease us out of the day-to-day demands of our busy lives.
FLORAL-INSPIRED DECOR
Emphasize the beauty of flowers in your home this spring. According to studies conducted at Rutgers University, flowers have a long-term positive effect on our mood, trigger happy emotions, and heighten our feelings of life satisfaction. We can’t think of a better excuse to incorporate these humble, yet complex and beautiful plants into our everyday decor. Introduce floral patterns throughout your home with curtains, throw pillows, and, of course, plenty of fresh flower arrangements. Here are some must-do curtain guidelines.
HOUSE PLANTS
What better way to bring the garden indoors than with living plants? Select a plant with light requirements that suit where you will place it. A few of the easiest and most popular indoor plants to maintain in low light are:
- Pothos (Vines to 6-10 ft)
- Philodendron (Vines to 8 ft)
- Prayer Plant (Up to 3 ft tall)
- Bird’s Nest Fern (Up to 2 ft tall)
- Peace Lily (1-6 ft tall)
- ZZ Plant (2-3ft tall)
- Chinese Evergreen (2-3 ft tall)
SMALL GATHERING AREAS
Convivial seating is a design concept that, with the use of cozy furniture, creates small, inviting spaces within large, open rooms that encourage conversation, relaxation, and social interaction. When creating this type
of intimate seating, choose soft, plush pieces that allow people to sit for long periods of time. Include floor cushions and throw blankets. The idea is for your family or guests to unwind, feel cozy, get comfortable, and converse. As spring unfolds around our homes, take time to enjoy rooms that reflect the beauty of the season and keep your family and guests happy to be there.
GO GREEN
Invest in a kitchen compost bin to create a nutrient-rich soil amendment for your spring garden. Kitchen compost bins make scrap collection easy. Scraps can include fruit and vegetable bits and peels (without plastic stickers) breads, grains, coffee grounds and filters. Do not include meat, bones, or dairy products in your household compost.
In most areas, spring is a fleeting season that must be enjoyed quickly in the moment. Make it last a bit longer by recreating some of its transient beauty inside your home.