Brighten Up Spaces This Spring 2017

This Viniterra Carved Mirror is the right addition to your home this spring. It will help reflect light and optically improve the space at the same time.

What do you love most about spring? Apart from saying goodbye to shoveling snow and thick clothing, don’t you just love the colorful buds and blossoms that can be found everywhere? This is the best time of the year to reinvent your home’s look. One of the best ways to do this is to brighten up your home and create mood enhancers everywhere.

Okay, so we all love the outdoors right now; it’s brimming with life and colors. It is a waste to just look at these and not take advantage of such beauty. So, let’s take off those think draperies and replace them with translucent curtains.

This is also the season to do some renovations as well as to open your windows to let in some fresh air and lots of sunlight. Look for bright colors that you can use as main décor or accent pieces. If you still like white, then it’s time to use it as a means to reflect a little more light.

White as Backdrop

What could be a more powerful frame for gorgeous furniture than a plain white wall? This is a wonderful wall that could serve as a backdrop to the most overpowering colors such as fuchsia or neon hues.

Imagine the most intense colors in the spectrum and use them this spring. If you’re a little cautious, then you can always rely on pastel.

Strategically Place Mirrors

Spring is the season to begin using mirrors to reflect more light. There’s no need to remain cooped inside your home. Winter is gone so you should use a mirror to a wall that’s adjacent to the window.

Let the sunshine in. If you’re a little low on natural light, then mirrors can help you solve this issue. Mirrors can easily mimic windows. Having a mirror or two will make it seem you have additional windows on your walls.

A mirror that is placed opposite a window or another room could reflect the views from that area. From a window, you get to see the scenic beauty outdoors. If it’s facing a room, then it would seem like you’re looking through an interior window.

Other reflective surfaces can also help bounce the light around a room. A shiny backsplash, for instance, will reflect light all around the kitchen.

No More Heavy Draperies

Since it is your goal to let in more sunlight, then you should take down anything that could impede it from streaming in. Use translucent shades that will be able to provide privacy while still allowing more light to come in.

The correct curtain color will even cast a lovely glow in the afternoon.

Lighter Ceilings

Painting the ceilings a bit lighter than the walls will give the space a much brighter appearance. Believe it or not, white walls look great but having an even lighter ceiling with glossy or semi-gloss finish is your best bet to bright room.

Use this concept especially when you have dark walls. The light-colored ceiling should be able to reflect the light that you need.

Clean Up

Another way to make a room appear brighter is to just clean it up. Clutter can make a room appear cramped, yes, even darker, so fix the light bulbs, clean your windows and let the lighting fixtures shine at their brightest.

Rise and Shine

How many times have you been told to rise and shine when you wake up? Now you can take this expression a bit more literally as you open those shutters and let in more sunlight. Control too much lighting in the bedroom by having sheer curtains installed or some blinds.

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