Updating your home décor and trying out new designs is always a pleasant experience. And when better to try out these new ideas than with spring decor?

As reiterated several times on our blog, home décor doesn’t necessitate exhausting yourself physically and straining yourself financially (in fact, we have dedicated an entire post on Home Décor on a Budget on cost-effective home décor methods).

Meanwhile, here are some tips to give your place a ‘touch-up’ this spring:

Relive a Memory

Nothing beats vintage. It can be your grandfather’s clock or books lying in your attic. Bring them out, dust them, and put them in a showcase for everyone. It can also be an old family picture that you can get framed.

Note: If going with the book idea, a great way to go about it is to arrange your books by color.

Bring in Plant Life

Plants, especially flowers, not only add beauty to any room of the house but also bring in the most pleasant fragrance. The best way to do this is to get a new vase or two in colors that match the spring season (like teals and pinks). This will look great in your living room or on a table in the hallway.

If you are up for it, you can try growing something indoors. Options include:

• Lemon balm
• Snake plant
• Peace lily
• Philodendron
• Spider plant
• Jade plant

Placing one in a colorful pot will give your room a natural touch and provide clean air.

Get “Cool” Dinnerware

Get dinnerware, napkins, and runners in a blue shade. Apart from the aesthetic benefits, you will feel much cooler mentally simply by their blue hue. You can also go for similar colors:

• Rugs
• Doormats
• Accented pillows

Speaking of Pillows…

You can easily bring the spring feel inside your living room or bedroom with floral-patterned accent pillows. You can get decorative pillow covers (or even customized ones) for loft-down or feather-down pillow inserts.

Attractive Lighting Fixtures

Proper lighting is essential for brightening up your home. That is why getting fixtures like decorative lamps and bulb covers is a great idea. It would be best if you also went for LED light bulbs. These cost less, have a bright light, are durable (and pay for themselves down the road), and unlike the traditional bulbs we use, LEDs don’t transfer that much heat. You also have the Eco-friendly Home Décor benefit here.

Use Some Fabrics

Do you think your bedding needs a change? Go for a total makeover. Once again, floral designs will go well with your pillowcases, bed skirt, and duvet. You can further use fabrics to enhance your bedroom design by getting upholstered headboards and an ottoman or sofa to match.

Other Accessories

We have already discussed clocks, dinnerware, and lamps, but several other accessories fall within your home spring makeover plans. These include frames, trays, and candleholders made of metals like brass, copper, and gold. In this way, you combine style with functionality. Not to mention, they serve as great conversation starters.

Things to Remember

Before ending this piece, we would like to point to a few ‘mistakes’ homeowners make when decorating their homes. Let us face it: none of us are professional designers. But by caring for these simple things, we can ensure that our home décor efforts are not in vain.

• It would be best to have a strategy and a road map of how to get things done.
• Avoid the matching game and try mixing different colors, textures, and patterns to prevent boredom a few days later.
• Instead of painting your walls first and then trying to find matching/contrasting furniture or pillows, go the other way around.

Finally, and most importantly, do not get lured into purchasing something that may look attractive to you (or something that is on sale) but is irrelevant to your home design plans. That is why we advise you to have a strategy in place so that everything falls right into place and your home feels fresh in spring, and so do you. Good luck!