Spring Decorating Tips:

By - Julea Joseph, Reinventing Space

Just when you’re ready to repeat the end-of-winter mantra “I’m so tired of winter,” a faint warm wind brushes your cheek, blue skies peak from behind a gray cloud, and the hue of green begins to color the hard brown earth. Spring is here, and will bring with it - a change of energy, optimism, and new life.

Bring that joie de vivre into your own home by exchanging winter’s rich colors, holiday fragrances, and heavy fabrics with soft pastel hues, fresh light scents, and natural fibers. Take a trip to the local gardening center for inspiration, and pick up a pot or bouquet of sweet smelling spring blooms such as tulips, hyacinths, freesias or jonquils to adorn a table. Buy an exterior flat bottomed wire or wood window box, and “plant” an array of potted plants for a fresh, and definitely out-side-the-box floral arrangement. Use a door dressing mirror as the table runner to brighten and reflect the arrangement (the glass will also serve to protect your surface.) Clean out those linen closets, and tuck in a few sprays of dried lavender to refresh the space, and swap out old tired candles for pale pastels evoking our senses of spring. Try shopping around your own home or at your favorite store for a few new linen or spring inspired pillows to give your seating a boost. Retire those heavy throws for silk or cotton in Easter egg colors. Paintings, photos or heirloom treasures with spring themes or motifs can be brought into accessory rotation to refresh your tables, bookcases and shelves and tell a story of this season. Garden décor, faux bird’s nests, and cages available at hobby stores can make any table vignette special for spring.

At the end of winter our senses are in need of a boost Bring spring into your home, and celebrate the season of renewal!
 

Julea’s “Good Bones” accessories are quick change artists; chameleon-like items that can be seasonally changed or can be used in multiple ways. Readily available at any store, these tried and true pieces can make decorating a breeze. An all time favorite is a large, tall, hurricane vase. This vase can showcase each season with in an array of ways. For the spring season, fill the vase with colorful wood eggs, a display of long stemmed tulips, willow branches or forsythia and showcase it on your foyer table. Take your arrangement one step further, and float fruit within the water for an extra punch of seasonal color.

Interior Stylist Julea Joseph specializes in room redesigns. Her work and design philosophy has been featured on HGTV, and in numerous publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and the Chicago Tribune. Julea can be reached at 708.448.7500 or www.julea.com.


Reinventing Space - Julea Joseph
Palos Park, IL 60464
Telephone: 708.448.7500
Fax: 708.923.6426
Email: Julea@sbcglobal.net
URL: www.julea.com