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4 Simple Design Tricks to Brighten Your Space for Spring
STYLE
4 Simple Design Tricks to Brighten Your Space for Spring
It’s time to throw the proverbial windows open — spring is coming. But if your room is lacking natural light, we’ve got easy interior decorating tips to instantly brighten up your home. Discover how to transform a dark room into an airy one without losing warmth or personality.
It’s time to throw the proverbial windows open — spring is coming. But if your room is lacking natural light, we’ve got easy interior decorating tips to instantly brighten up your home. Discover how to transform a dark room into an airy one without losing warmth or personality.
Soft Color Palette
It’s time to embrace your softer side with light neutrals and shades of white. Not only are they soothing, but brighter hues will also naturally reflect and amplify any ambient light. Swap out oak furniture for light-colored wood, darker lamp shades for pristine white, or, for a bigger impact, contrast your dark floor with a big bright rug.
Reflective Materials
A dark room can often feel smaller and more cramped. Instead, you can create the illusion of a more expansive, and open space with reflective materials. Commonly, interior decorators use mirrors throughout a room for this effect, but you can also incorporate modern touches like metal or chrome frames, or coffee tables made of translucent glass, acrylic, or Lucite.
@Universal Furniture
Upward Light
It may feel obvious that adding lamps can brighten a room, but there’s a method to this tip. Choose torchieres and lamp styles that aim the light upward, helping disperse the light when it bounces off the ceiling, rather than pendants and lampshades that cast the light down. Plus, we recommend layering your light with multiple sources to create a warm ambiance.
@Bloomingdale's
Natural Decor
Take a page from the natural beauty trend this year with houseplants, flowers, and organic materials that bring the springtime indoors. Retire heavy fabrics like wool or velvet for breezy linen and jute. For dark rooms, ditch live plants for artificial ones that can thrive sans natural light or add eye-catching botanical prints — from leafy wall art to floral throw pillows.
