Need a change of scenery? Decorator Sue Pelley offers the ideas listed below to vary the look of a room by using coordinating fabrics in colors and prints that echo the seasons. She also recommends arranging the furniture to reflect the season, such as grouping chairs closer to the fireplace in the autumn and winter, and making the window the focal point during the warm months.
Spring
- Make a window treatment and table topper in a soft, blue-tinted spring floral. Attach the window treatment with Velcro to make changing it a snap.
- Add a throw pillow in a stripe that coordinates with the floral, and use accessories that reflect the rebirth symbolized by spring.
Summer - Keep the same soft color scheme but let yellow be the focal color in a balloon valance with pencil pleating along the top, hung over pleated shades to help filter the sunlight.
- Reverse the table topper to the summer fabric and use it over the same blue tablecloth that you used in the spring. Table accessories can remain the same as in the spring decor.
Autumn - Use deeper, warmer hues and more tailored lines such as that offered by a hobbled Roman valance.
- Use a large print on the table, and pick up the print in the valance with a throw pillow of the same fabric. Accessorize with a heavier, darker-hued lamp and other accessories suited to the season.
Winter - Change to a box-pleated valance in still darker colors and reverse the autumn table topper to a heavy stripe in colors that coordinate with the valance print.
- Use the same stripe for the pillow, which is trimmed with heavy cording around the edges, and keep the same accessories on display as in the autumn.
Resources various fabrics & window treatments-Decorating Den
Decorating Den Interiors
Website:
www.decoratingden.com
various fabrics & window treatments-Hunter Douglas Duette
Hunter Douglas
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www.hunterdouglas.com
Guests Sue Pelley
Senior Vice President, Decorating Den Interiors
Website:
www.decoratingden.com
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