Introducing more light and color to your home can work wonders.
It can make the home seem larger, more inviting, and it can have a positive effect on your mental health. However, brightening does not necessarily just mean more light. It can mean adding a few fun features, here and there, for example. Here are some ways to brighten up your home:
Get back to painting
Get back to basics, are the walls a dark a dreary color? Well, if so, think about lightening it up with some yellows or pinks, whatever is your idea of fun. Adding paint to tired walls will reinvigorate the room and inject the home with a new life. Ir can add that fresh smell once more too. Also, what about any tired furniture?
You could sand down that old wardrobe and paint it up also. Perhaps you could get a stencil and add pattern to it, and the wall too, for that, make the same pattern travel from the furniture to the wall as if were an all in one image. It will seem like you have just been down the furniture store and bought something brand new without the price tag.
Lighten up
A lot of homes are filled with dark rooms where the light broke ages ago. Well, invest in having them repaired and get new lamps for those dark corners. If a bulb has blown, change it. Think about getting a new lampshade too, as a lot of older shade suck in too much light from the bulb. Think about white or glass lampshades, which will reflect and rebound light.
Add some features
A fireplace is a great feature to add to your home. They give off that beautiful subdued orangy yellow light into the room and a little heat too. If you have a room that has an old fireplace setting, but no fire, you should consider getting it set back to how it used to be. You may as well make use of that chimney breast.
Eco-friendly wood-burning stoves are very popular at the moment, and you may find yourself a bargain. So make the most of the features you have in the home. In the garden, you could add a pond or a pool. If you already have a pool, you should protect it, Cool Pool Deck Coatings. Pools have a light that reflects that tranquil blue.
Potted plants
Adding some flowers and plants into the home adds zeal to the place. If you have a vibrant green showing up against a white wall, for example, that looks fresh and pretty. Flowers can brighten up any room with a beautiful array of colors, and because they are alive, it is a little extra touch, which makes you feel happier.
They also have the added benefit of making the room healthier by just simply being there. That is because they detoxify the room by breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out fresh new oxygen, purifying the air. You and the plants can live a symbiotic relationship.
