Brightening up your Living Areas
After the wintery months theres nothing more refreshing than being outdoors enjoying the glorious sunshine and lighter evenings. Whilst enjoying what Summer has to offer from outdoors, brightening up your home will enable you to enjoy the summery months from the comfort of your home too. There are so many ways to create a brighter, lighter feel to a room without having to make drastic changes, whilst redecorating and adding fresh paint to a room adds instant light, its not always the necessary thing to do! Heres a few ways in which you can lift your homes atmosphere and add a bright touch to your living areas.
Natural Lighting is Key
No matter how your home is laid out, you will have some form of natural light sourced from your doors and windows. Natural Light is one of the best ways to brighten up a room and create a summery atmosphere. Having natural lighting lifts a room instantly and creates a relaxing atmosphere. How you control your natural lighting is up to you, whether you choose to add curtains or blinds, you can create the right balance for your living space, and instantly lift the overall feel of your room! To ensure your natural lighting can travel through to your rooms, ensuring your windows/doors are clean and washed will make a large difference to how much light can travel through.
Spring Cleaning
It may not seem like the most obvious strategy, however having a good spring clean in your home will really help to make a room feel lighter and fresh. Sorting through, putting everything into its dedicated space, removing any unwanted items or piles of newspapers can make such a difference. Having a messy or busy room can often create an overcrowded look that will add dull, gloomy elements to the overall atmosphere, and a good spring clean eliminates this instantly. Cleaning items such as your kitchen appliances, Living Room features such as the Television and Cabinets and even your floors will really make a strong impact and add life to your room!
Introducing new things
Many homes are designed with the owners personal taste and style in mind, and you can add new items that reflect your personal style to add a splash of life to your rooms. Artwork is a very good addition to incorporate a little extra colour and life to the room, whilst also adding personality and character. Even adding items such as photographs in stylish frames or a fresh bunch of flowers will emphasise the rooms character and lift the atmosphere. Another way of brightening the room altogether is to introduce a new mirror, a feature such as a Windsor Oak Mirror will enable the natural light to bounce and travel across the room. Mirrors can also enable a room to feel larger, enabling you to create a stronger feel to the room. Additional lighting is also really effective to brighten up a room, especially on those gloomier days! Adding the correct balance of lighting, such as smaller lamps complimented by larger floor lamps, will help to highlight certain areas of the room that may need a little extra light to stand out.