Spring Into Colorful Home Decor Trends

Spring is finally here! Isn’t it? For much of the country, the upcoming season of renewal has been highly anticipated after a very long winter. The color palette for home decor trends this spring is rightfully one of lighter and brighter hues in order to reinvigorate and revitalize the deeper colors typically associated with winter.

From furniture to home furnishings and home accents, indulge in all that spring has to offer. Utilize fresh blues, energetic pinks, and happy yellows to transform the atmosphere within your space. Do not be afraid to express yourself or your mood through your home decor. Mixing bright colors with clean whites will certainly enhance the positive energy within your home. Whether you prefer laundry-clean white or a vanilla-inspired hue, leverage the influence of the effect of white within your desired area.

Aside from brighter colors, consider infusing garden themed patterns into your home decor. From French Garden motifs to vineyard patterns, demonstrate your passion for spring without hesitation. This feat can easily be accomplished by incorporating such fresh themes in your kitchen, by way of curtains.

Making simple adjustments within your home, like changes to accessories and decor, can help to refresh your look. Allow spring to help you regenerate your spirit and outlook through the expression of your home decor.

2009 Home Decor Trends: Color, Comfort, and Patterns

With the approach of every new year, we all strive to change a few things about our lives. Whether it be dietary, exercise-related, self-improvement, or home improvement, shaking up the norm helps to provide us with fresh, new perspectives. While the year is no longer necessarily “new”, there is still plenty of time left for change - after all, we’re only 1/6 of the way through 2009.

Remaining up to date with current color trends will provide a solid foundation for the beginning of your home decorating adventure. Your color scheme will ultimately determine the mood and feel of your home. Lively colors combined with neutrals and grounded hues have been and are projected to remain popular throughout the year. Included in this list are fuchsia red, palace blue, and vibrant green hues among many others.

Comfort is always important when redecorating or reinventing a room. Why spend time and energy into jazzing up a room that you would not be able to enjoy? Finding functional furniture boasting elements of comfort and elegance is quite simple these days as these are qualities that many people seek when they envision the designs of peaceful and inviting sanctuaries.

Lastly, turning to stated patterns can infuse energy and personality into any room. Opting to decorate with redesigned forms of traditional patterns can keep any environment fresh and intriguing. Mixing and matching styles offers an under-stated way of embellishing the atmosphere of any room.

Have you found additional home decorating trends that have brightened up your mood so far this year? If so, please feel free to share with the Popular Home Collections community.. if you’re on the east coast, I’m sure you could use some cheering up right about now!

Home Decor Quiz

Are you a home decor adventurer? Can you cut your way through the jungle of designs and find the perfect ensemble for your space? Here are a few questions that will assist you on your quest!

1. What is my objective?

2. What is my theme?

3. How can I achieve my decorating dream with the greatest ease and affordability?

My most recent adventure!

Answers…

1. My objective…redecorate and redefine my guest bathroom in a fresh and springy theme!

2. Spring colors and floral prints to bring a fresh and lovely springtime feel to my bathroom.

3. I will create my room with ease by choosing an all inclusive package. Shower curtains and accessories that complement my theme. Affordability is achieved by taking advantage of the free shipping on orders of $100 or more, and by saving on the retail price when shopping with Popular Home Collections. And with the 2-3 day shipping I have my new bath in a jiffy!

Shopping online at Popular Home Collections is not only easy and enjoyable, but it is also satisfying to the thrifty shopper in all of us. With such a vast variety to choose from, accompanied by the friendly and warm atmosphere…shopping has never been more enjoyable.

Grab a cup of tea and relax here with us, where shopping is still considered a joy. Whoever knew you could have such an enchanted evening…just you and your mouse!

Best Decorating Wishes,
Paula

Home Decor Personality Secrets

How would you define your personal taste in home decor? There are several classifications in which we fall as decorators.

For example…if you are shopping for a new bed ensemble, and cannot seem to settle on a choice, you might want to give yourself this little quiz.

1. Do I want formal, contemporary, casual or perhaps even whimsical?

2. After making the choice on style, it is time to move on to color and texture.

3. Formal window treatments are usually found in the heavy decadent fabrics. The colors are most usually uniform. Accents are added to the room with strategically placed throw pillows and rugs.

4. Contemporary decor is marked by prints, geometric shapes and layers of color. Curtains and room accents can be in various shades of the chosen color and should add a feeling of depth to the room.

5. A whimsical approach may be one of the most fun to create. For instance, if you have a child’s bedroom and bath to decorate, you can start by choosing a bright color scheme. A comforter set with large bright print is a great starting point. Cover the bed with bright throw pillows in varying sizes. Rugs in coordinating colors add flair, while window treatments in sheer fabrics, serve to tie the room together. Taking your theme into the bath is so easy. A shower curtain and bath accessories in the bedroom motif give a sense of completion.

Choose your style and have fun! Be adventurous with window treatments, try multiple layers and even multiple lengths. Place rugs all around to give a “homey” restful character to your space. Rugs are not only lovely, they are a functional addition to your room.

Find beautiful solutions to all your decorating needs here…happy decorating from everyone at Popular Home Collections, where luxury meets affordability!!!

Blessings,
Paula

Insider Secrets for Home Decorating … SHHHHH!!!

Being a designer can be very demanding. One must continuously come up with fresh and innovative ideas in order to remain competitive. Through the years I have developed some wonderful ways to save myself time and the dreaded “money mistakes”.

I am a serious journal keeper. I love writing down things that I want to remember whether it be about my life, my children, or grandchildren.

Believe it or not, a design or home decor journal is a very handy thing to have. I have saved myself countless headaches and do-overs with this idea. It is so simply to do.

Take a picture of the room you want to re-vamp. Try and include as much of the room as is possible. In the bedroom for instance, you need to have the bed and at least one window in the shot to match your bed ensemble and your window treatments…in the bathroom you need to try and include the toilet, the bathtub and a window. If possible, and it usually is in the bathroom, have the sink in the picture as well so you can add your chosen accessories to match.

Now use your computer to enlarge the pics. I usually go 8/10. That is a very simple task I know, but the fun part starts now.

You can use these enlargements to “mock” up your room. Print out some of the items you are thinking of using in your room and place them on the corresponding item. Now you can see what the room will look like with the themes you have been mulling over. No mistakes to haunt you when you keep a journal and get creative with pictures.

This helps me make the transition form season to season with ease. I love my journals and I share them with friends.

This works so well when purchasing mix and match items. You can slowly build your room to your personal likings. All the way from the rugs to the toilet seat, and from the shower curtain to the window treatments.

How fun and inexpensive. More secrets to be revealed soon!

For more information and ideas on how to affordably decorate your home, visit Popular Home Collections. As always, enjoy your decorating adventures.

Small Home Decorating Additions

A very common question for a designer to field is, “How do I cheer up a room and make it over with the minimal amount of work and expense?” Ah… now that is a great question. Luckily, there are some great answers.

1. Let’s say you have a room that is carpeted. We all know that carpet can be very expensive and must be a long lasting investment in our homes. Yet the same old floor from season to season can become drab and very boring. So here are some tips you might find interesting.

Placing accent rugs on carpet is totally in style. It is often thought that rugs are for tile or wood only, which is not the case at all! Adding accent rugs in the bath or bedroom is a very easy and inexpensive way to brighten a dull room.

Coordinate your rug colors with existing colors in the room. For example, pull the color from window treatments, chair pads, comforters and bedspreads.

This will tie your space together and add that “umph” we are all seeking.

2. Now let’s makeover the kitchen in a jiffy on a tight budget.

Chair pads come in so many wonderful styles and colors nowadays! They are one of the least expensive room accessories we can use. Yet they add brilliance to a space.

Perhaps you already have a unique theme. Well, I am so happy to say that there are many kitchen items that match nowadays from your wall clock to your rugs, canisters, and bread box. WOW!

How far you’ll take this inexpensive kitchen face-lift is up to you!

No painting…no remodeling…just a bit of fun and clever shopping on your part.

Just remember that small additions bring about big changes. This ultimately leaves you, the consumer, with change to spare!

Decorating has never been easier or more affordable!

Happy decorating…

Interior Decorating with Bold Colors

With the New Year comes new hope, fresh ideas, and dreams. Interior decorating is one way to conquer this.  Redecorating a drab winter room is a bright way to ring in the New Year. Purple is one of the IN
colors this year - not only in the fashion industry, but also in the design industry. Some folks tend to shy away from interior decorating with bold colors, thinking that they will overpower a room. Here are some great tips for infusing bold colors into a living space.

Purple has many different tones or hues, from dark decadent eggplant to light and lovely lavender. All of the colors in between work together to give a room silent grace and wonder. Layers of color make
interior decorating fun, and give a space ambiance and depth. Add dark purple drapes with sheer lavender valances to give a soft glow to the room. Accessorizing with hues of your signature color will bring casual flair and comfort to the space.

Designer tip: Do not be afraid of color when it comes to interior decorating. Embrace it and invite life into your home. Look at how all of the colors in nature blend together to make the world bloom so beautifully.

Online Holiday Shopping Advantages

Online shopping has undoubtedly lent a hand in reducing holiday stress
levels.  We at Popular Home Collections feel that boasting an online
storefront is an essential component to any successful business in
today’s society.  By providing consumers with a convenient way to
shop, especially around the hectic holiday season, the Popular Home
Collections team hopes to alleviate any extra concerns that many
people face during this time of year.

Finding quality home decor online isn’t as challenging as it once was,
but trusting the service & selection of many companies with an online
presence is a concern for many consumers.  Our goal is to make your
online holiday shopping experience as enjoyable as possible.

Here are 5 reasons why you should consider shopping online this holiday season:

1)  Save money

Price comparison shopping engines make finding the best price on any
product very simple these days.  Trim your expenses wherever you can.

2)  Save time

Most people barely get a few minutes to themselves anymore.  Shopping
shouldn’t continue to drain this precious commodity.  Shop
efficiently.

3)  Save gas

Gas prices have gone down considerably, but saving any extra cash
during these trying economic times is still very critical for many
families.

4)  Avoid lines & crowds

Spare yourself from getting lost in the herd or wasting even more of
your precious time.  Shop safely & soundly.

5)  Shop wherever, whenever

Many businesses boast an online storefront.  If you couldn’t get to
the store during normal business hours, then have no fear - the
virtual shopping world never closes.

We welcome & appreciate any and all visitors this holiday season.
Please let us know if there is anything that we can assist you with,
for we’re only as happy as our customers are.

Happy Holidays & Peaceful Shopping!