How to Brighten Up Your Rooms

Audra: Alright now we got the perfect past a for spring so it’s time to change your
betting for the spring. Master Designer Jennifer Adams stopped by earlier.
She gave me a little lesson in brightening up the colors for the bedroom in
the spring as we go between seats.

Jen, I’m so happy we’re finally talking about spring. Winter’s gone and
now we can actually bring some color into the house right?

Jennifer: Yes, it’s so much fantasy all the vibrant tones coming in we’re seeing like
the cool tranquil tones of the ocean like the turquoise colors, the warm
tomato oranges and combined with neutral palettes like champagne pink.
It’s considered a neutral right now.

Audra: Wow.

Jennifer: And beige, so if you pick some of those vibrant tones also think like the
meringue colors like the crisp apple greens and the nice vibrant pinks and
pattern them with those more neutral tones.

Audra: Right.

Jennifer: And just use some accents and makes her a nice home.

Audra: I love the way you describe it here that so just that people know this is not
a fad, this is not something that’s going on and going to last a year 2 years
right because this is actually paint a little more permanent in your home
right.

Jennifer: That’s why we would keep the neutral tones for the paint and then accent
with the vibrant tones. Just when throw pillows and make your artwork
and just transition for spring and transition back out for a fall but your
walls just saved very neutral and warm.

Audra: And what’s going on with the scents are changing in the spring too right?

Jennifer: In the spring get rid of all the cinnamon, all the strong vanillas, all the
Holiday. Candles you have to get them out of the house because your
scent really sets the tone for the feeling of your home. I found this
wonderful stuff called lamp reggae and I found it in Paris and it’s the most
amazing scents and I really care for scents because I don’t want to get a
headache and I’m really sensitive to them but this actually cleanses and
purifies the air and you can find it anywhere and it’s just they come with
all different kinds of colorful bright canisters or clear glass jars and you
pull the oil in it and you light it up and it gives a wonderful spring scent to
your house.

Audra: That’s good and also you have to bring the outside in, it’s very tough for
some people to do that but we’re looking at a photo here and this like an
atrium a patio area but this is actually inside the house right?

Jennifer: It is inside the house so bring in photos of flowers, photos of leaves.
Different textures of the flowers of your pillows. They even painted the
rug down with a floral down there and the size of the rag is something
very inexpensive, bring in the flowers, bring in objects that you would
normally see out in your garden and use them like little earns for night
stands, end tables. Just bring in those things from the outside and bring it
in for the spring.

Audra: It changes your mood so much just walking into a room that looks like that
and then last but not least you have to bring some fun, playfulness to the
rooms.

Jennifer: Make it fun, light hearted, playful and just do it in your accessories but
think bright cheery, things that are going to make you happy when you
walk in the door. It’s different from what you’re going to do in the fall.
It’s different for what you’ve been doing in the winter just have fun with
it.

Audra: Don’t worry about being to stiff and just keeping things away that they
were before right? Okay, you got it, thanks Jen.

Jennifer: Thank you.

Audra: And if you want to get more great ideas from Jen make sure to check out
her blog, it’s on our website BetterTV.com.