How to Update Your Home Decor:
Interior design is a mirror that reflects changes in the world and human lifestyle. Pandemic measures, restrictions on freedom of movement and the mass transition to remote work have given birth to one of the leading interior trends today - the desire to get more emotions from living space. Seasonal decor is one of the ways to achieve maximum impressions from the interior with little money. We tell you how to "dress up" the interior every season and why you will like it. Spoiler: no renovation.
Holidays and changes
The change of seasons in our climate does not go unnoticed: the weather, landscape, length of daylight change, and with them our needs. We are used to seasonally updating our wardrobe, and often it is not only a matter of the need to dress for the weather but also a need to get new impressions from our own reflection in the mirror.
If it weren’t for our thirst for change and impressions, fashion wouldn’t be able to offer us new palettes, prints and other trends every season.
You can apply the same approach to interior design as you do to your wardrobe, adapting it to the changing seasons.
Each season is associated with a number of established associations and traditions, and almost every season we celebrate some kind of holiday that requires external attributes. In winter, when there is not enough sun and bright colors, we decorate living spaces with toys, garlands, and live candle flames. Spring holidays are associated with floral decor. In the fall, the tradition of celebrating Halloween is becoming increasingly popular in our latitudes - another reason for interior transformations.
But you don't have to be tied to holiday dates to enjoy seasonal changes in your interior. You can emotionally rethink your living space with the help of simple decorative techniques.
Colors and patterns
Each season is associated with a certain color scheme. The seasonal palette in the interior can convey the real shades of the landscape outside the windows or adapt to our emotional needs. In the cold, we are drawn to warm tones, in the spring we want a gentle pastel palette and sunny strokes of color, in the summer the colors can become more saturated.
Another powerful conductor of seasonal associations is traditional images that can appear in the interior in the form of patterns. In spring, these can be pastel watercolors - a delicate time of flowering, which in summer will be replaced by more saturated tropical or fruit-garden motifs, in autumn the season of Scottish tartan will begin, and in winter snowflakes, fir trees and deer will take the stage.
Working with seasonal colors and patterns is easy. You don't have to repaint the walls or re-wallpaper them, just arm yourself with an available decorative arsenal: posters, blankets, pillowcases, seasonal sets of dishes, towels, and bed linen.
If you want large-scale color changes, “dress” the windows in new curtains, change the carpet or the sofa cover. One of the most interesting and non-obvious solutions: change the lampshades on the lamps, which will change the shade of light and the mood of the entire room. Mobile light sources: garlands, night lights, neon signs, and table lamps can also be changed every season.
To prevent seasonal decor from looking gaudy, stick to color and theme echoes: repeating motifs and shades. You can choose the dominant color of the season and reinforce its presence in the space with related tones and color refrains: for example, the color of the curtains can be repeated in the lines of the pattern on the carpet, tablecloth or pillow.
Color and figurative associations do not necessarily have to be literal or traditional, the main thing is that they are close and understandable to you.
The interior does not have to match the weather. You can go the other way - in the opposite direction. For example: if the cold autumn season makes you sad, instead of plaid blankets, "spice up" the interior with Moroccan mats and pillows, or get tropical plants and prints, Mediterranean wicker furniture, and a "beachy" color scheme.
Tactility and aromas
If you don’t want to keep an arsenal of textiles in your apartment for all seasons, simply exclude elements as needed.
In hot weather we wear less clothes, and we want more air and space in the interior, so why not roll up the carpets before the cold season and send the blankets into exile on the balcony?
The cold weather drives us into our apartments and now we want to surround ourselves with tactile accessories: long-pile carpets, soft blankets, velvety pillows - in such company we want to spend a weekend when it is raining outside.
Choose seasonal accessories with a distinct texture that are pleasant to hold in your hands, this will allow you to get even closer to your living space. Take a closer look at this season's textile trends: boucle wool, corduroy, velvet, and large knits. In hot weather, swap warm textures for cotton, linen, and satin.
If changing curtains, rugs, and cushion covers is more stressful than fun, you can reduce seasonal changes to a few touches. A bouquet of wild flowers next to a pitcher of cold lemonade won't take much time or effort, but it will fill a hot summer day with aromas. Smell is the most powerful conductor of memories and associations.
In the cold season, it is nice when the house is filled with warming aromas of baked goods, cinnamon, and ginger. In spring and summer, you want freshness: fruity, sea and floral scents. You can fill your house with seasonal aromas using fresh flowers, sachets, fir branches, and decorative fruit compositions. Or take the simplest route: get themed aroma candles or aroma lamps.
Finishing and storage
Ideally, seasonal loads should be taken into account at the interior design stage. Apartments with neutral finishes that leave room for decorative maneuvers will best accommodate changes.
It is also necessary to provide a sufficiently capacious storage system. But do not worry, seasonal decor is not winter tires. Replacement sets of textiles will take up little more space than Christmas tree decorations and garlands on your mezzanine. Only carpets will require a lot of storage space if you plan to change them every season.
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