Continued from last week
These small changes will make a big difference in no time at all.
71. Have a long leopard runner made for your hallway.
72. Buy a sweet (or sexy) folding screen, put your sofa in front of it, and hang pictures from the screen — pretend it”s a wall.
73. Instead of centering one big piece of art over your bed, hang one really small piece of art. It will have even more impact.
74. Bring your favourite piece of outdoor furniture indoors.
75. Put a hint of colour in your trim. Instead of white, paint it the wall colour cut in half with white.
76. Upgrade your desk: Buy two dozen of one colour pencil and fill your pencil cup
77. Trim your window frames with grosgrain ribbon. A glue gun will do it.
78. Buy all the inexpensive mirrors you find at yard sales, paint the entire frames one colour, and hang them together.
79. Paint your front door a new colour: How about Farrow & Ball Minster Green or Pitch Blue?
80. Mix fresh herbs into your flower arrangement, instead of florist filler.
81. Buy a pair of sconces that take candles. No need to hire an electrician and the prettiest light you”ll ever have in a room.
82. Have mirrors cut to fit inside your window frames. Your room will sparkle.
83. Arrange your flowers in anything but a vase: Go through your pantry and find a pitcher, a tureen, a mug, a teacup.
84. Take the doors off a closet, tuck a dresser into it, and frame it with curtain panels.
85. Gather up your family photos. Group your black and white ones only with other black and white ones. The same for your colour ones. They look sloppy when they mingle.
86. Move your sofa and coffee table away from the fireplace. Try two club chairs with a big ottoman between them. Much cozier.
87. Change just two knobs on a chest of drawers for a look that”s really special and personal.
88. Hang a mirror in your outdoor room.
89. Buy some inexpensive bamboo side chairs, spray them a yummy colour, scatter them around your living room. Cheaper than cashmere throws, and much more useful.
90. Create "wainscoting" by painting the bottom third of your wall a different, slightly darker colour.
91. Buy a shocking pink or acid green throw. They”re neutrals. You”ll see.
92. Love your table but tired of cleaning (and cleaning) the clear glass top? Change it to milk glass or mirror. Or paint the underside.
93. Does your big round table just not look right? It needs something tall in the middle, or it will always look restless.
94. Rearrange your fireplace mantel. Instead of one candlestick at each end, mass lots of them on one side. Remember: Odd numbers make the best arrangements.
95. Hang a picture on a mirror.
96. Get your sofa off the wall. Pull it into the centre of the room with a long table or desk behind it, a lamp, books. Accessorize!
97. Find a really charming child”s chair and tuck it next to your fireplace.
98. Get rid of your ancient, clumsy stereo equipment. Buy an iPod and a dock. It”s all the sound you need.
99. Find a wallpaper with flowers or big paisley teardrops, cut them out, and paste them on your walls your own way.
100. Rearrange your bedroom: Centre your bed in front of a big window, framing the headboard. Now the sun won”t wake you up any more.
101. And when all else fails: Buy something purple. Anything! A pillow, a throw, a bunch of flowers. Nothing wakes up a room like a little purple.
