How to Spruce Up Your Walls This Spring

There’s no better time to spruce up your home than in the spring. It’s the perfect season to rejuvenate your home’s design or to be daring and completely transform your living space! No matter what avenue you choose, transforming your walls can be a great start. Whether it be through a bold wallpaper or a stunning color choice, wall decor is a crucial part of your house’s overall design.

When it comes to refreshing your home with a can of paint, there are a few new trends for 2016 that are making their way onto the walls of homes everywhere. While neutrals will always be a staple of home design, there is currently a movement that is back to the basics. And when we say basic, we mean a blank canvas: white. Crisp white walls, or off-white variations, are becoming a new trend in home design. Possibly for white's ability to be complimented with most décor, white walls create a fresh space to layer on other design elements in the home.

In contrast to the simplicity of the white walls trend, there is also the movement for bold, refreshing colors that give energy to even the most drab spaces. However, not every bright color is something you’ll want to wake up to in the morning. Currently, intense purples and greens are making headway into designer trends. Previously unexplored due to its feminine ties, purples are now a warm color alternative. Deep greens are also becoming relevant once again, as they bring an element of sophistication to any home, as well as connections to nature.

These deeper colors also play into the trendy jewel-toned paints that have been furnished with neutrals. Whether the neutrals be in the form of wall décor, furniture, or the ceiling, these darker, more elegant colors can become the focal point in any room. A good tip to keep in mind when sprucing up outdated paint is to work with some of the existing features in the home. If there are distinct elements in the space, such as brickwork or a wooden staircase, you’ll want to paint the walls to compliment and highlight some of the natural elements in these features. Warm colors work well with wood, whereas bright colors highlight prominent white molding or baseboards. Speaking of baseboards and molding, contrasting colors are becoming very prominent in respect to white features. Clean lines and energized colors set the mood for the entire room. 

As we venture out of the paint world and into that of wallpapers, a lot more unique and daring fashion choices can be made. Associated with their sometimes-overwhelming presence or a fear of committing a whole room to one print, wallpapers can often be found in smaller spaces like bathrooms and offices. They create unique nooks for bold design choices. Vertical stripe patterns work well in these often cramped areas, where they create the illusion of a larger space.

While digitally printed wallpapers have become the overwhelming norm, there are manufacturers who create custom wallpaper designs. So if you like a particular picture, cartoon, or even painting, you can turn it into something that will personalize your walls to your taste.

Wallpaper can be a seemingly scary option for most, but neutral designs are in fashion and they are perfect for anxious homeowners. With subtle designs in neutral tones, these wallpaper options compliment most styles and furnishings, creating numerous options for decorating. They also create an elegant upper hand over flat neutral paints by combining trendy patterns with simple hues.

To stray away from designs and prints, a new fashion of mimicking natural elements and animal skins has arisen. Faux elements such as wood and stone are recreated in a realistic manner. In a similar fashion, faux animal skin designs are also becoming a trendy fashion statement. Wallpaper can transport a basic room into a destination by creating another element of depth that paint only briefly covers.