Your home is a sanctuary for peace and good times. After a long day you want to turn the key to spaces that make you smile. Consider these design ideas for mood-brightening interiors.
Painting With Cheerful Colors
This isn’t rocket science: Colors can affect mood. And who can look at the color yellow and not smile? It’s a pigment that captures your gaze and tickles the eye. Depending upon your interior design, consider using it as an accent color in things like rugs and throw pillows. It can also provide a nice pop of pigment in outdoor accessories like table place settings, or seat cushions.
In small amounts, or more depending upon your tastes, yellow can be just the right hue to give your space a bounce.
Creating a Gallery Wall
When you think of a gallery wall, photos of family and friends may be the things that come to mind. But these wall creations, which can surround you with cherished memories and positive vibes, don’t always have to be photos. You can achieve a similar effect using postcards collected from your various travels, or ones that you’ve received from loved ones and friends. You won’t frame the postcards individually, though. Rather, consider creating a collage and framing them as a whole. Depending on how many cards you have you may end up using multiple frames of different sizes to populate your gallery wall.
When it comes to photos, if you’ve got tons of them saved on your cell phone and collecting dust in the cloud, a gallery wall presents the perfect opportunity to print them out and surround yourself with memories of good times.
Consider printing your photos in various sizes and mounting them into frames that are of the same finish to create a cohesive design that fills your gallery wall. Black-and-white photos can create a timeless look.
Integrating Meaningful Keepsakes
Populate your spaces with items and accessories that reflect your personal style and bring you joy. Find a place in your spaces for some keepsakes, items of meaning that have been passed down, and even a few quirky things that simply bring a smile to your face. Your interior spaces are not meaningful if they don’t reflect your personality, ideals, and a bit of history.
