Decorating Your Home with Trendy Colors of the Year

Pantone

Irwin Weiner ASID - There's nothing wrong with designating a "color of the year." It's done all the time by the likes of color experts Pantone - 2011's color of the year is Honeysuckle - as well as international color consultants,

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Latest Architecture and Home Design Trends

Matthias Horx

Irwin Weiner ASID - This video really got us thinking about the future of home and interior design. This Deutsche Welle German television production summarized European trends, and here in the United States, we tend to lag a bit behind, don't you think? We're certainly embracing the video's projected trends of star architects' futuristic cultural buildings as being creative calling cards for a city, but on the home front, we're still stuck in a rut.

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Young Couples' Starter House Tour - Chile

Snapshotjourneys.com - Vina del Mar, Chile

Jay Johnson - Our Design2Share interior design expert Irwin Weiner is traveling to Venice, Italy with a client. Tough assignment. We can't wait to see his photos and check out the fab resources he'll bring back for us! In the meantime, I did a little bit of traveling - down to Chile.

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Decorate a Bedroom - Hand-Blocked Textiles

CountryLiving/Hearst Communications, Inc. 

Irwin Weiner ASID - As a designer, I love to decorate a master bedroom. It's a challenge to turn a plain room or suite of rooms into an inviting adult retreat. We talk a lot at Design2Share about master bedroom trends, and we selected a video that showcases some wonderful work from talented Manhattan designer Katie Ridder. Her hand-blocked textiles are bright and happy, and banish the Pale, Blah Bedding syndrome that plagues most master suites. Note to adults: bright and bold isn't only for kids rooms. Check out the master bedroom, bath, and walk-in closet from last year's CountryLiving House of the Year.

 

 

 

 

                       

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Update on February 28, 2011 by Design2Share

Super King Size Leather Beds: We just found a great collection of sleek leather bed designs. They add sophistication, whether your bedroom decor is traditional or modern.

Featured Project: DIY Painted Headboard

Now is the perfect time to think about freshening up your interior space. With a splash of color here and a new piece of furniture there, it's easy to redecorate. Here's a quick, budget-conscious DIY design idea to help get you started.

Paint Your Own Headboard

Chances are if you if you purchased your bed frame as part of a bedroom set, the headboard is already included. If you don't want to put forth the extra cash, especially after paying for a pricey mattress, no problem! Paintedheadboards are a great way to add a pop of color to your bedroom.

Step 1: Measure the width of the head of your bed and mark it with blue painter's tape from floor to ceiling. Now, choose your color based on your desired color scheme. You obviously don't want it to be the same shade as your walls, but it should complement that color.

Step 2: Once you have your color, paint the wall, staying within the blue painters tape. Once the paint dries, if you choose to do so, you can detail with paint or with some removable wall decals from a company like Blik. For as little as $40, Blik makes easily removable wall decals in fun shapes like bookshelves, chandeliers, birds, etc. If this sounds like too much work, don't worry and leave your wall a solid color.

Step 3: Simply position your bed up against the painted wall, prop up some decorative Euro pillows in coordinating colors and patterns, and you have yourself a headboard. You might want to take this opportunity to invest in a new comforter or duvet in fun, light, spring colors. You'd be surprised at what a little bit of paint and some new bedding can do for your space!

 

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