Selwyn Times: March 31, 2021

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Mini makeover gives
living areas a lift
Don’t let heading into winter give you the
blues. Think of all the things you love about
the cooler seasons and give your home a
mini-makeover to make it the comfortable,
warm and welcoming home you desire.
Revamping your living and dining areas
will give your lived-in spaces a fresh new
feel. Unlike a renovation, a revamp (or
face lift) need not involve a huge financial
outlay. In fact it is an extremely budgetfriendly
way of giving your rooms a new
look as you can add and subtract pieces as
the pay packet allows.
Moving slowly over the next couple of
months is an advantage. If you don’t, after
all, like that bright pink cushion you had
planned to build your new look around,
you can change direction without having
spent too much money. Another advantage
of moving slowly to build your new look is
the time it allows you to hunt for just the
right pieces, or wait for the sales to offer
you bargains. Also have a look around your
home for items you could recover, paint or,
with a little tweaking, find new purpose for.
Start your facelift by deciding what sort of
look you’re going to aim for.
Browse magazines and the internet for
ideas, check paint colour charts for the
latest colour options. Visit furnishing stores
and take note of the different display areas -
how do they balance colour and texture?
Then find an item you would like to
build your new look around. This could
be a treasure you’ve had for a while or
something that you covet and have spotted
in a shop.
Your next step is to sit down with
pencil & paper & plan. List what items
can be changed and how, and what can’t.
Think colour, shades and tones and
complementary colours, think texture,
think pattern, think outside the square.
Think fabric, wood, plastic, old and new.
That comfy old chair doesn’t need to be
replaced.
Buy some furnishing fabric and recover
it (or have it recovered).What items have
other family members put aside because
they no longer need them but they’re ‘too
good to throw out’?
Once you’ve got some sort of plan
mapped out you can start work on creating
your new look.
Spend time browsing the shops to see
what is available in your chosen colour
- candles, photo frames, vases, pot plant
holders, wallpaper, fabric, large items and
small.
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