Rose Morrison describes how we can all enjoy floral nature in her article, Embracing the Beauty of Floral Patterns This Spring, on Slipcovers for Your Walls, for Casart Coverings.
We cannot thank Rose enough for her many wonderful and insightful guest posts over the years. We will miss her writing and positive spirit as she takes a writing hiatus. Be sure to read Rose’s bio at the bottom and stay tuned for more marvelous and discerning articles by her colleague, Evelyn Long.
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Enjoy the seasonal rebirth of nature by decorating your home with floral patterns. Your interior design choices can celebrate nature with botanical patterns and other nature-inspired ideas if you effectively utilize your living space. Check out a few inspirational tips to upgrade your home with dreamy spring choices that look lovely throughout the year.
1. Decorate with Floral Pillows
Pillows are a quick, budget-friendly way to give your home a makeover. Add a few botanical pillowcases to your living room furniture or decorate your lounge area on your porch. They’ll add a hint of nature where you hang out the most and even help your mental health. Research shows that seeing flowers reduces overall stress levels by adding beauty to everyday life.
2. Accentuate Your Interior with Natural Light
Natural light reminds people of afternoons in gardens and refreshing spring breezes. Utilize more of it in your home by hanging sheer curtains. You’ll complement your floral patterns with sunshine and even boost your energy by getting more sunlight exposure while hanging out at home.
Changing the light sources in your home might not seem like a big interior design choice, but it revolutionizes any living space. A simple curtain swap will make your home feel bigger, lighter and warmer. Whenever you see beams of sunlight cascading across your botanical pillows or decor, it will look like the sunshine is bringing your home to life.
3. Select Nature-Inspired Color Palettes
Many people start their interior design adventures by creating a fresh color palette. It’s an easy way to combine complementary hues and guarantee that any design choice remains visually cohesive with the rest of your home.
This spring, choose at least three colors inspired by nature. You could use pastel shades from the flowers in your garden, deep green hues of newly thriving trees or the rich browns of freshly dug soil. Whether you’re getting new throw blankets, upgrading your dinnerware or painting a room, your nature-inspired color palette will work beautifully with any flowery accents you add around your home.
4. Hang a Floral Mural
Murals are excellent interior design choices when you want to embrace the beauty of floral patterns. They cover empty wall space without requiring printed pictures or expensive art. They’re also easy to personalize because they come in so many prints. Find one that brings out your cottagecore passions with images of flowers, plants, bugs and other cute motifs. You’ll create a stunning mural that opens new decorating possibilities with its creative design.
Remember, the best mural art for your home will never leave residue behind that could ruin your paint or drywall. You should be able to easily swap your mural with other botanical artwork whenever you feel inspired. You’ll save money on future repairs by noting which mural options are the most gentle on walls.
Resource Link: Casart Decor Nature Noticed 2
5. Layer Visual Textures with Rugs
Consider what you’d see walking through a thriving springtime forest. You’d enjoy massive trees covered in rough bark and soft grass under your feet. Pointed leaves would filter sunshine while delicate flowers added pops of color along your path.
These elements combine into a textural symphony that’s essential in any spring-inspired home. Although you can’t make your house an actual forest, you can copy nature’s textures by layering your rooms with rugs.
A floral-print rug could add a plush texture to a slightly colder room due to its hardwood floors. Don’t forget to compare prints in trendy options like pastel colors. People decorate in lighter hues to create serene atmospheres in their homes. You’ll feel like you’re on a relaxing springtime getaway if you walk into your home and see nature-inspired rugs softening each room.
6. Make a Floral Bold Statement
Transforming a wall in your living room into a bold statement piece draws the eye. Everyone will notice the striking spring hues in your expansive floral artwork, which lead into the color choices for your upholstery and decor.
Make an easy statement piece with a stick-on mural. You’ll only have to smooth out the print to start the next botanical phase of your interior design adventures. Use your selected print to inspire future design options too, like matching your bookshelf baubles to the background shades in your statement mural.
Resource Image: Casart Decor Flower Power Multicolored Pink Yellow Orange and Gray design
7. Fill Rooms with Different Nature Motifs
Homes built in previous decades used the same wallpaper in every room. Although that can create a lovely aesthetic, it’s not your only option. You can also make each room a different style that falls under a collective idea of nature-inspired designs.
Consider browsing removable wallpaper options, easy to customize and apply. Select a few patterns that all draw inspiration from the natural world. Your living room could be a bouquet of flowers, while your bedroom is a woodland getaway covered in leaves. You’ll quickly transform your home into a nature-inspired oasis that doesn’t shy away from your love of florals and environmental motifs.
8. Put Floral Arrangements in an Unexpected Place
People often picture the same thing when imagining floral interior design choices. You might visualize a bouquet on a kitchen table or flower buds hidden in a garland across a fireplace mantle. While those are beautiful ways to accentuate your living space, you can upgrade your home this spring with floral arrangements in unexpected places.
A vase full of flowers on a bathroom sink would soften the cold bathroom materials around it, like the hard tile or brushed nickel finishes. The light colors and delicate petals could be a touch of sweetness while you’re getting ready for the day. You might also love flower arrangements on your back porch, along your stairwell or in your garage. It would carry your theme throughout your home in a fun, effortless way.
Utilize Florals in Your Home This Spring
There are numerous ways to embrace the beauty of floral patterns in your home. Get inspired this spring with these creative decorating ideas. You’ll create a botanical aesthetic that makes you feel at ease in your house while celebrating your love of springtime.
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Additional posts & resources:
- Why Pastel Colors are Blossoming in Home Design
- Spring Wallcovering Designs That Make Your Interiors Sing
- 10 Simple Spring Decor Ideas That Will Instantly Transform The Look of Your Home
- Refreshing Your Space for Spring
- Cool Spring Color Combination
- Spring is in the Air
Many thanks to Rose for her inspirational article, along with so many others!
About the author:
Rose Morrison is a home improvement and design writer.
She is also the managing editor of Renovated. Follow her on Twitter to see more of her work.
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