Spruce up your home for spring

Open up your rooms

If winter is for cosiness, blankets and roaring fires, spring is the time to open the rooms. Let the ever-growing light in and give a fresher feel to areas of your home. It’s time to de-clutter, rearrange some furniture and focus on letting the outside come in. It’ll help to clear your mind for the months ahead.

Re-use and recycle

Being sustainable is always on trend. When you’re putting things away from your de-cluttering sessions, think about all the other things you have squirrelled away in cupboards, cubbyholes, and garages. See what you could re-use, recycle, and still breathe fresh life into your home.

Decorating? Think bold

Because, why not? As a nation, we’re increasingly embracing bold colours on our walls to reflect our personalities – especially as we spend more time than ever at home. Colour blocking is on trend for 2022, allowing homeowners to commit to brave colour palettes. Read more about how contrasting colour schemes can make your staircase stand out.

Nostalgiacore – bringing back looks from bygone eras – is becoming bigger than ever too, so if you’ve always loved the roaring 20s or swinging 60s, your time to rekindle the magic could be now.

Green is in

Don’t just think green from an environmental sense. Green is one of this year’s trend colours, meaning plants could be the perfect addition to your home and in and around your staircase. They’re proven to improve mood, reduce stress levels and even combat fatigue and headaches. Whether they’re hanging from baskets, sat on windowsills or in free-standing pots, they’re sure to enhance your surroundings and improve your mental and physical health.

What’s more, going green allows you to pick a bold colour to accompany the foliage. From simplistic white to hot summer orange, the choice is yours. Some paint producers have even brought in new ranges to cater for the house plant boom.

Big space? Think big

How about bringing your garden inside? If you’ve got a big enough space, consider upgrading from plants to small trees such as cacti, or even olive trees to make a great statement – something that makes people stop and marvel. You might want to weigh up how much natural light you’ll be getting to these areas, though – but generally, there’s something for all spaces.

Artificial is okay

If you’re not green fingered and maybe worried about not looking after your house plants, don’t fret. Artificial plants can still give you are the feels you need and breathe fresh life to the areas around your staircase. You could even consider a terrarium – a small jar filled with micro plants.

Mix and match

There’s no rule than you must commit to one style that runs through their whole house. Your home doesn’t have to feel like the same page on the catalogue. Pick and choose the styles that suit you and use them wherever you like – it could even help you to use different rooms for different things, or when you’re in slightly different moods.