As warmer weather is fast-approaching, you might start thinking about how to liven up your décor or furniture rental to welcome spring and summer. But how to do it without spending a fortune? Decorating seasonally can be a challenge, but the key is flexibility and creativity. This week at CORT Furniture Rental, we reached out to our followers and to decorating experts to find out how you stay on trend from season to season with your home décor. Erika Woelfel is BEHR Paints’ Director of Color and an international colorist, and had some great tips for the CORT Furniture Rental blog. (For more on color according to Erika, visit the Colorfully, Behr blog.) “Seasonal color changes can be made in every room of the house,” says Erika. “Sometimes it is as easy as changing out a pillow or towel, but you can also change out wall colors and rugs to bring a seasonal theme into your decor.” She says that the bathroom is one of the easiest places to make a change, since retailers often come out with new towel colors each year. For the dining area, Erika says, “I change out the linens, dishes and centerpieces for summer or …
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With springtime comes spring cleaning and home staging in preparation for the upcoming home selling season. If you are wondering how to market a property with the latest home staging trends, we have some answers for you. Last week we brought you advice from the pros on tips for designing around dark walls. This week a few more of our Twitter friends, all professional home stagers and interior designers, have provided us with spring-inspired home staging tips that will set your property apart. Karen Otto (@homestarstaging) Karen Otto of Home Star Staging is a nationally-recognized home staging expert. She founded Home Star Staging in 2006 and has become renowned in the home staging industry. When we asked her for some home staging tips for springtime, she gave us a wealth of information: “Remove your home’s heavy winter layers, dark tones and any reminders of the cold weather we just got away from. Lighter tones for textiles, fresh linens and scents throughout the home can go a long way on a little buck for staging to sell this spring. Make sure your landscape is lush! Fresh mulch (organic colors like dark brown and soil black are best – don’t let your …
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Recently CORT Furniture put out the call on Twitter to HuffPost Home (@huffposthome) and Behr Paint (@BehrPaint) for tips on decorating rooms with dark walls. This week in our furniture blog we bring you tips from these and other decorating gurus, plus our own take on ways to make dark walls work in your home. Why choose a darker shade when painting your walls? Dark colors have the ability to create a feeling of Gothic glamour and drama. However, with the wrong décor, darker hues can feel oppressive, especially in a small space like an apartment. Decorating appropriately can quickly turn this from a bane to a boon. Read on for some advice from the best in our furniture blog. HuffPost Home If you are looking for that dash of debonair decadence, HuffPost Home has the simple solution: “If you want to add to the drama try lots of texture. Or you can go with slip covers and treatments to brighten the space.” Behr Paint Erika Woelfel, Behr Paint’s Director of Color, shared with the CORT furniture blog some of the tricks for decorating dark interiors: “The key to using dark wall colors is to balance them with contrasting, lighter …
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