The best DIY updates for every room of the house to get your home decor ready for spring summer 2022
telegraph.co.ukhome-improvement boom since 2020 isn’t showing any sign of slowing down - research conducted by the online retailer Very in 2022 suggests that 47% of UK homeowners are planning to work on their properties this year.
But where to start? Here are some ideas for how to give your home a new-season update, room by room.Those planning a refresh of their living-room walls might consider yellow - a colour that is having something of a moment thanks partly to the recent gold-themed redecoration of the much-Instagrammed London restaurant Sketch.
Farrow & Ball released a sunshiny yellow called Citrona as part of its California Collection, created by superstar LA interior designer Kelly Wearstler, last year. “A yellow can introduce an optimistic and uplifting feeling to a space that’s perfect for spring,” says Wearstler, who adds that she likes to “completely saturate a room” in one colour, including painting the mouldings and doors.For those who like the idea of yellow but don’t want it over all four walls, painting doors, shelves or woodwork are all ways to introduce it as an accent colour.
It makes a good choice for a window surround too, where it can give the effect of sunlight streaming into a room, as shown (top) in a window recess painted in Mustard Jar by Crown.On the cooler side of the colour wheel, powder blue is another shade that is on the rise.
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