Colour beats the winter blues

If you, like me, spend most of your visit at the Royal Ontario
Museum at their aquarium, awestruck by the vibrancy inside,
you know for sure that you're suffering from colour deprivation!

Some call it cabin fever, I call it colour deprivation!

As winter is holding us in a firm grip, let's lift our spirits by springing into colour, and let's do it pronto, no better time than now.

While we're at it, let's also have some fun! That means going beyond the typical addition of accent pillow, colourful throw or bouquet of tulips. I'm talking real projects here with a colourful impact. After all, when we're over it, we can always paint over it.

Here we go:

Paint trim, baseboards and mouldings a cheery yellow!

Photo: Remodelista.

If youre walls have wainscoting, try a vibrant green that goes

so well with this black-and-white scheme. Photo: Benjamin

Moore.

I am craving colour in my windows now! In this

photo the purple/mauve curtains provide nice

contrast to the yellow-green chairs and pillows.

Photo: House Beautiful.

This is such a fun idea, which can be done fairly quickly,

with a lovely, humorous result. Photo: Better Homes and

Gardens.http://www.bhg.com/

Here's a variation of the same idea.

Photo: Petitepassport. 

 

Let me know if you have other colourful ideas to beat the winter blues. I'm off to get more inspiring ideas at the Interior Design Show in Toronto. Watch out for my trend report!