Title: Refresh Your Space
Published: Home Ideas Magazine 2016
By Cory Ann: Article, Design and Images
For: Montgomery’s

Is your home calling for an update, but renovations are an investment in time and finances that you aren’t ready to take on? If this sounds familiar, skip the overwhelming project. Instead, refresh your space and breathe new life into your home with a fraction of the commitment. Redefine your interiors for the long-term or just the season by ushering in bright new colors to lift your mood, soft shades to calm after a long day at work or stark contrasts to encourage creativity.

A home evolves as a reflection of discovery and milestones of those who live within. Keep your emotionally connected possessions on display, accenting them with temporary lighting fixtures such as table and floor lamps. Create cohesion by selecting lights that continue the theme of your refresh.

Your walls are a blank canvas waiting for you to express yourself within them. Move your art around from other rooms in your home, pull the trigger on that one fantastic piece or even create a gallery wall to change your statement. Trust in the power of an oversized piece as it can be the catalyst to drive your other decisions. In each of these images, you can see that the colors of the piece repeat throughout the room in the soft objects and accessories.

Build off your heirloom and forever furniture to combine equal parts old and new. Different soft items are an opportunity for a quick refresh to your substantial pieces. Elements such as bed linens, throws, and pillows can be custom created in a multitude of colors, textures, and fabrics by the skilled artisans in Montgomery’s workroom or selected from the showroom floor allowing your space to have a curated layered look.

Changing your accent furniture is a cost-effective way to combine two styles from the one that previously dominated your space. Update or replace your accent furniture; such as end tables, benches, and seating cubes to mix your previous tone with a distinctly different design. Select from natural products like live-edged wood and sea grass. Bring in a contemporary flair with glass, and bright metals. Add industrial with raw finished metal, reclaimed woods, and worn paint embellishments.

Refresh your room and fall in love with your home all over again.