Garden Room Decorating on a Dime!
by Kathleen Wilson
Description: Tips for decorating a garden room on a budget.
Today when we talk about garden rooms, the line between
inside and outdoors can be blurred. After all, we are
bringing more of the outdoors in, and also decorating our
outdoor spaces more like rooms. So here are some great ideas
for either space, to add the charm of the garden wherever
your room might lie!
1. Create a focal point for the room that illustrates the
garden theme, whether that be a view of your roses from the
front porch, or just a great painting of them in your den.
You want the first thing that people notice about your room
to scream "garden"! Direct your furnishings and activites
around that focal point to give it importance.
Some budget ideas for focal points?
* A collection of painted pots, piled in a attractive way
* Old garden tools hung on the wall in a grouping
* A view through your window at the garden outdoors
* Frame a large piece of floral fabric, and hang as art
* Paint your own landscape, Bob Ross books make it easy even
for the beginner, check your library
* A fireplace mantel lined with bud vases and a single flower
in each one
2. Use garden friendly colors in your room. Paint your room
in colors you would find in a garden...daffodil yellows,
cool greens, sky blues...you get the idea. Sometimes the
easiest way to choose your colors is to pick them from a
garden picture or fabric in the room. Use one color through
60% of the room, the second through 30%, and the third
accent through just 10% of the room. This gives a good
balance to the room. Remember to spread the colors evenly
throughout.
3. Plants! What would a garden room be without plants?
Whether your room is outdoors or inside, some creative
containers can make it possible to add color and life to
your garden room. Planters can be expensive, so consider
using some less obvious choices.
* Plastic buckets can easily be painted with craft paints or
the mew "Fusion" spary paint
* Baskets can be lined with plastic and filled with plants
* Old chipped soup tureens
* Rusted wheelbarrows or wagons
* Build simple boxes with scrap pile wood
* Even your old teapot tucked full with a pretty fern can add
garden charm!
4. Create natural accessories. Pretty things created from
nature will only add to the richness of your garden tapestry.
* Glue dried flowers to a straw wreath
* Fill a dish with river rocks
* Paint large stones with inspirational words, such as
"Beauty" or "Faith"
* Use twigs and a glue gun to create rustic "frames".
* Buy dollar shop picture frames and fill with garden catalog
photos
* Fill a basket with nuts or pinecones, add a few seedpods
and a shiny stone or two, and display on a table, next to a
door, or on a fireplace hearth.
5. Lastly, remember to keep the spirit of your garden room
alive by touching on all the senses! The fresh fragrance of
flowers you have tended, the taste of sweet fruit from
Mother Nature, the sound of joyful children...now what can
be more natural that that?
Kathleen Wilson is an author, national columnist, and editor
of The Budget Decorator. For hundreds of free budget
decorating ideas and to sign up for her free online
newsletter, visit her at http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com.
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