Slipcover solutions Your fabric palette

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Celebrate your
passion for shoes
and colours: creams, light greys, or a hint of
yellow, to create that warm, sun-kissed glow.
“We’re still seeing lots of grommet tops
or inverted pleats, and more contemporary
rods with less ornate finials,” she adds.
White rods and finials will give you that
coveted Cape Cod feeling. Martin also likes
café-style drapes or even airline cabin-style
curtains, where the linen drapes are clipped
on. “It looks beachy,” she says. If privacy
isn’t an issue, forego the window coverings
altogether. We won’t tell.
THE BIGGER STUFF
Rearranging your existing furniture lets
you reinvent your space, says Martin. Want
something a bit more exciting than just
swapping the settee and the sofa?
“Refinishing or spraying your existing
furniture with metallic paints can be a way
to reinvent things,” Martin adds.
It’s garage-sale season, so make the most
Your
fabric
palette
A fresh palette of
creams, buttery
yellows, and pale
blues brings that
sought-after
seaside feeling to
your interior decor.
Slipcover solutions
Changing slipcovers (like these from Pottery Barn)
is a simple, elegant way to give your furniture a
summer facelift. Here’s a bonus — the rumpled look
is in, so don’t get hung up on a perfect custom fit.
of it. For example, find a quality basic chair,
paint it Caribbean blue, and incorporate that
into your décor, says Turner. Painted chairs
make fantastic people-greeters on your
porch and can be gently “distressed” with
careful steel-wool sanding. Want more of an
authentic look? Paint a bolder base, which
will peek through your top colour.
SLIP INTO THE SEASON
Slipcovers take furniture from winter
to summer in the blink of an eye. Forrest
suggests adding slipcovers in white cotton
to existing chairs. Or throw some white
canvas over that dark brown leather sofa.
You can find slipcovers through Pottery
Barn online, says Turner. But don’t get hung
up on a perfect custom fit, she warns. “The
rumpled look is great, and it’s a great base
for layering pillows.”
Another way to summerize your home?
Roll up dark area rugs and replace them for
the season with floor coverings of natural
fibres such as sisal.
“You don’t have to change a house or
even an entire room,” says Turner. “Even
just replacing your lampshades refreshes
your space.”
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