| Remember when everyone was buying | | | | light sanding and repaint with a brighter color or a |
| contemporary furniture or early American | | | | darker one, depending on the rest of the |
| furniture? Or French provincial? These days there | | | | décor in your room. |
| really isn't a furniture trend. Instead, it's all about | | | | Another way to make your room seem trendy is |
| buying the furniture YOU like that most suitably | | | | to leave your furniture alone all together. Instead |
| fits your lifestyle. | | | | of trying to create a trendy room based on your |
| Today's trend about furniture color is a simple | | | | furniture, choose to paint your room. What color |
| one. If you like it, buy it. If you don't, don't buy it. | | | | is your room now? If the walls are white or |
| The color scheme for furniture encompasses all | | | | beige, any color will be a welcome change. If you |
| tastes. You can find the softest pastels, the | | | | have had vivid walls for a while, maybe now is |
| brightest blues, the most vibrant reds, and any | | | | the time to go neutral. Any change will make your |
| other color you like in just about all kinds of | | | | room - and its furniture - feel fresh and trendy! |
| furniture. | | | | If you don't want to update your room by |
| So, how do you make your home feel "trendy" in | | | | painting - or if you live in a rental that prohibits |
| a day and age where there is no trend? It is | | | | painting -- make your furniture seem trendier by |
| simple: be yourself. If you have a brown leather | | | | hanging new pictures and putting new accessories |
| sofa that you've had for a while but it's still in | | | | on your old tables. If you're tired of the "country" |
| good shape, buy a new orange corduroy recliner | | | | feel your furniture and room provokes, take |
| to throw into the mix. The color will give your old | | | | down the country inspired art and replace it with |
| furniture a breath of fresh air. | | | | something modern that uses the same colors |
| Maybe you can dress up your current furniture | | | | already part of your furniture. Add a big colored |
| with some trendy throw pillows. Make your | | | | glass vase to a table and drop a bouquet of silk |
| furniture look extra special by purchasing (or | | | | flowers in it. Or, if that has been your look, |
| making, if you happen to be creative with a | | | | replace it with a bud vase and a single, long |
| needle and thread) throw pillows accented with | | | | stemmed poppy, rose or daisy. Sometimes you |
| beads, ribbon, or appliqués to fit the theme | | | | can make your furniture look new just by what |
| of your room. | | | | you place near it! |
| Do you have a room full of shabby chic furniture | | | | Decide what look you like and create it. Don't |
| that you bought a few years ago but now you | | | | worry about what's "in." As long as it fits in your |
| feel like it is outdated? Give it an update. Give it a | | | | lifestyle and budget, these days it is considered "in. |