Decorating With White
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If you’ve been around here for more than a hot minute, you’ve probably figured out that I love white.
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I’m not exactly sure where that comes from…
Maybe it’s because I lived in a forest town in Northern California for 38 years. Where things were kind of dark…
And now I live in a coastal town in Southern California. Where it’s sunny and bright!
Whatever the reason, I just find that I’m really drawn to the fresh, clean, easy look of lots of white.
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But the thing is, white rooms can sometimes be plain and boring.
So you really have to bring your decorating A-game to make sure they’re always interesting.
With that in mind, here are my best tips for decorating with white:
TEXTURE TEXTURE TEXTURE
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Texture is your best friend when you’re doing a monochromatic room. It’s the thing that’ll give it interest and depth.
In this room there’s texture from Matelasse fabric, washed linen, ruffles, embroidered pillowcases, cutwork lace, a textured throw…
And that’s just on the bed!
Then there’s the wainscot, a distressed dresser, a grapevine wreath, a vintage No Vacancy sign, a stone urn, chippy vintage frames, and a vintage trunk that all add great texture too.
Nothing plain or boring here!
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CONTRAST
Even in an all white room, you’re going to want some contrast. You need something to offset all the white.
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The antique pewter bed, the wreath, the sign, the metal urn, the trunk and the floor all give a little contrast to all the lightness.
Yet the room still reads as all white.
DIFFERENT TONES OF WHITE
Creamy white. Bright white. Alabaster. Ecru. There are literally thousands of different whites. Don’t try to match all your whites in a room (it’s impossible anyway).
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Just like texture, varying tones of white add depth and interest.
POPS OF COLOR
It’s nice to add little pops of color when you’re decorating with white. You can do that with pillows, throws and accessories. And they’re easy and relatively inexpensive to change out whenever you want.
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Flowers are also a nice way to add pops of color to your all white room.
NATURAL WOOD
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Every white room in my house has at least one wood element. There’s wood floors, armoires, trunks, tables, trays, shelves, signs, wreaths…
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Wood adds so much warmth to your rooms when you’re decorating with white. It’s the perfect touch!
PLANTS
Just like wood, plants add warmth and color to your white spaces.
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Now I’m not the best at keeping plants alive so I’m really glad there’s so many great faux plants out there that I can’t kill off.
Be sure to add greenery — real or faux — to your all white rooms.
It’ll give them life!
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So if you love decorating with white like I do, be sure to use these easy decorating tips…
And I promise your home will never be boring!
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