Do you have one of those rooms in your house that you just can’t seem to do anything with?  Maybe it’s a guest bedroom, a den, or the mudroom-it happens to the best of houses.  Sometimes rooms or spaces just get a little left behind. 

We found a quick, inspiring way to upgrade the spaces you’re stuck on really easily:  Pick your favorite color, or select other members of your home to nominate their favorite hues, and just like that, you’ve got somewhere to start.  Once you’ve settled on a color, let it lead how you reinvent your room:

Photo Credit: Better Homes and Gardens

Go Blue:

            Go Yellow:

While we think it’s good to be as creative as possible when combining your colors, you might want to give a little thought to the type of room or space you’re coloring before you break open the paint or head out to buy draperies.  Colors can be a powerful presence in your home, so give some thought to the shade of color as well as the area where it will be displayed.  Do the primary activities of the space mesh with the color or hue you’re looking at?  If the answer is not necessarily yes, try moving up and down the spectrum of your desired color, or, if your heart isn’t set on that particular color, try a different one altogether.  Almost no matter what color you choose, there are ideas out there to help you get started: 

         Go Purple:

Go Green:

Even Black… or Red:

For even more ideas: check out more ways to get your color on

It’s a new twist on the white wall:

Photo Credit: Idea Paint 

and we love it!

Do white walls scare you? They scare me too.  White isn’t for everyone, but it does have its place, and when you’re ready to commit, you might even find a few new ways to use it.  Like this, for example:

You don’t have to be a teacher to realize the fun of writing on the wall.  Liberate you and your family with this fun new idea!  What a great way to reinvent the white wall, which, to the unknowing observer can appear to be just that, until you bust out the markers or crayons and create your own masterpiece.  Or if you’re not quite feeling your inner Michelangelo, maybe just a grocery list, a quick brainwave, a reminder, you’ll be more organized and feel just a little bit like a rebel each time you take pick up that neon marker.