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6 Easy Hacks to Refresh Your Living Room

Late summer or early fall is the right time to refresh your living room, and the Blind Ambition design team is your trusted partner for this exciting journey. Our living room hacks can save you time and have your living room looking great thanks to our design tips and some new Hunter Douglas blinds, shades, or shutters.

Rustic Earth tone living room near Flower Mound, TX

1. Create a Rustic, Earth Tone Living Room

Earth tones are back in style and look surprisingly fresh for 2024. They needn’t always be neutral, either. You can start by painting living room walls in light, medium, or dark shades of:

  • Burnt Sienna
  • Terracotta
  • Olive Green
  • Cinnamon
  • Chestnut
  • Taupe
  • Sage Green
  • Mahogany
  • Mustard Yellow

If you’re hesitant about going too dark but like the effect, use a denser shade for an accent wall, one or two pieces of furniture, or throw pillows. This will help you have the desired effect from your color choice without overwhelming your Earth tone living room.

2. Add Indoor Plants

Refresh your living room with a variety of indoor plants. You can put them in stylish planters or hang them in macramé holders for a more natural look. Quality faux plants are also lovely if you don’t have a green thumb. Not only will indoor plants help liven up the look of your layout, but they can also have positive psychological effects as well.

3. Rearrange Furniture

This quick tip only requires a little bit of elbow grease. Think outside the box and move the pieces to unexpected places; you might be excited with the results. But don’t block entryways or windows, and ensure enough room to get around comfortably. Play around with your furniture arrangement until you find one that suits the space and allows for the proper flow of traffic within your living room.

4. Create a Gallery Wall

We like the idea of designating one living room wall as a mini gallery. Hang up decorative mirrors, photos, and framed artwork to express your personality. Feel free to mix up the frame styles and sizes for an exciting display, but lay out your design on the floor before hanging anything up to ensure you’re happy with how it will look.

5. Update Throw Pillows and Blankets

It’s easy to find budget-friendly, expensive-looking pillows and blankets to update your living room. Experiment with different colors, patterns, and textures based on your current design or style tastes. On the other hand, you can buy durable material pillow covers and recover your existing pillows to help them last longer while still offering a fresh, new look in your room.

6. Hunter Douglas Blinds, Shades, and Shutters for the Living Room

Hunter Douglas offers custom window treatments to suit your style and preference. These three selections will refresh your living room beyond your expectations.

  • Hunter Douglas Parkland® Wood Blinds: Ideal for rustic spaces featuring genuine wood tones, these real wood blinds can easily complement rural, country, and classic layouts. With more than 50 color choices to consider, getting the right Hunter Douglas living room blinds for your unique taste is a breeze.
  • Provenance® Woven Wood Shades: These living room blinds complement an earth-tone living room. Provenance® Woven Wood Shades come in over 80 fabric and color choices and feature artistically woven fabrics with woods, reeds, grasses, and bamboo. They appear delicate but are incredibly durable, with minimal bowing, stretching, or breaking. Choose from Roman, Waterfall Roman, Recessed Roman, and Vertical Drapery styles.
  • Heritance® Wood Shutters: These grand window coverings feature 100% natural, high-quality hardwood for a classic aesthetic that embraces any living room decor. Hunter Douglas offers Heritance® Wood Shutters in 20 colors plus custom colors. These shutters also feature Truemill® dovetail construction, the Integra™ Finish, and sturdy 2 ½", 3 ½" or 4 ½” louvers. 

Get Hunter Douglas Window Treatments Near Flower Mound, TX

We hope these ideas inspire you to refresh your living room. Our design and installation experts will guide you through the process, and before you know it, you’ll have a fresh and exciting new space thanks to our team and new Hunter Douglas blinds, shades, or shutters.

We work with clients in Flower Mound, Highland Village, Argyle, Grapevine, Southlake, Colleyville, Lewisville, Denton, Plano, Dallas, North Dallas, and Highland Park, TX, and we can’t wait to meet you. Contact us for a consultation today.