Looking for that extra special touch for your next party, baby shower, or wedding? These flowers are just the right thing to add that extra pop of color! Arrange a blue rose or two amongst white roses for a unique twist on a traditional bouquet! This works with any white flowers, although some take longer to pick up the color than others. The secret to getting the flowers a beautiful color is in something we all have lying around – food coloring!

Supply Checklist:

1) Vases, glasses, or jars

2) Scissors

3) Food coloring

4) White flowers (roses, daisies, carnations, etc.)

Step #1:

To begin, trim off the ends of your flowers. Cut them at an angle. This helps the flower absorb the water better, thus helping it absorb the color.

Step #2:

Fill your glasses or vases with water.

Step #3:

Add a few drops of food coloring to each vase and place your flowers in as well.

Note: Some flowers take longer to change colors than others. Roses can change color overnight, but daisies can take up to two weeks. Plan ahead if you want to use these for a special event.

Photos: Growing a Jeweled Rose, Dream a Little Bigger.

Wallpaper can have many uses, not just to adorn your walls. Decorating furniture, adding it to your stairs, lining your drawers, and many more! Freshen up your home on the cheap with these creative ideas!

1. Line Drawers

For a pop of color, line your kitchen or office drawers with a fun wallpaper. This is great for people on a budget, and you can find cheap rolls of wallpaper on Ebay, or samples at your hardware store.

2. Wall Art

Choose an artistic printed wallpaper for instant wall art. Add wood panels to frame the wallpaper, and choose a contrasting color for the rest of the wall to really make them pop.

3. Transform TV Trays

Turn boring TV trays from drab to fab with wallpaper! Cut the wallpaper to size and adhere it with spray mount. Seal it with clear contact paper.

4. Decorate Furniture

Add wallpaper to your dressers or cabinets to dress them up. We love the pink-on-pink on this TV cabinet!

5. Light switch Covers

Dress up light switch covers with wallpaper and Mod Podge. Easy and inexpensive, you can complete it in an afternoon! Tutorial here.

6. Wallpapered Stairs

Add some spunk to your stairs with wallpaper! Pick a fun pattern and paint the rest of your stairs a complimenting color.

Photos: Decor Pad, Lus Home, House Wives of Riverton, Modern Home Interior Design, How About Orange.

Nothing says summer like sipping cold lemonade on your front or back porch. Now that the weather is warming up, it’s time to get your porch ready and summer festive! Take a look at these colorful 7 ideas you can use for your porch this summer.

1. Reuse

Use your imagination and think outside the box. Scour flea markets and thrift shops for unusual items you can use on your porch. We love this vintage chicken cage that was turned into a rolling coffee table. Remember, almost anything can be refinished and painted!

2. Add Light

Candles and lanterns can give your porch a cosy and enchanting feel. They’re perfect for late-night summer talks on the porch. Arrange them on a coffee table in front of your porch benches or wicker chairs in various heights and sizes to add interest. Lanterns can be hung around the porch to add light and charm.

3. Paint the Floor

Give your floor a new look with a pop of color! Choose a shade that matches your home and your porch furniture. We love the cool blue of this porch, it makes the floor look like water!

4. Add Curtains

Curtains are a great way to provide shade on hot days and for privacy. These drop cloth curtains give the porch a rustic feel, and they’re really cheap at the hardware store!

5. Hang a Mirror

Adding a mirror to your porch makes it look more like an actual room. At night, the mirror will reflect the candlelight, adding more light to your porch. This large antique mirror adds drama to the porch, and the light creamy walls make the mirror pop.

6. Add Color

Add a pop of color to your porch! Paint your wicker furniture a bright color, or add colorful pillows. These blue wicker chairs pop against the grey walls and floors of this porch. This can be replicated by simply spraying the furniture with a few coats of an outdoor spray paint. Vintage wicker furniture can be found on the cheap at yard sales or thrift stores.

7. Choose Durable Fabric

To help save your cushions and pillows, choose a durable fabric that can withstand spills, and is easy to clean.

Photos: Home Decor Wall, Dying of Cute, The Lettered Cottage, House Beautiful, Dofaso, Between Naps on the Porch, Melinda Jennings, Bombay Outdoors.

A watery palette is a very neutral, versatile way to decorate your home. From pillows to walls to accessories, decorating with these lovely blues and greens is sure to bring a touch of beach to your home! Read on for some water-inspired decor ideas!

We’re loving this living room! To spice things up a bit, the designer loaded up the coffee table with unique accessories inspired by the ocean: a carved wooden bowl filled with sea shells, and a beautiful green bottle which also doubles as a vase. The artwork on the walls was grouped together to form a collage of natural landscapes, perfectly complementing the watery blues found in the pillows and rug. To keep from overwhelming the eye, the sofa and walls were kept to a neutral beige hue which made way for the eye popping blue accessories.

Looking to keep cool this summer? Try settling on a cool, blue hue for your room. This living room was washed down with blue from ceiling to floor! I love the watery color palette in this room which seems so relaxing and subtle. The different shades of cool blue works well together and is super easy on the eyes, especially after a long day from work. To keep things balanced, the designer chose to keep symmetry on their side: two matching side tables and lamps on either end of this sofa keep things from looking too busy and wrap the room up perfectly. The white lampshades and creamy white carpet keep things interesting and stick to the water colored theme.

For a subtle way to add blues to your home, try adding blue curtains. The blue curtains in this bedroom are highlighted by the gold curtain rod, and the light blue wall makes them stand out.

These candle holders are to die for! Their milky blue tone would be perfect on a worn, light coffee table. Definitely a must-have for any beachy home!

When adding blues to your home, you can’t go wrong with pillows! We especially love these sea creature pillows and their bold blue piping which perfectly frames them. Pair them with neutral colored furniture and walls to keep your living room from looking too busy and make them pop!

Photos: Decor Decoration, Sheilazeller Interiors, Locushire, Houzz, Coastal Home Pillows.

There are certain rules everyone seems to follow when decorating their home. These rules are never questioned, and people don’t feel comfortable doing things out of the ordinary because of these so-called rules. Most of the things you hear about decorating are guaranteed myths, and we’re here to tell you that you don’t have to follow along! Take a look at our top 7 decorating myths, and think outside the box!

1. Sofas Always Go Against a Wall

This has got to be the most bogus rule we’ve ever heard! You can put the sofa wherever you like! You don’t have to push it against a wall, put it where you think it will look good! Putting the sofa against the wall does give you a lot of floor space, but it also changes the flow and feel of a room if you angle it in a corner instead.

2. Low Light Hides Dirt

If the lighting in your room is dim, this can actually make the room look dirtier. If your furniture and decor is worn and old, and you don’t have much money to spend to replace it, try investing in more lights. A bright room looks newer and cleaner.

3. All Ceilings Must Be White

People usually paint their ceilings white because it opens up the room and adds more light. The lightest color in a room will always draw the eye. So, if your ceiling is bright white, it will draw people’s attention upwards. If your ceiling is darker in color, eyes will be drawn to other areas of the room.

4. Small Rooms Need Small Furniture

Having a few large pieces in a small room instead of many smaller pieces of furniture can be more efficient. A love seat and a chair with thin arms and backs can seat more people than two chairs in less space. Adding a day bed gives more sitting space, and it has storage underneath. The key is to minimize the amount of clutter in a small space.

5. Pick Rugs Last

The rug is always the base of your room design. Designers always pick the area rug first to define the palette of colors for the room. Basically, the area rug needs to tie the other colors of the room together. Buying the rug last makes it more difficult to find one that matches all your other furniture. Pick a rug first and build the rest of your room around that.

6. White Rooms Look Bigger

When people’s eyes move across a space, their eyes go from dark to light. Uniformity in color keeps your eyes steady. Walls that have different colors make your eye move between them to differentiate the distance between the walls. Basically, uniformity is the key that gives rooms a bigger feel.

7. In Decorating, There are Rules That Need to be Followed

Actually, professional decorators break rules all the time. Have fun, and be creative when decorating your home. Always remember that you’re never breaking any rules, only starting new trends.

Photos: West Wing, LPC Furniture, The Budget Decorator, Vissbiz.