15 minute home refresher projects

I love finding quick and easy ways to refresh home decor that we've gotten accustomed to. I like to rearrange furniture in a room about 2-3 times a year, but when time or energy or a rigid floor plan doesn't allow for this its great to be able to update the room in other ways. These are quick, easy and best of all, super-flexible.

Customized photo art

- simply find your favoriye photos or take some  high resolution, enlarge and place in simple, elegant frames

If you're a minimalist (or shy), try grouping several frames of different shapes without anything in them. Coordinating color or frame texture makes for a neat display

I have to stay organized or I'll never get anything done, but corkboard bulletin boards can be so drab.  Find your favorite textile or even use vintage fabric and cover up the board with 4 simple tacks and voila! Criss-cross  ribbon in a complementary color across the board for tucking postcards and pictures into.

I love this idea because I love old fashioned ideas like using handkerchiefs instead of Kleenex...despite being a bit of a germ freak. Anyway, during the winter months, its easy to find cotton handkerchiefs in many stores. Find colorful ones or simple, classic gentlemanly handkerchiefs and iron, then frame. Groupings of 4 in similar frames make a nice display. This idea would also work with silk scarves which are my favorite accessory!

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