{"id":1791,"date":"2011-09-06T08:48:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T12:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hickoryfurniture.blogs.eprevue.net\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2011-09-06T08:48:48","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T12:48:48","slug":"decorating-with-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/decorating-with-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorating with White"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-meta\">Last Updated Tuesday, September 6, 2011<\/div> <p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2011\/09\/decorate-with-white.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1792\" title=\"Decorating with White\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2011\/09\/decorate-with-white-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Decorating with White\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Summer may be coming to a close, but that doesn\u2019t mean you have to let go of the crisp brightness of the season. Decorating with white will reflect sunlight and invite light into any space in your home.<\/p>\n<p>Select different shades for different aspects of the room to give the space more depth. White furniture and d\u00e9cor complements wooden floors and furniture trims.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find a beige shade of white for your walls. This way your base decorative color won\u2019t be too stark, but it will still bring that fresh, crisp look to the room.<\/li>\n<li>Choose window treatments that are cream or sheer. These curtains will let in more light and complement\u00a0 brightness.<\/li>\n<li>Lightly colored hues such as pale blue or green pair nicely with white layers. However, be careful not to overdo it \u2013 you don\u2019t want your living room to look like a nursery of pastels when you\u2019re decorating with white.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Highlight Bold Colors<br \/>\n<\/strong>White allows bold colors such as <a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-decorate-using-turquoise\/\">turquoise<\/a> to become the focal point of the room. Decorating with a white or neutral base draws attention to colored accent furniture pieces or accessories by providing a crisp, clean background.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decorating with White Accessories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t want decorate your entire room with white, incorporate white accessories to a room to lighten the space. Bright white throw pillows pop out against an otherwise neutral sofa, and white lamps add a crisp touch to wooden side tables. White accessories in an otherwise dark room will pop the same way brightly colored accessories become the focal point in a white room.<\/p>\n<p>Keep this crisp, refreshing look in your home and draw attention to unique focal points by decorating with white.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Summer may be coming to a close, but that doesn\u2019t mean you have to let go of the crisp brightness of the season. Decorating with white will reflect sunlight and invite light into any space in your home. Select different shades for different aspects of the room to give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,68],"tags":[172],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}