10 Ways To Add Periwinkle To Your Decor
Pantone’s choice, Very Peri, embraces the gratitude and grace of the blue color family while adding the red tones to bring purple’s perspective. “Very Peri places the future ahead in a new light,” Pantone wrote when announcing the choice. Periwinkle may be forward-thinking, but it also recalls the old-fashioned elegance of blue hydrangeas, blue-and-white china, and ensembles worn by members of the royal family.
The calming hue has fans, but it’s important to remember that a bit of periwinkle can go a long way. As staging expert Bobbie McGrath notes in episode 3 of Design Time: From the Floor Up, “Just because it’s the ‘it’ color doesn’t mean that it’s the shade you should be putting in your house.” A ceiling-to-floor periwinkle treatment could be too much of the popular color, and the cost of re-doing walls, floors, bedding, and furniture could be a budget-buster. Another periwinkle prohibition is knowing whether the color is a fad that lasts a year or a timeless trend.
If periwinkle brings you joy, here are 10 ways to bring this blue hue home:
1. Bedding
Periwinkle is a relaxing, restful color that’s perfect for a bedroom. Adding a periwinkle duvet cover, throw, or accent pillows is a quick way to add this Color of the Year. Doing can be less expensive than completely redecorating your bedroom.
2. Art
Add artwork, paintings, or posters with touches of periwinkle to give your home a trendy update. A plus to switching out your current wall art to periwinkle pieces is that you’ll learn whether the color works for you when you see it on your walls daily.
3. Throw Pillows
For $20 or less, you can add touches of periwinkle to your living room or bedroom with a throw pillow. Buy several, including some solids, prints, and in different textures, to add interest and a bolder look.
4. Table Linens
Your dining room or breakfast nook can get a periwinkle update with a table runner, napkins, or placemats. The ‘periwinkle plus’ with this dining room tip is that table linens can be easily changed to other shades to fit the season or your mood.
5. Painted Furniture
Flea-market finds, such as wooden chairs or accent tables, can get periwinkle pizazz with a coat or two of periwinkle spray paint or chalk paint. Glossy or matte, periwinkle paint transforms small pieces of furniture into big style statements.
6. Candles
Adding pillars of periwinkle is as easy as buying new candles for décor accents in your bathroom, on your coffee table, or in your kitchen. Since candles are affordable and come in various shades, adding periwinkle candles is a great way to give the Color of the Year a test drive.
7. An Accent Wall
Periwinkle may have more punch in an accent wall than if it’s a four-walls, floor-to-ceiling treatment. Add a periwinkle chair rail or paint wainscotting periwinkle for a color statement. Keep in mind that this more permanent periwinkle treatment is best for sunny rooms, McGrath says. Gray skies and periwinkle can make the mood gloomy.
8. Towels
If your bathroom is white or creamy neutral, adding punch with periwinkle towels is an easy way to incorporate the Color of the Year. Even a few hand towels can give a bathroom a quick periwinkle update.
9. Window Treatments
Sheers, curtains, and shades in periwinkle solids and prints can bring the calming color to any room. Periwinkle window treatments can make the most of blue skies and coordinate with neutrals, blues, and grays.
10. A Wreath For Your Front Door
An outdoor periwinkle accent can make your entrance upscale. A wreath accented with faux periwinkle flowers or other blossoms in that blue hue is the perfect way to herald spring.
Keep Your Floors Classic
It’s best to hire professionals for home renovation tasks, like installing flooring, to ensure that a task is done correctly. Thankfully, Floorily provides professional installation from certified nationwide retailers and affordable luxury vinyl plank flooring.
Investing in Floorily’s timeless style and quality means adding touches of trendy shades while keeping a chic look that will stand the test of time.
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