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By Carly Olson
You may have reached the quarantine point where you are able to absolutely check your area through yourself, drilling and caulking skills are doomed. And while the vision board component is more fun than joining tiles or smashing your 70s kitchen, a new look is for you. But it’s about strategy: some calculated updates are more strategic than physically binding.
This idea triggered my search for tactics available to absolutely reinvent one area that simply swaps one pitch for another. The main find? Smart use of prints and patterns. When you consider it well, using wall coverings, strategic accessories or a well-designed window covering, a new room is born. In addition, those tricks can make a difference in any area without the permanence of a bowel renovation.
The Pepper brand of home accessories, a young company that caters directly to consumers offering fabrics, wallpaper, tablecloths and other home accessories, simply provides the equipment for such projects. We fell in love with Pepper thanks to his idiosyncratic but available impressions, unexpected affordability and accessibility for anyone who can click “Add to Basket”. But what types of fabrics are suitable for the job? Here, Pepper co-founders, Erin Banta and Kelsey Brown, give Clever his forties makeover tricks.
Bath refreshment
A refreshing bath can be an intimidating project. Equipment and accessories can be expensive, and DIY plumbing requires a call to professionals. But, whether we like it or not, most visitors to your home will inevitably take a look at its décor. Erin and Kelsey swear that a smart wall covering will bring new life to the area. “Something transparent and bright will make your bathroom look much bigger,” Kelsey says. When he moved into his Brooklyn apartment, the bathroom was covered in dark red. After changing it with white earth wallpaper, the area is twice as giant. Kelsey explains that it doesn’t matter if the trend is giant and greasy or micro-mini, as long as the print looks airy, there’s no way to lose.
For tenants who cannot threaten their security deposits, Pepper’s team suggests an ambitious shower curtain. Eliminate visions of classic waxy neutrals: any of your favorite fabrics can be a shower screen with some modifications. Buy a few meters of your favorite print and take it to your local tailor, who can turn it (at a low price) into a curtain. Combined with a set of new hand towels, an average rest room is a boutique hotel.
Manufacturing new parts
For many, traditional upholstered furniture is a dream project. Considering the labor, the charge and the amount of fabric to buy can safely discourage even ambitious residents. But Erin and Kelsey inspire you to take smaller rooms to add a personalized touch to your space.
Kelsey exhibits a pair of antique lamps, her screens covered with Pepper’s Jasper print. “I went to the Brooklyn flea market and bought two bronze lamps that cost $25 each, I think, and then I just re-arranged the blinds on our fabric. And that’s anything he can do himself.”
Photo courtesy of Pepper
Choose window treatments
Most in-house designers feel that a room is not complete without the right treatments for the windows. But those features are rarely the number one priority for new landlords or tenants. Whether you live in an elegant, modern apartment or in a historic house, Erin and Kelsey believe floor-to-floor curtains are the answer. “They go the furthest to have the biggest impact,” Erin says. “Often, the rental spaces seem very temporary and it is a white box. I think the addition of curtains gives the impression that it is more complete and more permanent, as a genuine home. Pepper offers affordable curtains and tradition duration on its line page: a game that replaces DIY decorators.
Choosing a model, Kelsey points out, is up to you. For those who dip their feet in the earth of color, Kelsey suggests anything blue with a small-scale impression, which is relaxing and impartial without the flatness of beige. Pepper’s popular Poppy Blue is one example: small touches of blue on a white cotton. “We call it, like, an impression without impressions,” Kelsey says. “And it essentially creates a texture from afar.” Pure maximalists are ambitious and decide for a fabric with a diversity of printed colors. Erin says, “It makes it less difficult to match all the other colors you can paint with.”
The art of ornamental pillows
When they met at business school, Kelsey and Erin lived in small apartments in the West Village. They knew it wasn’t their homes, investing in furniture was off the table, but they sought to carry a touch of personality into their living spaces. “Pillows are the easiest way to do this,” Kelsey says. “Why should I upgrade my IKEA white sofa when I can find affordable cushions to make it look new and new?”
To try a sofa or talk room, Kelsey suggests sticking to a palette while combining ambitious prints with sophisticated prints. If they belong to the same color family, everything works. Pepper is recently promoting a variety of unique patterns and will introduce an option for pillows with custom trims, lumbar pillows and Euro pillowcases in September.
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