10 EASY WAYS TO REFRESH YOUR HOME

Transform your home for the new year with these easy home styling tips.

- Vanita Arora

Styling your home can be both a daunting and a rewarding task. Here are some home-styling options to inspire you.

1 ACCESSORISE TO ENHANCE
One of the easiest ways to style your home is with accessories. In rich colours and with fine design, accessories can help you highlight any area of your home. From vases and artefacts to lanterns, lamps and candles, there's a lot that you can explore and add to your space to instantly uplift it.

2 GO FOR RHYTHM

Rhythm in home styling can make a space vibrate with energy. There are many areas in the home where you can position repeated elements, making connections within the space and giving it a pleasing uniformity. For example, you could have similar-looking pendant lights in a room, or an area with a similar patterned wall and flooring style. Another way to bring rhythm could be by placing contrasting elements, creating an oppositional rhythm. For instance, you could work with a contrasting colour palette and play around with different prints and patterns.

3 GO THE THAI WAY

Close to nature, the Thai aesthetic is known to add a relaxed and serene tone to your décor. Incorporate a bit of Thai-ness into your living room by adding elements such as assorted lanterns, lamps and aromatic candles, teamed with earthy tones. You can hang wind chimes at the entrance, place fresh plants around the room, and add fragrance with aromatic oil diffusers for a pleasant and refreshing atmosphere.

4 STYLE WITH COLOURS