5 (Not Impossible) Ways to Amp Up Your Living Room

Paint Your Walls Like You Paint Your Nails

"An easy way to update your living room is to change the color of the walls. A turquoise or an icy blue are beautiful colors, or try a pale gray with crisp white trim. Instead of painting just one wall in a room—which confuses the architecture—keep the background pure with the same color on all four walls and add unexpected pops of color using pillows."—Steven Gambrel, author of Steven Gambrel: Time and Place

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