The Interior Design Step That Most Room Refreshes Miss

Most room refreshes follow a predictable sequence. New throw pillows. A updated area rug. Fresh paint on the accent wall, or at minimum a new color on the front door. Lighting fixtures swapped out. A few carefully chosen prints framed and hung. The result looks better in photographs and better in person — for about three weeks, until the eye adjusts and the room settles back into feeling like itself. The reason this happens, and the reason most refreshes don’t deliver the transformation they’re supposed to, is that the anchor piece of the room — the sofa, the upholstered sectional, … Read more

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