It’s no secret that revitalizing your home can actually make you feel revitalized in return. (Remember how happy that new bedspread made you?) Since we’ve been craving a shake-up, we checked out the Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse, a historic townhome recently transformed top to bottom by some of the design industry’s biggest talents. Below, nine fresh ideas we plan on copying in our own homes tout de suite.
9 Brilliant Decorating Ideas We Bet You Never Thought Of
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Published Oct 26, 2017
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Fill A Fireplace With Leafy Greens
Non-working fireplace on your hands? Make the setup come alive by adding a large, frilly fern. Bonus points for accenting your new pet plant with smaller potted greens on the mantlescape.
Design: Deborah Berke Partners; Photography: Chris Cooper
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Add Wallpaper Trim To The Kitchen
Such a fun way to inject a pop of personality into the most utilitarian room of the house.
Design: Ciuffo Cabinetry; Photography: Anastasios Mentis
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Consider Sculpture In Unexpected Places
Like atop an armoire. Or beside a desk lamp. On a pedestal in front of a street-facing window. Or heck, why not all of the above?
Design: Glenn Gisler Design; Photography: Gross & Daley
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Use Xxl Mirrors To Open Up A Space
Yes, yes, we’ve definitely sung the praises of this trick before. But the lightening, brightening, enlarging effect of a massive circular mirror is truly remarkable.
Design: Jennifer Eisenstadt Design; Photography: Marco Ricca
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Use A Folding Screen Instead Of Wallpaper
Same concept as removable wallpaper, only multi-dimensional, super-sophisticated and with zero application necessary. How chic is this decorative screen used as a fake-out accent?
Design: Kathleen Walsh Interiors; Photography: Rikki Snyder
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Create A Kid Wall
When corralled on one neutral, oversize canvas (and preferably draped in a festive pom-pom garland), a collage of kiddie drawings becomes a streamlined, personalized piece of art to add to your collection.
Design: Bella Mancini Design; Photography: Ball & Albanese
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Paint Pattern On The Ceiling
In this charmingly busy, garden-themed dressing room, the trellis detailing on the ceiling is definitely the talking point.
Design: Henry & Co. Design; Photography: Marco Ricca
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Flank A Window With Sconces
Sconces typically go on an interior wall, away from the natural light source. But we’re actually loving how this placement creates a frame and enhances the window’s drama, height and airiness.
Design: Seaport Flowers & Home; Photography: Rikki Skyder
c/o Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
Decorate Your Closet
OK, we know a spare closet is a luxury afforded to very few. But how completely rad is this attic art installation? At the very least, consider it your motivation to do that much-needed closet purge.
Design: Fearins Welch Interior Design; Photography: Rachael Stollar
(Through November 5th; Brooklynheightsdesignershowhouse.com)
