When the days stay gray in the winter, any additional color or light that we can get into our homes can help chase away those winter blahs and brighten our days. Here are two easy ideas that anyone can do to find that extra light.
Open the Window Treatments
Okay, this one sounds silly, but many people keep their window treatments closed 24 hours a day in the winter. Closed window treatments work well to keep the cold out, but they also keep the inside of your home dark.
By opening the window treatments and letting light in, you will find your mood lifting and will start feeling happier than when you keep the window treatments closed.
Worried about too much cold getting in if you were to open a window treatment? Well, first off, you need to get new windows then. If your windows let in that much cold air just by opening the window treatments during the day, then they are no longer doing their job, and you need to have them replaced.
Also, you don’t have to open every single window treatment in the house. To enjoy the benefits that come with having the light in your home in the winter, all you really need is to open the window treatments in the room that you stay in the most during the day.
Add Color to Your Windows
Colorful lights are one of the reasons that many of us enjoy the holiday season so much. When the holidays are over, and it is time to put those lights away, it leaves us with an empty, sad feeling. But, there is a way to keep the colorful lights in your home all year. All you need is some colored glass and a window.
The easiest way to create colorful lights in your home is to hang a stained glass decoration in your window. The stained glass will break up the monotony of the plain glass, and will project color in your home from the window.
If you really want to get creative, hang or display different items made of colored glass in your windows. These items could be old fashioned lanterns made of colored glass, vintage window frames with colored or decorated glass panes in them, bottles made of color glass, or even colored glass kitchenware. All of these items will project light in your home just like the stained glass decoration, but is a more unique way to decorate your windows.
Source from www.fleamarketgardening.org
