4 Ways to Jazz Up Your Living Room Before The St Lucia Summer Festivals.

Do you ever walk into your house, look around and just feel bored? Admit it, once in a while we all long to do something more dramatic with that lovely living room or cozy family room — to make a statement of some kind, to decorate with impact.

As the 2017 St Lucia Summer of Festival dubbed Soleil descends upon us, it is not far-fetched to contemplate that overseas friends, relatives or even guests may come live with you or perhaps just pop in for a drink/bite for old times’ sake. Leave them impressed by trading blah for better with these easy ways to Jazz up your living room.

Make a statement with paint.
“Nothing makes a bigger statement than painting a wall,” says Michael, our Customer Sales Representative in our Paint and Sundries Department.  A bucket of paint from Rayneau Construction and Industrial Products Ltd runs for under one hundred and thirty dollars and leaves you with endless options. Paint one wall a bold color, like dark blue. Pick up some stencils and give the room an interesting border, or place them at random all over one wall. You could even coat your ceiling. Michael recommends that if you paint the ceiling one to two shades lighter than the walls, it gives the illusion of a larger room.

Add a rug. If you intend to keep all that jazzing up to a minimum (who has time for that?!), make a giant carpet the centerpiece of your living room. It can make or break the star room -for when you have guests, anyway- in your home, and is telling of your how excellent your taste is in floor pieces.

Rugs give both small- and big-space dwellers the chance to change the feel of an entire room with the addition of one thing. Choose something that most represents you, and don't worry about it being jarring or too quirky. Your home, your rules

Upgrade the lighting.
Those standards frosted ceiling domes scream cheap and generic. Swap them for a more creative covering, or just forgo them altogether in exchange for an eclectic combo of standing floor and table lamps, which have the added benefit of casting more flattering light than their overhead cousins do. Our Electrical department has rows of lamps of all shapes and sizes—from Asian-inspired paper covered to thoroughly modern and minimalist. Lighting does in fact play a part in setting the mood for a gathering or in an eatery.

Warm, soft lighting causes your body to produce feel-good hormones known as endorphins. It also conceals facial flaws, something many would appreciate.

Spice Up Your Front Door

Considering that it’s the main point of entry into your home, your front door is extremely important.

In addition to being strong and secure, it should be attractive too.

It’s fine to choose a door that coordinates perfectly with the rest of your home, but it’s sometimes nice to mix things up by choosing a contrasting color instead.

You could also redo the trim around the door, add a stylish door knocker, or install an entirely new door from us.