What inspires you?
Long after I posted about inspiration boards I have been wanting to make one. I make design boards for my client so why not make one for for my ideas and wishes.
So here are my inspirations~ fresh flowers always around the house, continued family meals around the table with great conversation, get back to knitting, etc.. Not all are literal translations of the photos but a feeling or emotion.
Passed under the Parisian white limestone archway with it's kaleidoscope of colored glass tiles and cascades of Della Robbia carved flowers while shopping in Paris.
With a Parisian salon feel, Shabby Chic slipcovers and sisal carpet refresh a living room.
White and pink with robin's egg blue for accent. The painted blue stair runner balances the contrasts of the formal and informal. 
Lighten up! A major change you can make to any room to give it a fresh springtime look is to make a change on your floor! You might not have consider this surface when you are decorating, but switching your heavier oriental or braided rugs to a natural fiber carpet with less color and pattern will make a difference. Affordable sisal or jute carpets can easily be found at local retailers or ordered from catalogs such as Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel.
I am not suggesting that you rip up your wall to wall but you can layer a small sisal carpet over your existing carpet and under a coffee table~ otherwise it will creep around. I sometimes take away my carpet and leave the floor bare, although this look is not for everyone.
