Every
homeowner
eventually
wants
to
make
a
change,
but
if
you're
like
many
people
you
haven't
a
clue
where
to
begin.
Just
like
fashion
styles,
interior
designs
change
with
the
times
as
well.
So,
if
you've
been
in
your
home
for
a
long
time
and
are
ready
to
sell
or
are
just
ready
for
a
makeover,
read
on
to
see
if
the
hottest
trends
are
suitable
for
your
home.
Go
ahead
and
slap
a
fresh
coat
of
paint
on
the
walls.
But
don't
make
it
sterile
white
or
boring
beige.
At
the
very
least
use
these
colors
along
with
some
vibrant
accent
colors
on a
single
wall
or
two.
"We've
gone
through
an
era
of
everything
being
very
muted
and
quiet
and
what
we
see
with
the
younger
generation
coming
up
is
that
we're
really
going
to
use
lots
of
colors.
Colors
on
the
walls,
color
on
the
furniture
such
as
lime
greens,
browns,
oranges
and
bright
reds,"
says
Dixie
Lovejoy,
owner
of
Arizona-based
Apple
Interior
Systems,
Inc.
A
little
paint
can
make
a
major
change
to a
home.
It's
always
a
good
idea
to
put
on a
fresh
coat
or
at
least
touch
up
the
paint
before
you
place
your
home
on
the
market.
It
gives
a
buyer
a
feeling
of
cleanliness
and
that
the
home
has
been
well
cared
for
over
the
years.
Think
big,
but
buy
less.
"People
used
to
buy
accessories
on a
very
small
scale.
In
our
office,
one
of
our
slogans
is:
bigger
is
better,"
says
Lovejoy.
She
says
that
means
things
like
pots,
statues,
fountains,
and
flower
arrangements
should
all
be
bigger.
So
instead
of
having
a
lot
of
knickknack
items,
you
buy
less
but
when
you
do,
you
buy
big.
The
idea
is
to
make
a
statement
with
your
decorating
rather
than
make
your
home
look
cluttered.
Accent
pillows
are
a
must!
The
key
home
décor
ingredient
that
no
home
should
be
without
gives
new
meaning
to
pillow
talk.
Lovejoy
says
accent
pillows
will
get
your
houseguest
chatting
about
your
harmonizing
décor.
"Accent
pillows
are
kind
of a
key
to
all
design
that
ties
everything
together,"
she
says.
Bye-bye
sliders.
In
my
opinion,
sliding
glass
doors
have
always
been
a
bit
of
an
eyesore,
but
so
many
tract
homes
have
them.
Now,
Lovejoy
says,
sliding
glass
and
even
French
doors
are
losing
ground.
The
new
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alternative
creates
wide
open
space
even
in a
residential
tract
home.
Instead,
doors
that
virtually
vanish
or
disappear
are
appearing
in
more
homes
and
allowing
better
access
to
the
great
outdoors.
"They
actually
can
slide
all
the
way
into
a
pocket
that's
built
into
a
wall
or
stack
on
top
of
each
other
so
it
becomes
one
small
window
on
the
left
or
right
side
but
the
rest
of
your
house
is
all
open.
There
are
also
folding
doors
that
do
that,"
says
Lovejoy.
Then
the
outside
is
decorated
much
like
the
inside
with
fireplaces,
couches,
chairs,
coffee
tables,
and
Lovejoy
says
even
drapes
and
pictures
hanging
on
the
walls
on
the
outside
of
the
house.
All
of
this
makes
the
determining
line
between
the
outside
and
inside
of
your
house
disappear.
Furnish
your
outdoors
like
your
indoors.
"We
traditionally
don't
even
use
regular
patio
furniture.
We
upholster
couches
and
chairs
and
everything
in
outside
fabric
because
it's
gotten
so
incredibly
intricate.
It's
not
the
old
red,
white,
and
blue
fabric
that
we
used
to
think
of
for
outdoor
furniture,"
says
Lovejoy.
Today,
designers
are
using
big
patterns
made
from
velvets
and
even
sheer
materials
on
outside
furniture
which
begs
the
question,
"how
does
this
fabric
hold
up
on a
couch
or
chair?"
"We're
the
toughest
market
there
is
with
the
weather
and
everything
else
...
and
we're
the
dustbowl
of
the
world
out
here
but
even
the
moisture
that
you
have
in
the
costal
cities
wouldn't
affect
it,"
says
Lovejoy.
Need
to
clean
your
furniture?
Don't
hire
a
professional,
Lovejoy
says,
"You
can
take
a
hose
to
it
and
wash
off
the
couch
or
chairs
or
you
can
vacuum
them
just
like
you
do
inside
so
there's
really
no
difference,"
says
Lovejoy.
When
it
comes
to
flooring
soft
is
out,
hard
is
in.
"I
think
that
we're
going
away
from
soft
surfaces
on
the
flooring,"
says
Lovejoy.
Traditionally,
homes
have
always
had
carpeting
in
the
bedroom
areas
and
maybe
tile
or
hardwood
flooring
in
other
parts
of
the
house.
That's
changing
to
create
a
better
flow
between
the
indoor
and
outdoor
living
areas.
Even
just
a
few
changes
to
your
home
can
take
it
from
drab
to
fabulous
with
these
hot
trends.
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