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Turning Your Room Into a Seasonal Masterpiece

Want to liven up your bedroom? A simple way to keep the colors and linens of your bedroom fresh is to coordinate room decor with the four seasons. Weather dramatically affects mood, so coordinating your bedding with these changes will keep you connected with nature and better balance your moods.

Most bedding departments carry seasonally themed linens. By keeping designs and materials separated by season, finding sheets you like that match each season is a snap. If you’re looking for great deals on seasonal bedding, shop off season and get your sheets at reduced prices.

Four separate linen sets can be an expensive addition to your bedroom collection. If you want to connect your bedroom with nature, but can’t afford three new sets of sheets, consider substituting out your wall frames at specific times of the year. Changing your wall artwork is easy and requires little storage space. This makes it an effortless way to achieve seasonal change at lower costs.

Autumn is a season of change. Most associate the changing color of tree leaves with this time of year. Popular colors during these months include darker reds, burnt oranges, and the pale yellows of the falling leaves. Leaf designs are another popular motif for bedding that relates to the autumn season.

During the winter you want a bedding set that will keep you warm. The danger of well-insulated bedding sets is that they’re often uncomfortable. Bulky bedding will interrupt your sleep, so be sure your warm winter bedding is cozy. Common additions for the winter are down comforters and an additional flannel sheet. Neutral shades are popular for wintertime. Other colors often employed include light shades of blue, plum and burgundy.

The coming of spring evokes the budding of the year’s plants and trees. Shades of light green are commonly associated with this time. Spring’s vibrancy is also achieved with lively, bright colors like yellow. Since most colors are expressive, spring allows for an array of color pairings and schemes. Just be wary of using overly dark colors for your springtime linens, as these colors clash with the lighter air of the spring atmosphere.

Spring is such a flexible season for colors, a simple tip for designers on a budget is merging winter linens with a few key springtime additions. Consider a winter bedding set colored in a lush plum. The addition of yellow pillow shams will complement your darker sheets while producing a nice seasonal transition into the warmer spring weather.

Bedding in the summer is all about keeping cool. For this reason, most summer linens are either white or very lightly toned. Most designers choose a shade of muted white to complement such warm weather.

To give your white summer sheets pizazz, shop for linens with ornate textures. Summer evokes a romantic quality that you can achieve in your bedding with pastel pinks or red highlights. Shades of these colors used carefully will add charm and appeal to your sheet covers. For summer, stay simple. Lighter colors are almost always employed during this season because bolder colors in the summer months make bedrooms feel confined and muggy.

When it comes to bed sheet color and design, the possibilities are endless. The seasons provide an easy and fluid transitional motif to follow. Create your linen styles with the seasons in mind, and your room will look fresh all year round.