Sheri @ MakeItPop!'s Profile

It's so lovely to have spring inside before it really arrives! For more information, there's another tutorial here:
http://designpopinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/01/spring-will-be-here-in-three-weeks.html

Force some branches! There's a tutorial here:
http://designpopinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/01/spring-will-be-here-in-three-weeks.html

I love the FLOR rug - those are so great since you can make up the design yourself. And, Dash and Albert has a great selection of bright stripes in practically every color combo!

Absolutely paint the fireplace and the trim white. You should use a primer like Stix first and then paint (you can use the tutorial here:
http://designpopinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/01/saving-jan-brady-fireplace.html
It will work for wood as well as brick. Then put down a flotaki white rug and put some white textured pillows on the couch.
Find a lime throw and put it across the couch. Get rid of the mirrors over the fireplace and paint an abstract incorporating the colors in the room - one like this one from Etsy but bigger:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/43603533/light-watercolor-original-painting?ref=sc_1
Switch out those curtains for white panels and get a glass or clear coffee table. Incorporate some reflection in the room in the way of some shiny accessories. I think you will love your red couch once you do those things.

Love the colors - I think I'll be ready for some this spring after all the gray this winter. After the posts, I think I'll look up Beaufort.
Thanks!