Home Decorating With Palm Trees
Decorate your home with palm trees to re-create the feel of your favorite vacation spot where you live every day. This tropical theme can fit into any interior design style, from traditional to modern. The finished look can be whimsical and fun or sleek and contemporary, depending on your color and accessory choices for the rooms into which you incorporate the decor. Have fun in the sun and sand by bringing a touch of the tropics into your living space. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Paint and painting supplies
- Stencils
- Craft paint
- Wicker or white painted wood furniture
- Sand
- Sea glass or seashells
- Beach-themed artwork
- Vacation photos
- Pressed palm tree leaves
- Picture frames
- Potted palm trees
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Paint the walls a soft tan like the sand, a sky blue or green like the leaves for a traditional color palette. Paint the walls a crisp white for a more contemporary feel.
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Paint large palm trees for a mural on the focal wall of the room. See a resource such as the "Easy Drawings and Sketches" website for palm tree drawing tips, or use stencils to create a beach scene.
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Paint palm trees on a few other decor items, such as vases in the living room, soap dispensers in the bathroom or canisters in the kitchen. Though accessories can be purchased in this theme, you can create your own easily at home as well.
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Bring in furniture that has a beach feel when decorating your home with palm trees. Natural wicker furniture works well for a traditional tropical look or white-painted wood pieces fit into a more contemporary take on this style.
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Create a miniature landscape in a wood or glass tray using sand and sea glass or seashells to set on a tabletop. Another option is to use a shadowbox-type coffee table or dinner table (that has room underneath the glass top inset for display) to create your miniature beach.
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Hang up beach-themed artwork or use vacation photos for art. For a more modern feel, press palm leaves between the pages of a heavy book until they are dry and frame them in simple ways, with white backgrounds and white or silver frames.
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Bring in live potted palm trees when decorating your home in this theme. Consult a resource such as the North Dakota State University agriculture website for information and choose from one of the many varieties available based on the level of light and care that they require.
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