Creating a warm and inviting home doesn’t have to be difficult or costly. With a few simple changes, you can transform any space into a retreat that welcomes you and your guests. Take a look at 6 easy ways to achieve just that!
1. Integrate Soft Textiles
Nothing makes a space feel more inviting than soft fabrics. With the addition of plush pillows, a beautiful throw, a soft ottoman or a rug any space becomes cozier.
2. Add Lamps
Instead of overhead lights use beautiful table lamps or floor lamps. The ambient light is so inviting.
3. Blend Warm Colors
Warm colors like neutrals, terracotta, mustard, or deep greens can make your home feel warmer. Use paint, colorful decor and artwork to bring life to your space.
4. Create a Reading Nook
A cozy corner for reading or relaxing is the ultimate invitation to unwind. Add a comfy chair, a good lamp, and a stack of your favorite books or magazines and it will become the favorite spot for every family member!
5. Incorporate House Plants
Houseplants not only add color and life to your space, but they also purify the air.
6. Display Personal Items
Everyone has those things that are most important to them, those special, sentimental pieces that represent family or trips or happy times, the non-negotiables that they pack up and take when a disaster seems imminent because they would be heartbroken if they lost them – display them for all to see!
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With “her signature warmth and Southern charm” (E! Online), the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Songbirds and the Peachtree Bluff series presents a tender and touching novel about a young woman who discovers the family she has always longed for when she spends a life-changing summer in North Carolina.
Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina, on the market—the home that Keaton didn’t know existed until now—she jumps at the chance to head south. But the moment she steps foot inside the abandoned house, she’s confronted with secrets about grandparents who died in a car accident before she was born. And as she gets to know her charming next-door neighbor, his precocious ten-year-old son, and a flock of endearingly feisty town busybodies, she soon finds she has more questions than answers.
1976: After meeting her adoring husband Townsend, Rebecca “Becks” Saint James abandoned the life she knew and never looked back. Forty years later, she’s made a name for herself as the best hostess North Carolina has ever seen. Her annual summer suppers have become the stuff of legend, and locals and out-of-towners alike clamor for an invitation to her stunning historic home. But she’s struggling behind the façade. Becks strives to make the lives of those around her as easy as possible, but this summer she is facing a dilemma that even she can’t solve. And as the end of the season looms, she is brought to a decision she never wanted to make.
As both Keaton and Becks face new challenges and chapters, they are connected through time by the house on Sunset Lane, which has protected the secrets, hopes, and dreams of the women in their family for generations. For fans of Summer of ‘69 and The Notebook, A Happier Life explores the power of family, the bonds of friendship, and the boundless nature of love.
