Simple Ways to Give your Rustic Great Room a Great Spring Makeover

Start by considering how you and your family have been actually using your great room. For example; do you use the great room for entertaining? Do you use the fireplace? Do you watch TV in the great room, or does your family tend to do that elsewhere? Do your pets stay in the room with you? Do you play board games in the room?




By spending a few minutes thinking about how you and your family have actually come to use the great room, you can then determine what to improve and what to remove. For example, if you never really use the fireplace during summer months, you might consider putting a decorative multi- candleholder inside the firebox and removing the bulky log holder on the hearth. If family members enjoy craft projects or playing board games, why not cover a round table with a decorative floor length tablecloth and define a well-lit space just for crafts or puzzles?

De-clutter your great room. How long have the same dated magazines been sitting in that tired wicker basket? Are the glasses you have sitting on that bar tray dusty and uninviting? Are your candles along the mantel place looking tired and spent? Is everyone sick of the same framed family photos? Consider the adage: “If something doesn’t add to the room, take it away” (or at least re-frame, “spring clean” or re-furbish it).

Give your great room a feeling of spring by enhancing the room’s color palette with bright accents. . A few well placed hooked pillows, lightweight throws, accent rugs and flowers can completely transform a great room, giving it a lighter feel and new look. Colors like pale yellow and crisp contrasting navy blues and bright whites are great choices to liven up a great room for spring.
Freshen up decorations, or store away ski themed decor to bring in the new season



To help coordinate your new palette, consider putting together a “decorator ‘s storyboard” with coordinating swatches of material and paint. It’s a great way to visualize your overall direction for the room. But most of all make sure you select a palette of colors you really love. Then stick with them as you start to pull together and select decorative, practical and meaningful items for your great room’s new Spring makeover.


Black Bear Rustic Decor has bright new rustic rugs, hooked pillows and rustic décor just in for Spring.






About us: Black Bear Rustic Decor is based in the Sierras in the historic mill town of Graeagle (pronounced “Gray Eagle”) about an hour north of Lake Tahoe. Our shop specializes in cabin accessories, cabin decor and unique one-of-a-kind furnishings handcrafted by local artists. The beauty and timeless appeal of Graeagle, which looks much like it did back in the 1850’s, is inspiration for our rustic furnishings. We love helping people, who love the great outdoors as much as we do, to capture its rustic beauty within their homes.