FOOTBALL SEASON IS
HERE! Decorate UM Style
We all know how
exciting football season can be! Here in Miami, The University of Miami rules
the school, so why not decorate your home with an inspiration from you favorite
football team? Here are some tips to make sure our Green and Orange blend
perfectly all throughout the year.
1. Pick the right
shades of orange and green to create the mood you want in your room. Palm-leaf
green and tiger-lily orange feel hot and island-like; cool peach and
black-green feel chic and formal. Collect color samples from a paint store and
bring them home to compare tones in the room you are decorating. Look at
options under both natural and artificial lighting. Take your final selections
with you when you shop for wallpaper, furniture, window treatments and
accessories.
2. Select wall, ceiling
and floor colors. Paint several rooms green and several orange for a
whole-house approach, unifying the look with consistent baseboard and crown
molding. Use white molding for a clean, modern look; use natural wood for an
arts and crafts bungalow. Find green wallpaper with a bold print containing
orange flowers or a botanical print featuring exotic orange birds, or even our “U”
logo. Paint the ceiling a dark shade of orange in a room with white walls. Or
go instead with a surprising green floor.
3. Shop for upholstery
and window treatment textiles that contain appealing combinations of orange and
green. Hang olive-and-tangerine-striped curtains in a hip living room; make a
cute duvet cover
for a child's bedroom with hot orange polka dots on a chartreuse background.
Use bold patterns for covering small items like footstools and throw pillows if
you fear they will overwhelm the room in large quantities.
4. Choose spot-on
orange and green accessories. Orange tulips on green stems soothe and cheer in
a glass vase on a bedside table; oranges and limes are an inexpensive,
homey centerpiece on a dining room table. Place a kumquat tree near a southern
window in a living room. Mix orange plates with mint green retro coffee cups on
open shelving in the kitchen. Hang green bath sheets and orange hand towels in
the guest bathroom for a funky, 1970s feeling; enhance the mood with an orange
and green film poster and a green shag bathmat.
Here are some ideas
for that UM Inspired home décor:
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