Bright Decorating Ideas for Dull Days

Interior designer Kimberly Grigg, owner of Knotting Hill Interiors in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, recommends setting baskets or containers of bulbs like paperwhites in front of a window to bloom. "Or add a splash of color by buying a bouquet of tulips," says Ashley Gouveia, an interior designer in Wilton, Connecticut, and mother of two young children. "Nothing picks up a room like a fresh bouquet."