5 Colorful Design Ideas Inspired by the HGTV Dream Home 2017

I had the honor of being a guest of HGTV’s and visiting the HGTV Dream Home 2017 in St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. Today I’m sharing 5 HGTV Dream Home inspired ways to bring more color into your life! Enter HERE for a chance to win the HGTV Dream Home 2017.

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A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to be a guest of HGTV’s on the island of St. Simon’s Georgia to visit the stunning HGTV Dream Home 2017. As a fan of the HGTV Dream Home since its inception this opportunity was an absolute dream come true! (Hop on over to my Facebook page if you’d like to see a video walkthrough tour of the home I filmed.)

The HGTV Dream Home is a beautiful, home that blends in well with it’s surroundings. It has a subtle, understated beauty that makes it feel warm and inviting, yet elegant and very special at the same time. Designer Brian Patrick Flynn has an incredible knack for blending soft island hues with bright pops of color. Here are a few of the ways I was inspired by how Brian incorporated color throughout the home. 

Decorate with Colorful Books

As an absolute book nerd, I will say this was one of my favorite design elements. In every room of the HGTV Dream Home you could find books throughout, adding pops of gorgeous color to the interior design. From the amazing stack of colorful books (I’m totally coveting all the books and the stacking bookshelf) to a small stack of books strewn here or there, it was great to see how adding a touch of color with books can really make a room pop. This is clearly something I can easily incorporate in my own home.

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Consider Colorful Wallpaper

As someone who has spent plenty of free time scraping off dreadful, ugly wallpaper from walls, I can’t believe I’m recommending this suggestion, but wallpaper is a great way to incorporate more color into the design of your home. In fact, the wallpaper in the laundry room and pool lounge bathroom of the HGTV Dream Home had me coming home immediately and looking at wallpaper options for my own home.

I am absolutely obsessed with the feather wallpaper in the laundry room, aren’t you? I now have a couple of rooms in my house that are going to get the wallpaper treatment ASAP.

Bring Elements of the Outdoors, Inside

I absolutely love fresh plants and flowers and really appreciate how on a neutral palate, they bring an element of fresh color to a room. From succulents, to fruit, to vases of palm leaves and flowers, each room in the HGTV Dream Home had some element of the outdoors, in.

Plants and flowers are an inexpensive yet impactful way to add color to your design.

(Photo © 2016 Scripps Networks, LLC. Used with permission; all rights reserved.)

(Photo © 2016 Scripps Networks, LLC. Used with permission; all rights reserved.)

Rugs and Throw Pillows

I couldn’t help but notice the use of rugs and throw pillows throughout the HGTV Dream Home. It didn’t dawn on me until seeing the pool lounge room, especially, how an area rug is a great place to take a chance on color. The striped rug and patterned throw pillows really add an element of fun to a room in a subtle way. Instead of going for neutral toned rugs and throw pillows, use those elements as a way to add some unexpected color to a room. It really makes a beautiful impact!

Choose Colorful Artwork

As I walked around the HGTV Dream Home I was really impressed by the various pieces of  artwork Brian Patrick Flynn chose to decorate with. The foyer painting above was my absolute favorite – I wonder if I could pull it off in my house? Also, who knew a couple of colorful dot art prints could add such a dimension of fun to a room? They are so simple yet so colorfuland happy!

When choosing artwork to adorn the walls of your home, try to find pieces that can add an element of even understated color to your room. It really does make a difference!

 

After seeing all of these gorgeous design elements, don’t you wish the HGTV Dream Home was yours? Remember, you can enter for the chance to win twice daily by clicking here. Share the link with your friends, family and anyone else you’d like to visit in St. Simons Island, GA. And save a room for me…I’d love to visit again! The HGTV Dream Home 2017 grand prize package is valued at more than $1.7 million – enter for the chance to win today!

Click Here to Enter for the Chance to Win the HGTV Dream Home 2017

Sweepstakes Details:

– The HGTV Dream Home 2017 grand prize package is valued at more than $1.7 million. In addition to the residence and all its furnishings, the grand prize package includes a new Honda Pilot and $250,000 cash prize provided by national mortgage lender Quicken Loans®.
– The HGTV Dream Home Giveaway 2017 opened for entries Wednesday, December 28, 2016 and runs through Friday, February 17, 2017. Eligible individuals can enter twice per day — once via HGTV.com and once via DIYNetwork.com.
-No purchase necessary. Open to legal residents of the U.S., age 21 or older. Void where prohibited. Sweepstakes ends at 5 p.m. ET on 2/17/17. Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. For full official rules, visit HGTV.comHGTVDreamHome or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: “HGTV Dream Home Giveaway”- RR, P.O. Box 52915, Knoxville, TN 37950. Main Sponsor: Scripps Networks, LLC d/b/a Home and Garden Television.