Sentences with phrase «lighten things»

We had replacement windows put in and it seemed a good time to lighten things up..

We wanted to lighten things up for a cheery and bright ambience.

Here on my little beat up end table, I brighten and lighten things up by adding only a black and white photo in a white frame, and some white daisies in a milk glass cup.

I actually decided to lighten things up further so added some more white daubs.

Lighten things up.

Adopt a different shade of green this festive season and lighten things up using softer shades of lime, peppermint and eau de nil.

and I have already done some painting to lighten things up inside.

And maybe another ceiling light to really lighten things up?

The library's cherry woodwork was painted to lighten things up; velvet - covered club chairs invite lingering.

This really helped lighten things up!

I have traditional, dark furniture too and struggle all the time trying to lighten things up.

I might try the Realist Beige in there to lighten things up.

I'm planning to lighten things up in here.

Clearly, in order to achieve that beachy, coastal vibe, we needed to lighten things up.

It was just dark and heavy looking and since I have been trying to lighten things up I decided painting it was the best option.

Lighten things up with a chevron update.

I recently did a master bedroom refresh to lighten things up for spring and summer.

The orange and gold tones combined with greens, browns and natural tones add a great deal of warmth and lighten things up as our days get shorter and it gets dark earlier.

Per an earlier comment, painting the bottom part of the island either white to go with the window trim and baseboard, or the same color as the walls, would lighten things up and take attention away from that part.

We recently switched living spaces with my parents & I'm living with traditional decor / paint & am trying, one room at a time, to lighten things up & achieve a cottage look.

While I love my red toile upholstery, I'd love to be able to lighten things up for the summer months... slipcovers seem the ideal solution.

I wanted to lighten things up from the darker colors of winter, so I changed out my throw pillows on the sofa with a lime green.

The walls are venetian plaster, but I am trying to bring in lots of white accents to lighten things up.

So if you happen to have a dark wood bookcase or open cabinet in your home (like I do, eh hem) and you want (or need) to keep it but want to lighten things up a bit, you CAN work with a dark piece and lighten it up without paint!

Adding mirrors to a room is a wonderful way to lighten things up a bit.

I did Graphite by RH but I am ready to lighten things up a bit and I love this!

Rooms like this are the reason that from now on I will buy very neutral furniture pieces because I love the idea of being able to lighten things up for summer.

As I go through Pinterest I am drawn to rooms with blues and browns and greens... and those are the colours I have in my own home... orange is always lovely and warm and might be a good addition to my current colour scheme... I have just painted all the trim on my first floor white to lighten things up, but the hubs is painting the kitchen «smoked turquoise» as I type this... a dark sultry colour that really is warm

It's nice to lighten things up in the summer.

Being we live in Oregon, anything we could do to lighten things up.

The cabinets and countertops we kept as they were — it truly amazing what paint, a new backsplash, lighting, and furnishings can do to bring a space to life and lighten things up!

Love to lighten things up and have fun with kids, the pool and lots of ice tea!

With 3 kids (about to be four), a husband, a cat, and a dog, things are a bit crowded around here, so I am trying to lighten things up a bit so I don't feel so claustrophobic.

And although I did like the tumbled marble and onyx backsplash when I chose it a decade ago, it's too busy and dark so I want to lighten things up.

Perhaps this was an ill - conceived attempt by the officer to lighten things up.

The New York Review of Books — A Treasure Trove of Edward Gorey — Eve Bowen — Then, to lighten things up, on to an artist whose work gave rise not to Parliaments but simply to delight, the deeply strange Edward Gorey.

I have utmost respect for Eli and what he is doing here, but sometimes it's good to lighten things up just a bit, for perspective and I thought the «bunny toss» was a way to do it.

I'm sure Tim or Gavin can be the life of the party when they want to be and that Steve isn't unacquainted with lampshades, so that having such a serious back and forth is a bit wearing and I like to lighten things up when I can.

This being said it's always nice when a game comes along to lighten things up a bit.

To lighten things up a bit around here by talking about something other than cat illnesses and also to provide the answers to the questions about catnip that most people ask me, I am adding this section about the infamous plant loved by most cats that come into contact with it.

This was my first attempt to lighten things up.

In almost every situation, the Jetstream produces the better looking images with its sharper details and neutral looking color production — and it helps that the dual - LED flash is there to lighten things up.

Because book marketing can get pretty intense, it helps to lighten things up a bit now and then.

Thinner rear window glass and the deletion of the air conditioning system also helped lighten things.

Unlike The Thing From Another World, there is no romantic subplot to lighten things up or inject a little estrogen into the mix.

Fortunately maniacal, uber - rich, and bizarrely cheery drug kingpin Poppy Adams (an enjoyably going - for - broke Julianne Moore) decides to lighten things up in the form of a missile strike that obliterates the Kingsman organization with the exceptions of Eggsy and tech officer Merlin (Mark Strong).

may be super serious and dark, but there are also some incredibly fun interactions between DC favourites which lighten things up at the right time.

Hayden is actually a little too sugary in the part and doesn't quite fit, but I guess her character does lighten things up a bit.

Adama need sugar babies to lighten things up a bit.

Instead, lighten things up and just enjoy being with your date.