Ways to Warm Up Rooms.

It’s the dead of Winter here in Washington, DC, and recent bone-chilling temperatures have keep many of us bundled up in our own homes. If you want to bring some warmth into your nest, choose a few of these tips for warming up your rooms:

• Put velvet accent pillows on your chairs and sofas
• Drop in a fluffy bath mat.
• Light scented candles in your entry hall.
• Burn real logs in your fireplace.
• Spray your dressing room with a spicy scent.
• Throw a rich camel blanket over your sofa.
• Lower your dining room chandelier a few inches.
• Pull a reading light up to a chair.
• Reupholster a piece of furniture in a leopard or zebra print.
• Install a few wall sconces in the hallways.
• Banish any fluorescents from your kitchen.
• Repaint your front door a chinese red.
• Cover up a carpet with a few colorful flat pile area rugs.
• Cover your walls with textured wallpaper.
• Install dimmers everywhere.
• Place a huge bowl with pinecones on your coffee table.
• Serve red wine.