5 Tips for Using Metallics at Home

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It’s Olympic season, which is a fitting time to highlight a classic home decor staple: metallics! You don’t have to train 18 hours a day to ‘metal’ at home (get it? medal? metal? haha?)  It’s no secret that metallic trends come and go, but truthfully there’s always SOME version of gold, silver, bronze (and copper!) on trend at any given moment. It’s a great time to play around with metallics, since we’re seeing that just about anything and everything goes when it comes to metals in home decor.

Therefore, I’m hereby declaring this METALLICS week on Making Lemonade! Embrace your favorite sheen, hold it high, celebrate it. Find ways to use it in your home or find inspiration to DIY something you’ll love. If you want to start using more metallics in home decor, here’s some tips to get you started:

Tip #1: You CAN mix metals in the same space. In fact, it’s encouraged! The big tip here is to make one metal type dominant, and accessorize it with other metals.  If gold is your favorite, have most accents in that sheen and add in some silver, bronze, etc. as accents. An example of this is my mixed metallic Thanksgiving table… how many metals can you spot over there?

Mixed Metallics Home Decor : How to Mix Gold, Silver, Copper and Bronze for a SHOWSTOPPING look! www.makinglemonadeblog.com

Tip #2: Trends come and go, so BUY WHAT YOU LOVE. You’ll never be disappointed. Don’t buy gold just because it’s ‘on trend’ if you don’t love it. Go with what makes your heart sing, and you’ll never regret that purchase.

Tip #3: Mixing metallics with natural elements keeps the metals from feeling overdone will adding a touch of ‘glam’. They create a wonderful balance.  Metals look gorgeous with natural fibers and other elements such as woven baskets, tribal blankets, wood, geodes, and glass. Mix and soften.

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Tip #4: There’s many ways to add gold, silver, bronze, and copper to your DIY projects. Spraypaint, craft paint, leafing, gilding paint, and gold cream are several ways to get various finishes. Browsing the aisles of the craft store will uncover loads of products for getting that shine!

Tip #5: My favorite places to find metallic home decor of all types: Homegoods, IKEA, West Elm, thrift stores, antique stores, and flash deal sites like One Kings Lane.  Truthfully, most of my metallic decor comes from thrift stores for just a few dollars– you can catch a peek of them in tomorrow’s post. I also like One Kings Lane because they arrange collections around various themes (almost always a metallic one, too) AND you can use the search bar on the upper right hand side to search for your favorite one. If you sign up using my link, you’ll get a $15 and so will I. {wink}

Here’s a screenshot I took of a current sale; SEE, mixed metallics!

Mixed Metallics Home Decor : How to Mix Gold, Silver, Copper and Bronze for a SHOWSTOPPING look! www.makinglemonadeblog.com

There you have it– my 5 tips for using metallics in your home, no matter what metal you take a shine to, heh heh…

ON THE BLOG TOMORROW: Tons of inspiration for your favorite metallic, whether it’s gold, silver, bronze, or copper. Unless it’s, like, uranium. Then I’ve got nothin’.

Tell me: how do you use metallics in your home? Any tips or favorite shopping spots to share?

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