How to Refresh Your Home for Spring: Art Prints and Homewares That Do the Heavy Lifting
Table of Contents
- Why Spring Is the Perfect Time to Refresh Your Home
- Start With Colour: The Easiest Way to Transform a Room
- How Art Prints Change the Feeling of a Space Instantly
- The Best Rooms to Add a Spring Update
- Homewares That Work Hard and Look Beautiful
- How to Mix Prints and Accessories Without Overdoing It
- Shop the Spring Edit
Why Spring Is the Perfect Time to Refresh Your Home
There is something about the first week of February sunshine — even the weak, tentative kind — that makes you look around your home with fresh eyes. The candles that felt so cosy in December suddenly feel heavy. The dark throws that saved you through January now seem to belong to a different season entirely.
You don't need to redecorate. You don't need a new sofa or a full repaint. A spring home refresh is less about renovation and more about recalibration — swapping out a few key pieces, adding a burst of colour, and letting your home breathe again.
Art prints and colourful homewares are the simplest, most affordable way to do exactly that. And if you're going to add colour, you want it to mean something. That's where Charlotte Posner's limited edition prints and art-led homeware come in.
Start With Colour: The Easiest Way to Transform a Room
Interior designers will tell you that colour is the single most powerful tool in a room. It affects mood, perception of space, and how comfortable you feel. In spring, the palette shifts — away from burnt amber and deep green, toward botanical brights, soft pinks, coral, cobalt, and the particular yellow of a daffodil in full bloom.
Which Colours Work Best for a Spring Refresh?
For 2026, the spring palette that works across most home styles includes:
- Soft botanical green — works against white walls and natural wood
- Coral and warm pink — the Pop Doll signature that brings energy without aggression
- Cobalt and electric blue — bold enough to be a focal point, versatile enough for cushions or prints
- Warm cream and ivory — the neutral base that lets everything else sing
The easiest way to introduce these colours is through art. A single well-chosen print on a wall does the work of an entire repaint — but you can take it down in November.
How Art Prints Change the Feeling of a Space Instantly
There is a reason interior stylists always place art before they start adding accessories. Art sets the tone for a room. It tells you what the room is for, how it wants to feel, and what kind of people live in it.
A Charlotte Posner limited edition print does something specific: it brings personality. The Pop Doll figures — bold, graphic, playful — signal that the person who lives here has a sense of humour and a love of beauty. They are not neutral. They are not forgettable. That is the point.
Where to Hang a Spring Art Print for Maximum Impact
- Above a mantlepiece — replaces the heavy winter wreath or dark canvas with something light and energetic
- In a hallway — the first thing you see when you walk in; sets the mood for the whole house
- Kitchen or dining room — often forgotten in favour of the living room, but the place where you spend more time than you realise
- Bedroom feature wall — a large print above the headboard transforms the room as effectively as new wallpaper
The Best Rooms to Add a Spring Update
Living Room
The living room is the obvious starting point. If you have a neutral sofa — grey, cream, or natural linen — a bold Charlotte Posner print is all you need to make it feel new. Add a colourful cushion to echo one of the tones in the print and the room is transformed.
Kitchen
The kitchen is underrated as a gallery space. A print on the wall near your coffee station or above your kitchen table brings daily joy in a way that a dining room piece rarely achieves. Charlotte Posner's homeware range — oven gloves, aprons, wash bags and mugs — layers the story further, creating a kitchen that feels curated rather than accidental.
Hallway
Narrow, awkward, often dark — the hallway suffers in winter. A bold print in a light frame, hung at eye level, is the fastest and cheapest renovation you will ever do.
Homewares That Work Hard and Look Beautiful
The genius of art-led homeware is that it brings the same energy as a print — bold, considered, characterful — but in objects you actually use every day. Charlotte Posner's homeware range is designed to do exactly that.
Spring Homeware Worth Adding Right Now
- Printed oven gloves and aprons — because your kitchen should have as much personality as your living room
- Colourful wash bags — useful every day, beautiful enough to leave out on a bathroom shelf
- Scented candles — the new Charlotte Posner candle collection arrives this spring, and they are designed to sit beautifully on any surface
- Art mugs — morning coffee is better when your mug makes you smile
These are pieces designed by a working artist. That is the difference between homeware you love and homeware you merely own.
How to Mix Prints and Accessories Without Overdoing It
The question we hear most often: can I have more than one Charlotte Posner print in the same room without it looking too much?
The answer is yes — with one rule. Let one piece lead and the others support. If you have a large Pop Doll print as your hero piece, smaller prints or homeware accessories in the same colour family will feel considered rather than cluttered. Mix scale (large print + small accessory) and mix format (framed wall print + object like a mug or vase) and the result is a home that looks like it has evolved rather than been decorated.
The Three-Piece Spring Edit Formula
- One large or medium art print — the focal point
- One homeware piece in a complementary tone — oven gloves, candle, mug
- One natural element — flowers, a plant, a linen throw — to ground everything
That is a spring refresh. No renovation required.
Shop the Spring Edit
Ready to start? Browse the full Charlotte Posner homeware collection for pieces that work hard and look beautiful, or explore the limited edition art print collection to find your spring focal point.
Looking for a gift? Read our next post: The Best Art Gifts for Mum this Mother's Day.
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