"Pastels, on the other hand ... "In a dining room, you might use wallpaper on all walls and paint the moldings or baseboards in a muted color," Welch adds. "Alternatively, you could refinish ...

While soft pastel hues are prominent in the cottagecore aesthetic, darker shades are acceptable, too. Warm, deep colors like ...

Spring brings the yellow of daffodils and forsythia, the pale purple of crocuses, the pink of bleeding heart and the bright ...