Living with colors
Warmer reds, cranberries, burnt oranges and fruit colors would be strong this year. And bright yellows are making a comeback. If you paint a room bright yellow be warned that you may be shocked at first. But wait until you put back all the furniture and accessories to pass your judgment. If you cannot live with strong colors like reds, yellows and limes, reserve them for your accessories.
Explore the world of textured carpets, wallpapers and wall coverings. There are a lot of choices on the market.

Gray is the new Black
Over the last two years, we can see fabulous gray rooms done by interior designers. One advantage of gray is that it is more subtle than black. When done it right, it brings the same level of sophistication to a room than black. Expect softer grays this year. Taupe, granite, putty and stone will be the most fashionable tones while silver and champagne add sparkles to any room.
Next to the gray, you will continue to see an array of deep dark shades. This trend started last Fall with the revival of purple and burgundy. On the softer side, you get periwinkle and Pink is still going strong is several shades.

Muted Natural Tones
Look for shades found in the natural landscape. You start with the earth: sand, camel, ochre, rust, mellow browns and pumpkin. You can mix those with denim blue, soft roses and lily pad green. Vegetal and mineral shades are represented by olive green, khaki, emerald, aquamarine and copper.
And the most liked color, blue would be prominent mainly because people like it. From soft icy blue to muted cerulean, you can take your pick.

Quilt
A quilt is a type of bedding— a bed covering composed of a quilt top, a layer of batting, and a layer of fabric for backing, generally combined using the technique of quilting. Another technique for securing the quilt layers is tying. Tying refers to the technique of using thread, yarn or ribbon to pass through all three layers of the quilt at regular intervals. These "ties" hold the layers together during use and especially when the quilt is washed.
Many quilts are made with decorative designs; some quilts are not used as bed covering at all, but are rather made to be hung on a wall or otherwise displayed.
Interior decorators will tell you to pick a item you love and design a room around that. When you choose the clothes you will wear that day. It is the same thing for choosing the fabric in a quilt. Based on the eventual use of the quilt, decide on your main or focus fabric and choose the fabrics that will complement it. Don’t stress over every piece of fabric. It is the overall effect that matters.
Don’t judge fabrics for your quilt up close - put them together and then stand back at least six feet to get the overall effect. If you are planning a wall hanging, put the fabric on the wall in light similar to where you plan to hang it. If you are planning a quilt, lay the fabric on the floor and darken the room a bit.
When choosing fabric for a quilt, use the interior designer trick of incorporating both different scales and different values. Try to use a variety of scales in your quilt - large, medium and small, as well as variety of values - light, medium and dark. Even perfectly smooth fabrics can be described as having a texture depending on the print. Try including a variety of textures, such as a smooth tone-on-tone or a choppy alligator print. Don’t try to be too matchy-uppy with your prints. It’s often the unexpected that makes a quilt into a treat.
It’s value that does all the work in a quilt, although it’s often color that gets the credit. Usually described in terms of light and dark, value determines how close a color is to either white or black. The right values can make the difference between a quilt that sparkles and a quilt that doesn’t. A good scrap design, for example, depends on clear value differences between the fabrics.
Having trouble with the difference between values and color? Think of it this way: If the world contained only black and white, every color would still have its place on the grayscale and that place would be its value. If you aren’t sure, photocopy your fabric in black and white. By removing the color, you can more easily determine the value of a fabric. You could also use a value finder, a small device that looks like a slide with a piece of red or green cellophane in the middle (you actually need both.) Holding a value finder to your eyes and looking through it will help you determine the value of a fabric.