Bring spring inside to brighten the house instead of longingly staring at it through the window. Take a hint or two from Mother Nature. Begin with color. What hues does she wear in spring? She decks herself out in soft pastels and tender greens: the soft lavender of the lilac, the blue of a robin’s egg, the pink of a tea rose, the yellow of the daffodil, and the green of the asparagus fern. She doesn’t wear austere colors nor does she don herself in drab umbers, charcoals, and browns. She strives for lightness and openness and freshness.