Try starting some bulbs indoors. Add some stones, marbles, aquarium pebbles, or even a couple of dollars worth of pennies. Get a few bulbs such as paper whites, and place them on the rocky surface. Add water just up to the bottom of the bulbs o and refill to this water level every day. Put them in a o sunny spot and soon you'll have a tall plant with fragrant o white blossoms.
Warmer weather mean garage sales, so plan a day to go o on a treasure hunt.
An old window is an easy find at a garage sale. Similarly, a dark wall can be lightened up with a light colored o folding screen if you don't want to paint. It's a good seasonal o solution that is easily undone. The hot colors for 2001 are o brights rather than pastels, and anything electric like lavender o or periwinkle blue. Lighten up a dark couch with a light colored throw draped down o the middle.