7 Tips To Note When You Decorate Your Home
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That bright color might look great in a tiny swatch but
garish on an entire wall. Use a free color visualizing
tool to help you visualize how the wall would look in your
chosen color, before you spend money on the paints.
If you choose a bright color, consider confining it to
a single wall with neutral colors, on the rest of the walls to
balance the look.
Light colors make a room look larger while dark colors
make a room cosier.
To make the ceiling look higher, try a very pale color
or white to make it recede. You could try painting the ceiling
sky blue so it looks like you are looking up to the never ending
sky when you look up towards the ceiling.
Wood gives the room a warmer, homelier, back to nature
feel. A room with wooden wallpaper, wood floors, and ceiling,
lit with warm lights gives you a comforting, cosy
atmosphere.
Get your basic color scheme right first. The color of
the floor, walls and ceiling should all complement one another.
You could use the exact same color on the walls and ceiling for
an unbroken, harmonious look in a room, to form the background
before you add the furnishings or furniture. Visualize how the
elements go together, you could sketch out the entire look on
paper, or use color my
home to put together the walls, floor, ceiling and
furnishings to see how the colors go with one another. To use,
choose the color or wallpaper for the wall. Next, choose the
floor color. Then choose the ceiling color. Finally pick the
furnishings. These are compared against the wall color or the
floor color.
Dark colors are easier to maintain as dirt does not
show up so easily. Consider a darker color for sofa sets, tables
and other heavily used furniture, especially if you have little
kids or pets in your home. On the other hand, if you have a long
haired white cat that sheds a lot of hair, you might want want
more white furniture as white hair contrasts with dark
furniture. Consider your household when planning your color
scheme.
About the author:
The writer developed colormyhome to help her
visualize the color layout in a room and to help her come up
with pleasant color schemes.
Author: Janice Wee