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7 Tips To Note When You Decorate Your Home
by Janice Wee
- 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.
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