Understanding Color: Part 4

Ready to take a chance on color? Here are some tactics for increasing your likelihood of success.

Decided to add a color or colors to a room, but not sure where to start? Take a peek in your closet to get color ideas. The colors you pick to wear will generally translate into the colors you want to live with in your home. Take a general look and see if two or three colors are your favorites. Among those, choose pieces of clothing that have the colors you like best, and bring them out into the space you’re thinking of redecorating.

This may sound strange, but your next step is to lay out the clothes in various locations in your space. Does that corner need a burst of orange? Would the sofa look better with a red or green throw pillow? Move the fabrics around until you have a combination of colors that works for you.

The next step is using those clothes to create a color base for the room. Take the clothes to your closest paint store, and look for paint chips that come closest to matching the fabric colors. Tuck those chips in your purse or pocket – you now have color samples you can take with you to select fabrics, accessories, and other color elements in your room. And your clothes can now go back into your closet.

Using your paint chips as samples, start shopping. Do you need new draperies, accessories, rugs? Remember to balance colors across the room. They can create focal points or highlight a space, and color will always make a room more inviting and interesting.

Don’t be afraid to experiment and call us for help!