A couple of tips to help you establish the right color palette:
- Limit your selections - a color palette should be reflective of your personality and furnishings, but every home needs a primary color pallete that runs through most of the main living spaces. Take cues from your furnishings or artwork you love and choose one main color and preferably no more than two secondary accent colors.
- Be careful not to choose colors that are too garish and bright, unless you want your house to look like a day care. Typically colors that have a gray undertone to them will "read" much more soothing and subdued while still giving that burst of color you want without shocking the eyes.
This bachelor pad went from oh so wrong to the perfect palette for him.
- Pay attention to the color of your floor and furnishings. For example, if you have dark wood floors and dark leather furniture, you may not want to paint a dark color unless you are going for a really dark look - such as a media room. If you do, balance that color with other brighter elements in the room. Conversely, you don't want to have your furnishings floating in a see of white or beige either. Add some contrast!
- Get the advice of a professional color consultant such as myself. Choosing color is an emotional decision! You know that you are going to invest time and money in the process of painting, and who wants to paint 3 times to get it right. If you just can't make that decision. Call a professional to come and help with those selections. You will get a personalized color palette that is perfectly suited to your tastes and you will be able to sleep at night knowing you didn't make the wrong choice.
At Interiors Refined, our color consultations start at $75. We have an expert painting crew that will make your home beautiful. They can also handle sheetrock repair and trim carpentry. Color Consultation costs are applied to the cost of painting if you choose to use our painters.
Happy Decorating!
