So you have bought your dream home. Now
its time to select the right colors for your home. It is quite
challenging and confusing at times. We are here to help you and clear
all your doubts and confusions. Selecting right home colors is very
important as it sets your mood. Whatever color you choose is actually in
accordance to what you want the room to feel like.
Adopting a color scheme
So, basically one question arises among individuals. Should you have one color scheme or customize it according to the needs?
I
would suggest that a color scheme will be great to adopt. It is
although important to keep continuity throughout the entire house. You
can keep the continuity and also give each and every room a different
personality of your choice. So adopting a color scheme is important. It
should be custom, so that there is a different color in every bedroom,
in kitchen as well as in the living room. I will tell you in detail what
all color combinations will be great for your home.
Classic Home Colors Combinations
One
of most used classic color combination is of Blue and White. This light
color combination is very much suited for almost every house. For
Living room this combination will look awesome. It also depends on the
sunlight, if there is no sunlight in the living room then you should use
the lightest colors. If there is decent sunlight then you can opt for
slightly dark shades of Blue in the living room.
Yellow
and Green can be a good color combination in kitchen. It gives you an
eco-friendly kind of a touch while creating your recipes. This color
combination looks good, again according to the sunlight use the lightest
shades of these colors. This is one of the coolest color combination
one can have in their kitchen.
If
you have an in-house library room then you can use some of the
enthusiastic colors. The perfect combinations for library room would be
chocolate brown and camel or navy blue and dark green. Basically library
room colors should be such that, which you like the most and which keep
you enthusiastic.
You should not be
get bored with this color combination as dark and dull colors might make
you feel sleepy. In library you should not sleep! Same goes for your
workplace room. Now a days the computer is mostly situated is the
workplace room. Now is the era of the laptops.
So its actually easy to sit anywhere in the house and work. But some
people like to sit in their favorite place. That place becomes his/her
workplace. In some houses there are instances that in your living room
or in a bedroom you have a shelf full of books.
Make
sure that you use the color combinations on the wall where the shelf is
located. It will give you a different feel altogether and you can enjoy
your reading. The best combinations are the colors which you like. If
there are colors surrounding you which you like then the work
productivity is more. You feel happy. If you don`t like some colors and
are around you, then there are chances of getting unhappy about it.
So adopt the right classic color combinations of your choice.
Advice on using Bold colors
If
you use dark bold colors in your home then there are chances that you
may get bored of it quickly. If you like some bold colors then you can
incorporate in your bedroom. Bold colors are attractive and vibrant. The
couple should decide what colors will setup their mood. So use the bold
colors on the places you like to be. Make sure that the bold colors are
the ones which you like and not the ones which you dislike. But try to
use them as less as possible. There should also be proper lighting in a
room where it is painted by a bold color.
Negative strategy if you already own furniture
There
should be a firm strategy of applying colors if you already own the
furniture. You can apply the color according the color of the furniture.
The main fact is that the color shade should be lighter and suitable to
the furniture. This strategy should be applied if you already own the
furniture. It plays a vital role in the look of the home. So, if you
have not bought furniture now, then you can use any colors, you have the
freedom. If not, use this strategy.
Neutral color scheme is Boring
If
you are planning to paint your home with the same color in all the
rooms, then it is not the right choice. You should have variety of
colors which will enhance the looks of the house. The main fact is that
same color in the whole house looks dull and assumes to be invisible by
the perspective of the observer. So there should be no neutral color
scheme, it looks boring.
Size of room: an important factor in choosing colors
If
you have large rooms then you should use bright colors. If coloring a
small room, then you should use some cool colors so that it might appear
to push the walls out. So a large room needs to be kept warm and the
small room needs to be kept cooler as per the experts in architecture.
So these are the various factors which you have to keep in mind choosing the colors of your house.
It all depends on the sunlight, the architecture and also the furniture
which you are going to use. I hope that some of these tips will be
helpful in your decision making of choosing the right colors for your
house. The main fact is that use the colors favorable to the needs and
everything will look good.
Colors can
bring in good appearance and enhance the overall home`s interior. So
apply the colors and enrich your house. Do comment and let other
visitors know what color combinations worked best for you. Cheers!