Breaking Away from White Wall Paint

Paint is one of the most affordable and easiestof pickin your colors. 3. When decorating with
ways to change a room. But choosing the rightpaint you should know that some paints look
paint colors for your home can seem like andifferently in different lights; then look closely at
overwhelming task. Paint, accessories, fabric,the natural light exposure the room has. The
furniture, and flooring should all blend, so take aamount of natural light and exposure to bright
good look at the room you will be working on,sunlight may influence you towards a choice of
preferably before you choose a paint color, andcooler shades like blues and greens. Less natural
decide what will stay in the room, and what youlight may lend itself to warmer shades. So, when
may want to move out of the room. The firstselecting your choice of colors make sure you
thing you should do when choosing interior colorscheck how it looks in daylight and artificial light. 4.
for your home, is look around at colors thatDecorate with paint colors that compliment the
make you feel good, happy, and relaxed. Theserest of your home, and your things. The color
colors are probably already in your home. A fewchosen should especially be compatible with the
examples are the colors you love to look at infixtures which are difficult to replace easily, for
your flower garden, the colors in your jewelry, orexample the fire surrounds, furniture, or carpets
pottery, or they can be found in the colors of theand curtains inside the home. Paint is a lot cheaper
clothes in your closet. The second thing youto change then furniture is, so choose colors that
should do is go to your local paint store and pickcompliment what you have, or your money
up a color wheel, and or sample cards, pick thesavings in using paint to decorate will go down the
sample cards that really catch your eye, and don'tdrain. 5. When decorating with paint, get sample
be afraid to get as many as you want. Takecards and hold them up to your walls in all
these cards home and look at them at differentdifferent lights, also compare them with swatches
times of the day and night, to see how the colorof fabrics for furniture, window treatments etc. If
will look when the sun shines in on them, or atyou collect samples of everything from carpet to
night when you have lamps turned on, or candlescurtains, and put together a storyboard, this will
burning. Study this for several days. Be patienthelp inspire your creativity and make sure you
when deciding which color feels best to you.are happy with your final selection, all before you
Complimentary colors - are the colors that arespend any money at all. 6. Before you start your
directly across from each other on the colorpaint job make sure you have bought enough
wheel. Harmonious colors - are the colors that arepaint. This is especially important if you are having
next to each other on the color wheel. Like blueit custom mixed. It can be difficult to perfectly
and purple. Tints - are colors with white added.match colors later, so rather than deal with the
Shades - are colors with black added. Saturation -hassle, know what you need before hand, and be
is the amount of color used. The more color, thesure to get a little more than you think you need
more vibrant. Color tone - is the degree to whichfor touchups etc. 7. Decorating with paint is fun,
it changes. Pastels - use only a hint of color.but cleaning paint off furniture and floors is not, so
Decorating with Paint When decorating with paint,be sure to clear as many items out of the room
Use the following ten suggestions for optimalbeforehand as possible, and use drop cloths to
results: g 1. First consider the style or decor ofprotect your floor. Also, make sure the room is
your home. This will impact the color. Work outwell ventilated throughout your painting job so
what sort of look or feel you are going for,you don't hurt yourself. 8. Decorating with paint is
whether it is urban, contemporary, modern orfairly inexpensive, but you do not want to have
traditional. Once you know the look that you liketo do it every few months, or even years, so
and what look will work well with the other roomsspend a little more and make sure you buy a top
in your home, the choice of color becomes muchquality paint. Don't use poor quality materials, and
easier. So before decorating with paint, pick theput all your hard work and planning to waste. 9.
look you are going for so that the paint youPrep your walls well before painting, even the
choose can help you meet that objective. 2.highest quality paints do not adhere well to dirty
Decide on the mood you want the room tosurfaces. 10. Paint color is one of the most
evoke. If you want a light happy feeling, darkprofound and powerful ways to shape our
colors will not accomplish that mood. On the othersurroundings. Don't be afraid to go bold, you can
hand, if you want a mood that invokes intimacy,always change your paint later if you find you
study, and cuddling up with a nice book in front ofhate it, but chances are you will wish you had
a warm fire, then darker colors are perfect. Osused even more color.
pick your mood and you will have a better chance