Interior decorating is a creative way to add harmony and balance to rooms. However, the right colors must be used to achieve the look. Often the wrong colors are used and the overall effect is not what is desired. Learning how to mix and match shades to generate a look that is warm and inviting is the key to successful interior decorating.
What Colors are Best?
Red, blue, cream and brown can be used to add warmth as well as complimenting each other to provide accents in a room. Since red and brown are warm colors, mixing them with a cool color – blue – and a neutral color – cream – provides balance. This includes adding accent pieces that feature all of these colors.
The main color used on the walls can be cream or you can use brown. Cream will accent the other colors that will be used for the furnishings. Brown provides a calm background for the cream, blue and red furnishing. Deep blue can be used when coordinated with cream to provide a good look. Painting one wall one color and the other three a complimenting color is also an option that works well
Whether you are using blue, cream or brown for the walls, the furniture as well as window treatments and rugs should incorporate some of these colors to help accent the color chosen. For example, the furniture can be a solid color and the art and decorative items used in the room can be a mixture of the other colors. Painting the walls brown and using accessories that incorporate red, blue and cream provides a calm, soothing look.
Don’t make this Mistake
One of the mistakes most often made when selecting the main color for a room is using one that is too bright. This can have the opposite effect of what you are trying to achieve. The room ends up looking sterile rather than inviting. Use warm colors, such as red and brown and add splashes of all the colors to throw cushions, lampshades, wall hangings and other accessories.
You will find the colors used are going to be the most important feature of interior decorating. The right colors used in harmony will create a room that welcomes friends and family as well as creating a peaceful retreat for you.
