Featured Decorating Ideas for the Home

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• When selecting paint colors, take into consideration the size position and function of the room. Pale colors such as blue, green, and lavender will expand and brighten a small dimly lit room; yellows and whites also expand a room and make them more airy and cheerful. Warm dark tones such as reds, browns, and oranges can make a large room cold room appear cozy. When choosing a color scheme, you will need to decide whether you wish the paintwork to create a strong visual impact, using vivid primary colors, or to form a neutral, natural-toned backdrop.
   
• Using the same color or different shades of the same color will have a unifying effect.
   
• Contrasting colors emphasize a handsome piece of furniture or a beautiful art object by placing it against a wall in a contrast color for a background either lighter or darker.
   
• Color can establish a focal point. In a perfectly square room, it can be made more interesting by painting one wall an accent wall or doing a faux finish on the accent wall.
   
• When selecting colors, look at the dominant pieces of furniture in your room. A dominant furniture color , particularly if it is a deep rich color will be reflected all around the room and influence how the other colors appear.
   
• The intensity of light in most rooms varies during the day. Light intensity affects tone and color. Still another tone will be created at night by artificial lighting.
   
• If you want to make your ceilings appear lower, then paint the ceiling 2 shades lighter than the walls of the same color family. If you want the ceiling to appear higher than paint the ceiling white.
   
• If you have a long narrow room you want to make wider, paint the shorter walls a darker color of the same family.
   
• Moulding and doors are normally painted white. There are a variety of different whites, Dunn Edwards Suisse Coffee is very popular for mouldings.
   
• The only way to see how a color is going to look is to buy a quart and paint a large sample on several walls and look at it for a few days. Most paint samples will appear darker on the wall then on the paint sample. Be sure to let it dry completely first.