A new home is a blank canvas with which you can choose virtually any paint scheme or colour you want to match your family’s personality. However, this can be a tricky situation, especially for new and inexperienced homeowners. Some err on the side of caution that their house looks plain and dull or on the side of extreme that their interiors are wildly-hued and tacky.
Now, before you decide which shades go best for your house painting, take a step back and read this article: the only how-to you need for picking the right interior colours for your home!
Select Furniture First
Though this sounds counterintuitive, there’s a reason why your home’s furnishings come first. Your tables, chairs, and couches are little flourishes that add to the mood of your home and rooms.
Likened to painting, it’s similar to working on the minor touch-ups first before working on the broad strokes. Buying your furniture before painting makes it easier to visualize the colours you want on the walls and ceilings. That, and replacing your furniture if it doesn’t match with the room’s hue is much easier when compared to repainting an entire wall.
Consider the Mood
Rooms aren’t just sections of a house for a particular purpose or activity. As mentioned in the intro, they can match or even complement your and your family’s personality. Specific colours evoke a certain mood you want to project. Here’s a sample list:
- White: Cleanliness and larger-than-normal space.
- Black: Class.
- Red: Passion or drive.
- Green: Friendliness or warmth.
- Brown or Khaki: Neutrality.
- Blue: Calmness, peace, or rest.
- Yellow: Happiness.
The brightness levels of these shades count as well. Going bright makes the area more pleasant and lively, whereas darker, neutral colours make the room look more formal and ambient.
Be sure to read up on colour psychology before finalizing your choices.
Design Pegs Are Your Best Friend
You may already have prospective shades, hues, and brightness levels in mind for your home interiors that you want to be painted, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong for you to take inspiration from established homes with tried and tested paint schemes!
Browse through interior design magazines and home journals that showcase a particular area or an entire home with colours close to your wishlist or utterly different from yours. This type of inspiration can positively impact your house painting and even the furniture you get (make sure they match the wall and ceiling colours)!
Alternatively, visit your relatives’, friends’, or neighbours’ houses and take a look at their interior design. Sometimes, the right interior colours are just an arm’s length away.
Consider the Room’s Function
Uniformity is an excellent idea on paper, but it makes for dull house interiors and a confusing vibe for a room’s function. Painting the master’s bedroom a bright or dark red won’t make it a restful area. Nor will a bright yellow!
The last tip in this list considers the room’s function to arrive at the correct paint. As with mood, match the shade to the use of the area.
For example, since the living room and dining area are places for socializing, gathering, and hosting, consider bright greens, khakis, or yellows. For bedrooms, opt for mellow, darker hues of blue or brown. Remember: the right colours reflect the right mood and function of any interior.
The Final Strokes
A house is not a home without the right people and a suitable paint scheme for its interiors. As mentioned above, it evokes the proper mood, proper function, and vibe for its owners and guests to feel welcome and invited to return again and again.
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