Choosing your Color Scheme

Consider How Your Space Makes you Feel . . .

• The atmosphere of your can make you feel warm and secure or chilled to the bone. Color influences our mood, our behavior, or our attitude.

• Bold shades can make us restless and anxious, while cooler tones keep you calm and serene.  Introducing color into a room can be a bold step.          

• Take a look around your space. Does it feel good being there? Does if feel cold and uninviting? Or warn and cozy?

• Are you afraid of color? Are your walls all white?  Do you have the "usual"  brown furniture as well? 

• Are your accessories and accent pillows brown as well?  Start here with our Color Design Guide to learn more about color.

How to Conquer Your Fear . . .

• The colors you wear show the favored shades your are drawn to. These colors can guide you to the colors used to decorate your home.  What you're wearing are the colors you'll feel most comfortable living with. 

• If you are afraid of using color in your decor, take small steps to incorporate new shades into your decor. 

• Add bright or bolder shades in matching window treatments, using a dramatic rug, and coordinating accessories.

• Color affects emotion. It can make you feel cold and uncomfortable, or warm and relaxed. We are visual beings and we react to what we see. Therefore color can be a great, and inexpensive way to improve your decor'.

Wake up your Life with Color!

• Bring life into your bland rooms. Color or the lack of has the greatest impact on your life! 

• How we use color can make us feel warm and secure, or chilled to the bone. Color influences our mood, our behavior, and our attitude. It can make us feel restless and anxious, or calm and serene. 

• Introducing deep, rich tones can be a bold step. Choices can seem more terrifying than living with them.

• Just remember paint requires the least investment. It isn't permanent. Repainting is the easiest thing.

Color Affects Emotion . . .

Your Color Scheme . . .

• Color is an essential part of your décor.

• Learning the basics of color theory will enhance your space, and offer major impact.

• It's one of the main ingredients of your room. Study and familiarize yourself to understand your options..

• Researching the development of how shades and hues are composed, and how they relate will help you select the right combinations for your space.

• Soft hues and neutrals calm your spirit, and causing you to stay longer and relax. Notice how relaxing to see the sky with it's shades of blue.

• Use soft and neutral tones to create your "spa" bedroom and bath for your own special retreat. Your cool color scheme can be developed by using related shades on the "Color Wheel".

The Color Wheel . . .

You Can Do It!