When it comes to painting your home, you have to remember a few things to ensure the entire process goes smoothly from start to finish. Think of your home as a reflection of you and your personality.
With the right colours, you can showcase who you are as well as the things you like and prefer. Interested in learning how you can choosing paint colours for your home’s wall?
Consider The Mood You Want To Convey
The first key in planning a successful home painting is to think about the mood you’re looking to convey about a room. Is the room supposed to feel calm and relaxing? Do you want something more vibrant? If calm, cool and collected is something you’re after, then you want to go with a cool shady colour or something light such as moss or sage. If you want to add vibrancy to a room, stick to yellows. If you’re after minimalism, then choose neutral shades.
With some imagination (and paint), you can create the kind of environment that speaks volumes.
Use The Colour Wheel
What does it mean by using the colour wheel? It means using colours that are close to one another on the wheel. For example, blues and purples equivalent to one another, so that one colour appears more vibrant than the other. If you use colours that are opposite of one another on the colour wheel (think green and red), they can complement each other. If a soothing, calm look is what you’re going after, you want to stay in shades that are similar to each other.
A colour wheel allows you to better understand how colours complement one another. If the goal is to bring more space to a small room, you want to use colours like green, purples and blues. A vibrant look can be found in colours like reds, oranges and yellows.
Of course, if you find it hard to narrow down your choices, take a few swatches of colours you like to the wall. You can also paint the samples on a sample board to see how they complement one another.
Use Technology
There is no doubt how far technology has come. And, if you’re in the process of remodeling your home (giving it a good makeover), then you need to do some homework into the latest products to have entered the paint market. There are all kinds of apps and tools that give you some inclination of what a colour will look like on your home wall.
By looking through colour catalogs that the majority of paint companies provide, you can spur your creativity and imagination. There is an infinite number of possibilities for you to choose from.
Just Look Around You
Believe it or not, the world around you can be your biggest inspiration. When trying to decide on a colour, consider what else will be in the room. For example, curtains, décor pieces or pillows can be an inspiration to wall colours. If an accent wall is what you’re after. Then look at the bold colours that surround you. Your clothes, a chair’s colour or a piece of artwork can be helpful in decorating the accent wall.
Abide By The 60/30/10 Rule
When you’re going to paint a wall, you need to abide by the 60/30/10 rule, which means 60 percent of a room should be the dominant colour (the wall), 30 percent needs to be a secondary colour (furniture) and the last 10 percent should be your accent colour (accessories).
When you abide by this rule, you’ll feel less stressed out about the painting job. Of course, if you’re still having issues, find the room’s focal point before you start painting. Go with a neutral colour if you have vibrant furniture and accessories. Never ever use more than three colours. If you want two bold colours, use a neutral colour to balance them out.
Another way to choose your paint colours is to go with a bold one first and then choose the others based on it.
Focus On The House, Not Just Individual Rooms
When it comes to painting your house interior and individual rooms, you need to remember your entire house and not just individual rooms. It’s not easy to move from one colour to another in a home, but choose colours that flow into one another and bring spaces together. A key thing to do is start with your dining and living rooms before moving onto other areas of the home.
Choose The Paint Type
Now that you know what colours you’re going to put onto your walls, it’s time to choose the paint type. If you don’t like stains on the walls (and who does), then you should get a glossy paint. The glossier paint is, the harder it will be for stains to stick (and for those that do, the easier it is to clean up). Glossy paint is good for households with kids and pets – think messy kids using the walls for the artwork or even spills. Glossy means a finished look to the home.
If you have imperfections in your walls, you should consider a matte or flat paint. For example, eggshell is a wonderful bathroom or kitchen colour because of its washability feature. You can also go with a satin sheen for these rooms – you get some gloss but no real shine to it.
Home painting is already a task and half, but the real stress comes from choosing colours that accentuate each other, the furniture and everything else too. This can be a real headache, but with the above tips, you should have a better understanding of what colours go with what and how to choose paint colours for your home.
