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You've found a unique color combination that you absolutely love, but how are you going to get these colors in your home?
There's somewhat of a recipe or formula that I follow and for the most part, it works but like design, everything is customized to your home and it may not work. For the most part, this is what I do.
Foyers:
The homes in South Charlotte are large and usually have two story, open floor plan foyers. You have to be really careful choosing color here because the color will be seen in BOTH the top and bottom part of your home which means, the colors in the rest of your home should coordinate with the foyer. Having said that, a neutral is always a good choice here - but - it doesn't have to be!
I've blogged oodles of times about foyers but it doesn't hurt to be redundant as long as you know that you should try to choose a neutral here and keep the exciting colors for the rest of the home.
Once you choose your foyer color, the rest of the home is based off that hue. Remember to keep your undertones in the same family.
Here's a sample of a color palette where the foyer starts off light, soft and very neutral. The rest of the home follows.
Here the foyer color has a little more pigment therefor the rest of the surrounding rooms can be stronger as well.
What if you want you foyer to have a little more color to it? Instead of being neutral, have a color lead the palette for the rest of your home.
So embrace your color - but make sure it's the RIGHT color!
Question, Ms. Donna! :) In a small condo that has a totally open floor plan downstairs with a two-story vaulted ceiling in half the living room, is it best to do the whole downstairs one color and the whole upstairs one color? Then I was thinking a third complimentary color on the two-story wall that would go with both the upstairs and downstairs colors.
ReplyDeleteI would choose one color for the downstairs, a coordinating color for the upstairs and a neutral color for the two story wall that shares both areas. I know that's hard to visualize here. If you need specific advice - click on the Benjamin Moore circle to the right of this blog and look me up on the expert forum. Send in some photos and I'll be able to help you out with specific colors there.
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Keep your colors the same undertone and since it's small, keep your colors light and cheery so there's a smooth transition from area to area. If it's a super small condo - monotone works well.
What is the den color in the third compilation? The soft blue green color?
ReplyDeleteAnd the office color in the second cluster? A dense blue green?
Thank you!
These colors aren't any specific colors - I designed them myself. If you like that look, pick up a Sherwin Williams paint deck at the store and look at the colors from page 26-32 for that look. Some hues are more blue and some more green but those pages are very popular!! PIck a winner!
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