Ideally, choosing interior paint color is a fun, expressive project. However, we realize from working with customers that it can also be daunting. Here are some quick guidelines for choosing room colors, whether it’s for a bathroom or an entire house.
Main Rooms Flow Together
For main rooms, the name of the game is keeping everything consistent. Many homes have an open floor plan where rooms flow into one another, and halls can easily be viewed from the central living area. If this is the case for your house, colors need to be carefully matched so they don’t clash.
What many design specialists and painters recommend is to keep colors consistent throughout one level of your home so that walking from one room to the next maintains a feeling of flow.
“Color continuity is one of the most important concepts in interior painting,” Greenleaf Painters owner Jonathan Shenk said. “We recommend that dramatic differences in color be saved for an accent wall or for rooms that are separated by doors.”
Use Bold Colors Playfully but Sparingly
Bold, trending colors such as brighter blues and greens can seem exciting at first, but your eye may tire of them eventually. Thus, we recommend that you use them sparingly — but playfully.
Unlike main rooms, bedrooms and other closed rooms can be great places for experimentation. The risk of using a bold color here has a much higher chance of paying off than in the whole house.
“We see more people take color risks in bathrooms or bedrooms than in large living areas,” Shenk said, whose home office is a slate blue color. “People really like bold colors in a closed room. It allows them to express their personality without risking painting large areas with this color.”
Express Yourself
“What colors are you drawn to?’ It’s one of the questions we ask when helping homeowners choose. Earthy, soothing colors are “in” right now. If you are looking for more of a flow in your house, this might be the year to create it with color
