The roof is the ceiling of the house. It really needs to be considered when you’re making color decisions. If you’re due for a new roof, congratulations! You now have a chance to select your roof color from the myriad choices that are available. Here are a few guidelines and considerations:
Traditional Shingle Roofs
Gray or blue [...]
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Neutral doesn’t need to be blah. A neutral color scheme can have color, from tans to greens to blues to light yellows. The big difference between “neutral” and other color schemes is that neutral schemes do not use accent colors that are opposite on the color wheel. For example, in a room with sage green [...]
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Location, location, location. You’ve just closed on the purchase of an older colonial in a beautiful, tree-lined neighborhood that’s perfect for the kids. But the house clearly needs updating. There is old dingy wallpaper throughout, many of the rooms have dark wood panelling, and the lighting, if you can call it that, is totally inadequate. Where to [...]
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Whether you are choosing a landscape palette to coordinate with your house colors or giving your living room a fresh kick, contrasting colors give that punch of color that just says Wow.
The colors that are opposite on the color wheel are complimentary — they offer the most contrast and add the biggest pizzazz to your decorating [...]
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Every home has a few quirks: from small windows and short ceilings to odd angles and peculiar niches. And it’s not just old houses either. Even new houses have challenges, from oversized rooms that echo to a lack of wall space for art (we’ll deal with those problems later). Here are a couple of quick tips that won’t cost much [...]
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If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. If you’re stuck with avocado, harvest gold, or bubblegum bathroom sinks and fixtures and you’re not ready to gut the room and update it completely, then you need to disguise that old color scheme. The best way to do it is to blend the sink color into the wall color.
For [...]
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It’s back. Call it turquoise or a bluer version of seafoam but it’s back. Resurrected from the ’70s, turquoise is popping up everywhere from bathrooms to master bedrooms, to kitchens. It is a fresh, youthful hue that is both soothing and inspiring and it ranges from the bluer version, for example, tropical teal (Benjamin Moore’s #732) and the [...]
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The front door is the focal point of your house and it can make a big splash (as Tony Blair did by changing his 10 Downing Street door color from conservative black to Labour Party red as seen in this photo from the Daily Mail). Doubtful that changing your own front door color will create [...]
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Personally, I can’t live without red. To me, it generates a warmth and energy that every home needs. At least to some degree. And the right red looks great with woods and white and just about everything. Ben Moore’s moroccan red has a hint of orange in it that adds spice to a kitchen backsplash or [...]
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If you are trying to sell your home, the real estate professionals will tell you to neutralize it: remove all the clutter, pack away all the personal items, make sure each room’s function is clear, and paint your walls a neutral color to appeal to all buyers.
Well neutral doesn’t have to mean white. And you [...]
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