i need help with colours and accessories for my home.?
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You should not do the whole house in two colors - you'd get sick of it very quickly. You also shouldn't do every room in different colors, especially if the house is fairly open. Try to incorporate some of the same colors throughout the house, or use slightly different shades in the same color families. Mix them with other colors to individualize the rooms.
Paint is the easiest way to add color, and the least expensive. It is a bit more labor intensive, of course. Don't leave the walls white. No matter what you do with the rest of the furnishings, it will still look unfinished. Imagine a still life painting - the subject may be a bowl of fruit, but it doesn't just float on a stark white background. There is color in the background to enhance the picture. The same should be true of your home.
Choosing color is a challenge for a lot of people. I recommend going to a craft store and getting an inexpensive color wheel (you can pick them up for just a couple bucks). It helps a lot to understand how colors work together. For example, green and red are opposites on the color wheel, and are called complementary colors. The same is true of blue and orange, and purple and yellow. This is one way of getting that "dash" you were talking about. You can take it a bit further and use a couple of colors that are next to one another on the color wheel (for example, red, red-orange, and orange) and adding a color that is directly opposite one of those (like purple). Use the accent color sparingly, though.
Now bring it back to colors you might actually use in your house. You like earthy colors, so sage green, warm cream, chocolate brown and spicy rusts would all go together nicely. The rust and sage are like the red and green on the color wheel - complementary. The brown and cream mellow out the color so it isn't too overwhelming. You can add a punch of color with a deep plum for contrast. Keep in mind the proportions of the colors. You do not want to have equal amounts of each color - that would be confusing to the eye. Try a ratio of 60-25-10-5, for example. This isn't a hard and fast rule, just a guideline.
Finally, to check out color combinations, go to the Behr paint website and use their ColorSmart system. You'll need Macromedia Flash Player, but it has an inspiration section that can give you color palettes. You can also choose colors on your own to see how they work.
Other answers:
Color is great in a house. Why not get a home decorating magazine. I have personally seen colorful walls in houses (bright colors) in different rooms. It was really nice. Off white walls are so plain. Spice it up.
Color is great in a house. Why not get a home decorating magazine. I have personally seen colorful walls in houses (bright colors) in different rooms. It was really nice. Off white walls are so plain. Spice it up.
Go to Home Depot or Lowes. They have free sample books that show decorated rooms and what paints look great together. It was very helpful to me when I was redecorating! Good Luck
you can have your sofa printed and pillows as plain(vice versa)
you can also change the color scheme of a closed room(bedroom or t&b)
as of curtains u can use the see-though curtain(i forgot what its called) it's nice cause ur quite at sea
u can use few printed fabrics for a room and the rest is plain; as of colors use the colors of the same specie or analogous colors,,i would gladly prefer it like yellowgreen,green and bluegreen,(with diff.tints and tones)
a plain white wall is elegant and so relaxing but you can also change the color of the cornice or baseboard...
-also read an interior design magazine or at least consult a designer