Choosing the right bedroom colors for you!
09/09/2008 09:07 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
Choosing the right bedroom colors for you should be as pleasurable as designing an amazing meal, full of exciting, complimentary flavors. Bedroom color should be like the filet mignon you treat yourself to, not the energy bar that keeps you going when you’re running from appointment to appointment. Simply pick a color that you love, because it is going to be the last color you look at before you fall asleep and the first color you see when you open your eyes in the morning. One easy way to begin the quest to choose your perfect bedroom shade is to start with a color of the rainbow—red, yellow, pink, blue, purple, orange or green—then decide if you want a morning, afternoon or evening version of the color. Lighting can change, bedding can change, but do consider the color of the wood in floors or bedroom sets. If your bedroom furniture is dark wood and you love it, try painting your walls a lighter or brighter contrasting color to feature the wood.
Then again many of us may not like our bedroom furniture or the dark wood trim and we are stuck with it. Now trust me on this, if you don’t like the wood that much then camouflage it with a richer, darker color on the walls that blends with the furniture or trim. DO NOT be afraid—beauty comes in all colors. For example, dark wood with red undertones would look tres chic with dark purple or red walls (think Devine Bordeaux™, Dusk, or devinegreen™ Chameleon). Rich greens, or dark chocolates like Devine Cocoa™ or Truffle can do the trick. Yes it will be dark, but then get a light colored comforter, bright pillows, a better lamp. Take the focus away from the furniture you want to get rid of but can’t. If you dare, paint the ceiling the same to make it a cozy womb of color you want to curl up in. If not, DO NOT LEAVE IT WHITE. It will look like a white hat on a burgundy suit, a white sheet over a green lawn. Paint the ceiling a smoky neutral in the same hue. For example, if you paint the walls Devine Tempest™, try Devine Bavarian™ on the ceiling. With lighter woods, be very careful you don’t end up washing out the room into nothingness. Create harmony, not monotony, with similar shades on either the lighter or darker side of the scale, but not the same as the wood. For contrast make sure you don’t over do it. Light wood accessories with a super-duper dark color on the walls makes the furniture look cartoonish.
Now, I know that most people do not think about this, but paint sheens on walls make a HUGE difference on how a color looks! Think of walls being the LARGEST SURFACE IN YOUR DECOR because they are. So here is why the sheens matter. Devine Powder Finish™ and other mattes on the market have little to no sheen. Think of it as absorbing light and making a color darker. Eggshells—I hate that name, so I named our version *Delicate Wall Finish™—makes color lighter because of their small levels of reflection. Higher glosses, like our Devine Luscious™ and our new Devine Smooth Gloss™ (coming out this winter) makes light bounce off the color, and therefore features the color prominently. That is why it is good for accenting trim, and cabinets. I personally love our Delicate Wall Finish™ for bedrooms. I love how the light diffuses over the walls at night and looks like the color is illuminated from within. Our paint sheens mimic fabric. They have an evenness to their level of reflection that you’ll love.
So whatever your fancy: Make it a dark pink that makes that makes you happy, a cool blue that makes you relaxed, or an electric green that makes you energized and ready to face the day’s challenges. What ever the color, consider spicing up your bedroom, and let me know what you come up with!
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