HOW DOES PAINT COLOR EFFECT YOUR HOME:

Color can not only effect your home but your daily life.

Whether selling or not there are some ways to spruce up your home that might make that buyer bite or just make it more enjoyable to you.

You can change the whole mood of a room by painting just one wall.  Although deep reds are gorgeous if you are looking to “sell” an earth tone would appeal to more buyers.  Some of the homes we have seen sell the quickest, for the most money, have used shades of beige, taupe, or sage. 

Most of us may not think about room color but it does affect our every day life as well as affects the sale of our home.  Color can influence our mood and our thoughts.  Colors affect us in many ways, depending upon our age, gender, ethnic background and the climate of our location.  There are certain colors (or groups of colors) that tend to get a similar reaction from most people.  So it’s important to choose wisely.

Color has the power to change the shape and size of furnishings as well as room size.

The main color of your room can make you feel anything from tranquil to rage.  Colors can be active, passive and neutral.  Light colors are expansive and airy, they make rooms seem larger and brighter.  Dark colors are sophisticated and warm, they give rooms an intimate appearance.

Red raises a room’s energy level.  Good to stir up excitement, particularly at night.  Red can draw people together and stimulate conversation.  It would make a good accent in a dining room.  At night it will appear muted, rich and elegant.  Red is the most intense and pumps the adrenaline like no other hue.  It has been shown to raise blood pressure, speed respiration and heart rate.

Yellow captures the joy of sunshine and communicates happiness. It’s good for kitchens and dining rooms.  Although yellow is a cheery color it is not a good choice for a main color.  People are more likely to lose their tempers in a yellow room.  Babies seem to cry more in a yellow room.  It can cause a feeling of frustration and anger and is fatiguing on the eyes.  It is best used as an accent.

Blue brings down blood pressure and slows respiration and heart rate.  It’s considered calming, relaxing and serene, is recommended for bedrooms and bathrooms.  Be careful though, a pastel blue that looks pretty on the paint chip can come across as chilly.  When going with blue go for softer shades.  Dark blue evokes feelings of sadness.

Green is considered the most restful color for the eye.  Green is suited to almost any room in the house.  In a kitchen, a sage or medium green cools things down; in a family room or living room, it encourages unwinding and warmth to promote comfort and togetherness.  In a bedroom its relaxing and pleasant.  Green has a calming affect when used as a main color.  It is believed to relieve stress.

Purple is rich, dramatic and sophisticated.  It is associated with luxury and creativity and as an accent or secondary color it gives scheme depth.  Lighter versions such as lavender and lilac bring the same restful quality to bedrooms as blue without the risk of feeling chilly.

Orange evokes excitement, enthusiasm and is an energetic color.  It would be a good color for an exercise space.  It will bring all the emotions out that you need when jumping into your fitness routine.  In ancient cultures orange was used to heal the lungs and increase energy levels.

Neutrals (black, gray, white and brown) are basic to the decorator’s tool kit.  All neutral schemes fall in and out of fashion, but their virtue lies in their flexibility.  Add color to liven things up and subtract it to calm things down.  

Black is best used in small doses as an accent; some experts maintain that every room needs a touch of black to ground the color scheme and give it depth.

The ceiling is one-sixth of the space in a room.  For decades white has been considered not only the safest but also the best choice for ceilings.  Ceilings that are lighter than the walls feel higher, while those that are darker feel lower.  If you have high ceilings, visually lowering them can evoke cozy intimacy.

Dark walls make a room seem smaller and light walls make a room seem larger.