INTERIOR DECOR - APPRECIATING THE NEW NEUTRALS - Austin and Highland Lakes, Texas
Listing your home for sale in the Austin or Highland Lakes area? Take a look at this article for some staging tips about color. It really is ok not to just have white walls. Sometimes a little pop of color can make all the difference. Thinking of listing your home for sale in Austin or the Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Lake LBJ area? We'll be happy to provide you with a complimentary market analysis for your home or other property. We'll also help you stage your home to SELL! Ccontact us today!
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Color plays a central role in interior decorating and home staging, bringing life and warmth into our homes and creating comfort and atmosphere. Perhaps the most versatile design tool, color can be used to enhance and alter the quality of natural light, make a space more intimate or more spacious, and stimulate or calm the environment.When the word neutral is used about a shade or a color, the image of a dreary, non-descript beige is the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, home stagers have historically suggested that a house be "neutralized" for the market. Sounds like a hazmat suit is in order!
I'm no soldier in the war against beige, but that neutral palette has definitely expanded and as we move into Spring, why not consider the green spectrum? From the pale creamy tone of celery through a fresh leaf green to a deep and muddy tobacco - greens live in perfect harmony with every other color. Just look in the garden or visit your local florist to see endless shades of green co-existing happily with all those flowers. Green is a perfect neutral in its many shades and strengths.
With respect to paint, a good rule of thumb to follow is, that the more space you intend to cover, the lighter and more delicate the color should be. This calm quiet look is wonderful with Oriental furniture, as the dark woods are a perfect foil for the celadon color scheme. Once a soothing environment is created, you can bring in more depth and texture. Add an item or two incinnebar, as an accent, and the effect will be exciting yet at the same time peaceful and elegant.
And finally, no matter how contemporary your space, try to add something vintage or metallic, to both ground the room and make it feel rich and inviting. Silver candlesticks, a mother of pearl box or metallic pillows work beautifully with greens.Decorating to stay or staging to sell, the right neutrals can refresh your space with excitement and harmony.Interior Decorating - Home Staging
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