Color

Color is one of the first main objectives to think of when creating your space.  It can evoke emotions and feelings without even any décor being put into place. Just think about how a bright sunny day feels compared to a drab and gray one. The world still has the same colors, but depending on the day it can make you feel happy or sad. These are hues you are seeing in nature. A color palette to be explored. A bright blue with warmth in it will evoke a different feeling compared to a dark blue with cool undertones.

In school and even applied in real life, design boards aka sample boards are used by designers.  This helps us to bring together a color palette, style, theme and feel for either a room or a whole home.  They can be monochromatic, two tone, complimentary, adjacent color coordinates or anything that makes sense to the client and designer. With so many colors and materials to choose from, the possibilities are endless.

It can be daunting choosing the right shade of taupe, the right shade of grey, the right shade of white (yes there are tons of different "whites") and just about any color in general. Sometimes it does help to have the textiles in place before choosing a color scheme.  You can take a color wheel and use it to pull subtle colors out of textiles in order to make a bolder contrast that may have not been there if you used a neutral. If you are still unsure of what you want, that's where color consultants and designers come in. We have a way of bringing out your words and ideas and making them a concrete visual image.

I have found, working in real estate and painting, that a lot of people have a hard time visualizing a space. Visualizing color and what the end product will look like. Thank goodness for samples as well as being able to paint a picture with words in order to help a client see what their end product will be. Don't be afraid to explore, it is only paint after all!