Comments on: color theory 101 : how it applies to your home

By: aj

My two words are calm and refreshed but I’m bored with blue!

By: ashley @ the handmade home

ashley @ the handmade home

In reply to Tracy.

Hey Tracy! I don’t think you can ever label something until a. you know exactly where and how they will be used and b. the exact shades of the color. I mean, you could easily do something like this and pull it off well! I also think it also depends on what YOU’RE comfortable with. Look for ways to tie it in. If it’s what you love… if you feel like you’ve always loved it and always will… then I’m not sure it matters at all! ;} I hope that helps.

By: Tracy

Tracy

hi, im a newcomer to yr website, sounds interesting about your color theory. my house is under decoration, my words would be “botanic” and “comfort”, im planning to use light olive green, white, light grey, blue shade…maybe too many colors?

By: Munsell Color

Munsell Color

The two words we chose were colorful and modern. We love the application of color theory to interior design. Of course, we may be biased but we believe color to be the most important choice in any design.

By: Shawna

Shawna

How funny! My answer to the question was “Warm & comfortable”. The colors I have are deep blue, maroon, green, and amber/gold highlights.

By: Sally

Sally

So my words would be inviting and cozy. My dining rm is red orange. My kitchen is newly painted ” edamame”, which I guess is yellow green, but also has a hint of blue ( would that make it just green???). Can you over analyze colors?? So my family room is currently a great yellow, a darker yellow. I have an inspiration piece that has those three colors plus a dark pink on a black background, which i love! But now I don’t like the yellow so much next to the green. I’m wondering what to paint the Family room. I love my DR color next to the green. Would it be weird to paint my FR that same color and reserve the ” gold” for the entry spaces?? Would love some insight and am looking forward to the next installment!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany

My words are “inviting” and “cozy.” I would be very interested on some tips for adding color to LARGE spaces. My home (which my husband bought before we married so…not what I would have chosen) has a very open floor plan. I’m not afraid to go bold with color when it’s more or less contained in four walls, but our kitchen/den/dining room/living room are all one space with a few walls breaking it up in the middle. There are so many resources for decorating small rooms to look bigger, but how do you take a huge room and make it cozy? And I’m craving color–bold, saturated color. How can I pull that off with so many spaces combined? I’m really looking forward to this series! Thanks so much!

By: ashlee

ashlee

clean & airy.

by airy, i mean coastal, beachy, washy, shades of whites & blues & greens & tiny hints of ivory.

i live on the east coast of canada and i’ve always been drawn to the coastal/cottage type of scheme.

we’ve lived in our house for (at startling, i can’t believe it!) 18 months now. we have done very, very little work. we’ve done the kids’ rooms – i have two girls, ages 6 & 8. it’s hard to instill my own philosophies into their rooms because they have their own little personalities and quirks.

we have *so* much work to do with the rest of the house. new bathroom fixtures, new paint jobs, new blankets, new throw pillows, new this, new that. we have very little decor accessories. a lot of furniture – and not a lot of the tiny things that make a house a home.

despite being drawn to the airy look, i’m also drawn toward family history and heritage. i haven’t started displaying any of our family photographs yet – i’ve got an amazing collection, dating back to the early 1900s. but…i don’t know how to incorporate them into the ‘airy’ house feel. they have a very rustic, vintage, historical, and warm feel to them. i have no idea how to tie the two styles together, hence the reason i haven’t started yet.

but i’m getting there. i’m learning that things don’t have to be perfect – they have be ME. US. our own funky personalities on display in our home, whether mismatched or not.

i’m getting there!

i’m also hung up on having colour ‘flow’ throughout the house. choosing one or two colours and sticking with them so that there is consistency. but, again, that likely won’t happen when i’m attempting to incorporate two opposing styles. i have to learn to look at it this way – colour is FUN. creative. inventive. it speaks.

By: Lauren

Lauren

So much great info! I just painted every single room in my house and it was stressful choosing all of the paint colors – but I am beyond happy with how it turned out.

My two words are warm and cozy. It’s how I want anyone who comes in to feel – so they can be comfortable immediately and just start relaxing!

By: Michelle S

Michelle S

I just found your blog two days ago and fell in love. Now you are doing a series on paint colors? It feels like nothing short of destiny. I am currently slave to the paint chip wall of any home improvement store I walk in. My paralysis stems from a) the color I need to pick will be in the major living areas of the house b) it will touch a wall from the kitchen (which I made the mistake of painting first and with a very tricky blue/gray/green hue to boot) and c) I have light tile floors which have a slight marbling that is hard for me to coordinate with.
I can’t wait for the rest of this series!
Also, my words are ever changing but I would have to pick “relaxing” and “fresh.”