Posted January 24th, 2008
I was helping a friend pick out paint colors the other day
and while I love traditional powder blues and greens, I think they’ve been
exhausted and there are much more interesting ways to use wall paints.
I’m starting to use a lot of deep color tones like emerald
green, wine, dark slate blue, and burgundy in the homes I’m working on. These
paint colors are wonderfully warm and luxurious, and serve as a great balance
for grays, beiges and off-whites, which are better suited for more public areas
of your house/apartment. When it comes to your master bedroom or even a kitchen
I love the idea of doing something more adventurous and original. You don’t
even need to ditch lighter tones all together—pairing a softer color with a
dark chocolate trim, for example, can be beautiful.
It’s important to remember to be relatively cohesive. Don’t
paint every room a different color or your living space will turn into one big
color story of a mess!
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