* Tips For Choosing Colors For Room Painting Makeovers
Before buying paint for redoing rooms in your house, make sure your chosen
colors work are suited for each room slated for a makeover.
Just by choosing the right color schemes, you can turn an ordinary room into an
exceptional one. But before dashing off to buy paint, be sure to do choose
colors that will work well for each room.
Take Inventory
Know what you have to work with regarding your present furnishings. Go
throughout your house and determine which areas need a major makeover. With a
notepad and pen in hand, write down pertinent information regarding each room.
Consider Lighting
What direction does a room face? Does it face east where morning sunlight
streams into a window? Don’t use dark colors in rooms exposed to a lot of
sunlight. A room facing east won’t appear the same in the evening when viewed
with artificial lighting. Rooms facing west may have a warm glow in the morning,
but will be dull in the morning. Just take this into consideration when
selecting colors.
Also, keep in mind that rooms facing north receive less direct sunlight that
those that face south. Therefore, you may want to use sunnier colors to cheer up
a northern exposure.
Take home a wide variety of paint swatches. Then note how the various light
sources for different rooms work with the swatches. Before investing in any
paint, put up a test patch on your wall. After three days to a week of seeing
how the light hits the wall, you’ll have a better idea about how the room would
be if painted in that color.
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