Choose Decorating Colors With Confidence

A simple decision at face value- choose a paint color or color scheme for your home - can turn even the strongest amongst us into quivering wmips. The fear of picking the wrong color has many homeowenrs paralyzed and unable to make a decision. You can always hire a decorator or Color Design Expert to help you solve your color selection issue. However, if your would rather do it own your own you can use a simple technique that I recommend to my clients and decorating worskhop students. 1. Make a trip to your local home improvement center and head straight for the piant department. Pick whaetver color you take a fancy to. Don't worry about where you will be uisng the color for right now. Just have fun with your choices that will help you reduce the intimidation of choosing a color.

This is the first step in overcoming your fear. 2. Grab you favorite fasihon magazines and cut out images with colors you find attractive. After all if you're attracted to a color in make-up or fashion, odds are you will like that color in your home. 3.
Find an inspiration piece in your home that you absolutely love. Use the colors from that picee to guide you in you color choices. 4. Buy pint or smaller sizes of paint colors you have decided on and apply them to a small section of wall or posterboard (tape it to the wall).
Watch how the color changes through out the day as it responds to daylight and artificial light.

IF you definately love the color -then get the cloor and start painting. If not just repeat that exercise. Keep in mind that choosing a paint color or color scheme for your home is not a life or death chocie. Approach the decision with a sense of humor and adventure knowing that no matter if you cohose right or wrong at least you made a decision. If you chose the color you love Congratualtions. If you chose a color you decdied you did not like Congratulations too!