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Ideas to liven up a plain white room

by Valerie

Me and my family like to hang out in our family room.

It is a room that has a door to the study, and then a door that takes you to the sunroom. When I walk in the room it just looks boring and regular.

The color of the room is white with a little area of wood on the walls, that corners in our family fireplace.

We have a huge t.v. that takes up most of the space. But what also takes up most of the space is our golden colored couch and our golden rocking chair.

We also have a plain white couch that we put a green plain fabric cover on it, so nobody gets stain on it. We hung pictures up to make it feel more comfortable.

I can't choose what colors I would like to paint the room.

Does anybody have any ideas that I could use for this room.




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Red, gold and green....
by: Charlotte

Hello Valerie

Although white can be good for making your rooms feel more spacious, and as a good neutral base, it can sometimes end up with your room feeling a little cold and unwelcoming.

Adding colors into your home can definitely help with this.

As you have a basis of green and gold in your room, you should probably try working with this to choose your new color scheme, unless you have a particular dislike of these colors.

Either color would make a great base color for the room - the gold used all over may make your room feel a little smaller, but would give a very warm and cosy effect.

The green would not have such a 'shrinking' effect on your room, and would give a more relaxing then 'cosy' feel.

You could use a mixture of these 2 colors. If you wanted to add further colors, either as an accent, or as an alternative color scheme for the whole room, choose from plain yellows, yellow-greens, teals or a warm red-violet (this one would be the obvious accent color choice - keep in small quantities).

It can be nice to create an accent wall or focal point in your room - with a stronger, more dynamic color (such as the red-violet - a warm purply red)- and then pick this up with accents through the room - cushions, throws, curtains, accessories, artworks etc.

To keep it simple, aim to use no more than 3 basic colors, one of which should be designated as your accent.

Hope this helps you with your color decisions. Browse through the rest of the site for more ideas to inspire you, or just take a look at the how to design section to take you through your own design process.

Best wishes for your makeover

Charlotte




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