Popular paint colors for a bedroom?
Question:
Can you tell me what paint colors are most popular for a bedroom, living room-dining room space and small kitchen?
Anne
Answer:
Anne,
Our best advice is to pick a color you love rather than what’s most popular. Look through your favorite home decorating magazines and catalogs. Tear out the room scenes you like. What colors do you respond to? What colors make you feel good?
Or, pick a favorite object that fits your personal style and use it for inspiration. It could be an old vase, a throw pillow or even a plate.
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| A favorite object can serve as color inspiration. |
Start off slowly or dive right in?
You don’t have to change all at once. If color makes you nervous, start off slowly with neutrals and accent a wall with a dramatic splash of color. Add decorative pieces with the same color or a complementary color (color wheel opposites).
Tone up
For a family room with adjacent dining room, you’ll want to pick a color and define the spaces by altering the tones. Just stay in the same color strip family.
If your bedroom is off the living room, keep the same color and go two or more tones darker to create flow. (If your bedroom is upstairs, you may want to choose a different color entirely.) Soothing spa colors—soft blues and greens—are a popular choice. Rain by Sherwin-Williams is a great calming color.
As for the kitchen, the hard surfaces of stainless steel appliances and granite countertops take darker colors really well, even if your kitchen is small.
Are you sure you love that color?
Before you paint an entire room, test your choice. Pick up a sample and paint a large patch on the wall. Live with it and view it in various light conditions. Just remember: it’s only paint! You can always change it so don’t fret too much.
