Designing a new home or renovating it? Want to give your home the healing power of colors? Colors were known for healing and modifying the atmosphere of a place since the ancient times. More and more people want to try out these powers for their homes. Here are the some of the special effects that each color will create at your place-

1) Red denotes passion, motivation and activity. This color should be added in rooms where you want the mind to think and work.
2) Pink is a soft and soothing color. It denotes love, romance, tenderness and nurture
3) Blue is the color of calm. If you want to want to relax in your room after a hard day’s work then make sure to paint it blue.
4) Orange is the most active of all colors. It is best used in rooms where communication takes place, like in the living and dinning room.

Choosing colors for your new house might be a daunting task especially if you have no experience in that area. During the olden days, they used to make similar paints for all the rooms of their house and after a few years, they applied same wallpapers for all rooms of their house. But people are not so classy anymore. They want to be unique and show off their senses of colors.

So, choosing colors will depend entirely on your taste. You can go for bold magenta, yellow and cherry red or you could go for the classy black, white and lighter shades. But while painting a particular room, make sure that you keep in mind what that room will be.

Painting a bedroom in dark red color will be simply stupid and painting it entirely white will also be stupid. Similarly, you can play with colors in your kids’ room.

Making a choice of kitchen colors is a very difficult thing. It is not easy to try and make the best choice especially if you are doing this for the first time. It might take several weeks for you to carry out the required research on the best colors and how to make use of the available resources to create the right effects in the cabinets.

The colors of the rainbow and the color wheel can offer you a lot of inspiration in making the right decision. There is no problem with using many colors for walls and cabinets. The colors can be of contrasting shades. Each shade should bring a unique feeling. Alternatively, you can choose colors that lie directly opposite each other in the color wheel. This meant that they are contrasting.

Each paint color comes with different hues. Using many hues of the same color creates a very welcoming feeling in your kitchen walls. The hues also help in setting the right moods in focus.

A good color has the power to transform your home into a paradise. Interior colors are often chosen using different criteria from exterior colors. You need to choose colors that match. The issue of color combinations is therefore very crucial.

The color that you choose for the interior and exterior is determined by the effect that you want to create. Whichever color that you choose should depict harmony in the effect that is created.

You may choose a color that brings out boldness or stability. Alternatively, some colors are considered conservative. The best way to achieve an ideal effect is to look out for and make use of the best color schemes. The analogous scheme on the color wheel entails use of colors that are positioned directly opposite each other.

Monochromatic and complementary color schemes are also very popularly used today. Some common sources of ideas for color schemes include paintings, magazine layouts, and photographs.

Painting over your existing wallpaper is not as difficult as removing the old wall paper. All you need to do is follow these tips and give your old wallpaper a new smart look:

Firstly, look out for damaged areas on your old wallpaper. Then fix those parts with adhesive to get a cleaner look.

Get rid of the section where you find maximum damage. As there seems to be no other way.

Now prepare some joint mix and put on the seams of the wallpaper to stop it from peeling. This way the older paper will also be quickly fixed.

In case, you have textured wallpaper, you have to apply the compound all over it. Then scrape it down with sandpaper after it dries, to get a clean finish.

Get good quality house paints to color your walls but do it cautiously.

While painting, make sure that you do not apply paint directly on dark colored wallpaper. First apply a sealer in this case.

A nice and peaceful sleep is all your want after a hectic. It is exactly here, where the color scheme of your bedroom plays a vital role. There are certain rules that you must follow before adorning your bedroom with your favorite color.

Being creative is the buzzword when you select color for your bedroom. In this the first rule the first color scheme is described as monochromatic. It means that if you painting your bedroom in pink make sure that some accessories in the room match the color of the walls.

With the Chinese bedroom color scheme, you need to have an opposite or contrast color in each and every item in your bedroom. If you are painting your room red, make sure you have green color accessories around.

Are your ready? Then step out to pour passion into your bedroom with a symphony of colors.

If you are planning to bring a little of seaside to your home, then beach interior décor would just be apt for you. But before you start off painting the walls blue, just close your eyes for a moment and think, is it all blue? You will get your answer.

Soon after you might actually proceed towards giving your walls a ‘sandy’ look or paint it with that ‘divine white’. Now comes the point of embellishments. Go shopping for some coral photo frames or picture sand painting frames. But make sure you stick to the seaside landscape or sea animal portraits.

While choosing fabrics, make sure you opt for those fine ones, so that when the breeze blows, you can race your heart to those special moments that you spend in Bahamas with your beloved right after tying the knot. If you had already collected sea-shells on your honeymoon at Bahamas, then make sure you use them by exploiting your creative inclination at its best.

Paints are a cheap and easy way to beautify a house. It gives the house a fresh and new look. But how many of us are really aware that paints can be harmful too? Some paints pose danger to both human health and environment. Different colors can emit volatile organic compounds that can increase the level of lead content in the blood. Children are affected the most by exposure to lead contamination. With regard to this, therefore, it is essential to understand how some pains can impact our health and eco-friendly alternative in paints.

What are paints?

Most paints are a mixture of various metals and compounds used as pigments or additives. They have been found to contain organic solvents, cadmium, chromium, mercury and lead. Usually, paints fall under two categories – water based latex paints and solvent or oil based paints. The former is more popular and offers superior resistance to fading, blistering, peeling and chalking. They are also more environmentally friendly.

Eco Friendly paints

These paints are made from non toxic elements. They come with zero volatile organic content and have virtually no odor. Its composition is low/non toxic ingredients, derivatives from plants, natural raw material, and mineral. It is free from lead.

Volatile organic compounds or VOC, when released into the atmosphere, can trigger detrimental consequences like ozone layer depletion, smog, and also global warming over a period of time. Green paints are a solution to combat the ill-effects of paints that contain lead.

Precautions

If your freshly painted walls emit a pungent odor, fumes and vapor or cause discomfort, leave the room well ventilated and stay away from the house till the paint dries up completely. While removing older lead-based paints, keep children and pregnant women away from the work site. Once paints are removed, vacuum and clean the area well with water.

Stick to less than three colors, prints or textures in a small room and keep your decorating muted for serenity. If another room is visible through the room, try to create a harmony between their colors. Areas can defined in a very large room with subtle changes in the color of walls, White walls can be a good backdrop for your artwork or display of collectibles. In any case light and cool colors seem to add space to the room while warm and dark color shrink it and make them look cozy. Color trends keep changing, so it may be wiser to opt for a classic palette appropriate for the size, comfort level and function of the room, and then experiment with furnishing and accessories, which in any case constantly need updating and change.

The direction in which the room is located within the home and that of the windows of the room determines the amount of sunlight that comes into the room and at what time. A window in the east brings in not so intense morning rays. This room could be used for morning activities, and color used could be in the mid range – for instance e a leaf green or even a peach to make the most of the natural light. Very dark or very light colors will tend to look either too heavy or washed out, as the case may be.

For evening gathering, room with windows opening to the west is better as they allow you to have lovely sunset views. The light here plays along well with warm and rich colors. A room with windows to the north that brings in soft daylight for longer periods of time goes along well with light cool pastel colors. The one thing to keep in mind while choosing colors is that all members of the family are comfortable with the shades as all of them have to live with these colors in close proximity.

Color schemes should be chosen according to the theme of the house, if any, climatic conditions, size of the room and light that comes in the room. All of these factors play an important role. If there is any specific theme in mind, for instance, black and white with red accents, then take into consideration the type of fabric used for curtains and upholstery. Natural fabrics score over man-made fabrics for their ability to breathe, and feel cool to the touch. Man-made fabrics have the advantage of longevity and are appreciably cheaper then the natural equivalent.

Prints of fabrics such as stripes, plaids, floral or checks can be used as single or mix-and-match according to your preference. Solid colors or neutrals go well with patterns. For large rooms, choose multi-colored upholstery, bed linens and coverings, wallpaper and window curtains with a large scale print. Contrast of mid-scale and small-scale prints look good too. A word of caution here would be to play with either color or print or texture. Variants of all can lead to a chaotic feel.

Walls could be painted or even papered, as this option is once again gaining ground. The tend these days is to for in for two or three different color on the walls of a single room, but monochromatic, walls can be make to look beautiful with accents in two or three complementary or contrasting colors. The detailing of cornices or window frames can be highlighted if desired, to add interest in the room. Painting them in contrasting colors can highlight attractive architectural elements such as trims and molding. However, it shrinks the space a little bit. Painting them in the same shade as the background can hide ugly elements as well as open up the space. More on coloring your dreams tomorrow.