Coloring Our Homes For Love
Color, what a powerful tool in creating a welcoming home. Every homemaker has his/her own color preference. Sometimes, however, every one needs a little push encouragement to step out of the proverbial comfort zone and experiment with something new. Get ready! Here's that push!
Home is a place where life is lived, hopefully to the fullest. It is a place for warm and cozy get togethers, playful times of fun, and intimate spaces. Color can help a homemaker create exactly the mood needed and/or desired throughout the home. As a general rule, the richer the colors, the more the space will welcome. Longing for warmth? Red is a perfect choice. Various shades of plum and cranberry also provide warmth to a space. Are the seasons changing? consider an addition of soft colors.
Color can be added in many ways. Curtains can be changed, throw pillows added, or a throw rug laid down. Painting the walls definitely changes the mood in a space, but incorporating color needn't be a major alteration. A vase of yellow daffodils in early spring, a nest of faux blue robin eggs, the light pink and creamy swirl of seashells, or the springtime green of grass grown in a container, all of these are small yet simple ways to enhance the home through color.
Not only does color alter the mood in a home, but with it a space can be redefined. A throw rug in a complementary color can create an intimate spot for gathering in the midst of a large space. Coordinating colors used throughout a home provide a sense of harmony and unity. How open, clean, and spacious a tiny space done in varying shades of white appears.(Think a spa at home) Bright and vivid spots of color throughout a room create a surge of energy while the softer, more restful shades of blue soothe away the cares of the day.
As a person considers what they want their home to say, how they want each space to function, color can be a huge help in the creation of a blessed home. As Spring warms the air and breezes blow fresh through the screen, a new dash of color in the home will refresh not only guests but dear family as well. I hear a rush of change bringing new life to the home through color. The time has come to jump out of the old and into the new. Get ready, take a deep breathe. Now let it out. OK, here we go. Ready, Set, Jump! into color. Blessed Mama
Home is a place where life is lived, hopefully to the fullest. It is a place for warm and cozy get togethers, playful times of fun, and intimate spaces. Color can help a homemaker create exactly the mood needed and/or desired throughout the home. As a general rule, the richer the colors, the more the space will welcome. Longing for warmth? Red is a perfect choice. Various shades of plum and cranberry also provide warmth to a space. Are the seasons changing? consider an addition of soft colors.
Color can be added in many ways. Curtains can be changed, throw pillows added, or a throw rug laid down. Painting the walls definitely changes the mood in a space, but incorporating color needn't be a major alteration. A vase of yellow daffodils in early spring, a nest of faux blue robin eggs, the light pink and creamy swirl of seashells, or the springtime green of grass grown in a container, all of these are small yet simple ways to enhance the home through color.
Not only does color alter the mood in a home, but with it a space can be redefined. A throw rug in a complementary color can create an intimate spot for gathering in the midst of a large space. Coordinating colors used throughout a home provide a sense of harmony and unity. How open, clean, and spacious a tiny space done in varying shades of white appears.(Think a spa at home) Bright and vivid spots of color throughout a room create a surge of energy while the softer, more restful shades of blue soothe away the cares of the day.
As a person considers what they want their home to say, how they want each space to function, color can be a huge help in the creation of a blessed home. As Spring warms the air and breezes blow fresh through the screen, a new dash of color in the home will refresh not only guests but dear family as well. I hear a rush of change bringing new life to the home through color. The time has come to jump out of the old and into the new. Get ready, take a deep breathe. Now let it out. OK, here we go. Ready, Set, Jump! into color. Blessed Mama
