Color can awaken your senses and elevate your mood & point of view.  Color can enhance a room, or take away from it.  Color can play with your emotions.  If color can do all this, no wonder people are afraid of it!  But it’s not scary at all, and so much fun!  Color is the least expensive way to change the look of a single room, or an entire house.

Don’t know which color(s) to choose?  Look to your closet for advice.  If you like the colors you wear, then you’re sure to like one of those on your walls.  Afraid to paint all your walls a fun, vibrant, trendy color?  Then try an accent color.  Pick a feature wall in your room, such as where a fireplace or television is, and paint it a color of your choosing.  The painting companies in Tacoma suggests that leaving the other walls neutral so it doesn’t overpower your room.  Use the same accent color in accessories such as pillows and throws to carry the color throughout and add unity to the room.

Invest in an inexpensive color wheel (double-sided are better) from a crafts store, and go to the paint department at a big box home improvement store and ask for a paint brand’s paint color fan deck (usually free!).  With these two tools in hand, you will be on your fearless way to controlling color and creating color schemes!!

You’re probably wondering what are some
trendy colors, or what will be trendy soon.  Grey is definitely the front runner, ranging from the lightest of greys to dark charcoal.  Some are even calling it the new neutral!  If you’re feeling bold, try pairing it with a bright sunny yellow to energize it.  If yellow is not your color, use a medium to dark turquoise or teal to accent

Earth tones are here to stay!  Once regarded as “safe” (and probably still true), they have a soothing quality to them.  In the color forecast, these neutrals will be richer and deeper.  Keep an eye out for deeper tans and taupes.  Soft greens and blues will be unexpected neutrals as well.

For those of you who LOVE color and are frequently changing it up, then teal, dusky red, plum, charcoal, and shadowy navy can add an elegance to any room, and wrap around you like a blanket giving you the cozy feeling that so many are after today.  Tones (when grey has been added to the pure hue) of blues and reds will also be noticeable.

In the end, it doesn’t really matter what you choose, as long as you love it!  Happy decorating!