It happens time and time again.
Despite your best intentions, you decorate a room in your home with all of the wrong colors and wind up having to do it all over again.
Much of your disappointment comes from picking colors that don't "work".
When it comes to decorating, there really is no "right" and "wrong".
But the final choice is something that the homeowner will have to look at day in and day out - so they better like it.
Start The Project With a Color You Love A good way to get started is to pick one item in a color that you love.
This item does not even have to be displayed in the finished room, it just needs to provide a guideline for you or your decorator.
If the color is very bold and bright, then it can be used throughout the room in accent pieces and accessories.
If the hue is more neutral then it can be used in the background and other pops of brightness can brought in to add visual interest.
Avoid These Mistakes Two common mistakes that people make when choosing a room color scheme are to take position on opposite ends of the spectrum.
Some people do everything in neutrals because they are afraid of making a commitment to a color that they will tire of.
The result can be a boring "plain vanilla" room.
Others do exactly the opposite.
They pick a strong shade and use it excessively.
The result seems almost like an attack on the visual senses, and almost physically tires you out.
One way to avoid both of these mistakes is to pick three main colors to use.
A light neutral color that will be featured on about sixty percent of the items in the room, an in between color that will be used about thirty percent, and then a bold, strong accent color to use on ten percent of the surfaces.
This will create a room that can be lived in and used daily.
This finished area will have enough visual depth and variety to create a welcoming and interesting space.
Try Using a Color Scheme Generator A new, and more modern approach to choosing a color scheme is to use an online color scheme generator.
These tools analyze a photograph that you like and spit out the main colors that are featured.
Basically, all you do is upload the picture.
The tool does the crunch work, and you are left with a bunch of choices to create the look you are trying to achieve.
For example, if you particularly like a picture of a tropical beach, let's say the turquoise water and the green palm trees really speak to you.
Upload the photo to a tool like the one at DeGraeve.
com and see what you get.
It will definitely provide you with a good starting point.
Do What YOU Love In the end, it is you that will need to look at the finished room everyday.
So, make the choices carefully, consider the advice of others, and do your best to get a feel for the finished product before you even start.