Decorating NEW home Color Scheme

scharle3

My husband and I are about to move into our new home and I'm ready to start with decorating ideas. The main color in the house is kind of a dark beige, kitchen is butterscotch Sundae (in between orange and beige) and our formal dining room is green. Our floors are dark hardwood flooring throughout the dining room, kitchen, and living area. I'm trying to figure out my color schemes for each room. I already know that the dining room is going to have some kind of greenish décor to it, but I'm having trouble with the master bedroom and living room. I really wanted my master bedroom to be brown and teal, but I have also found a rug and some really pretty décor for my living room color to have that same color scheme.

Does it really matter if I have the same color scheme in my living room as my master bedroom? I will switch up the colors throughout the year, but I'm really aiming for the brown/teal color scheme. I'm not sure about the kitchen yet, but I may go with green and brown....LOL yeah I love dark colors.

Let me know your thoughts, please.

cakergirl

Our kitchen was a bold orange when we moved in (tangerine?) and everything else was a pale "builder beige" type of color, with the exception of the master bedroom which was dark blue (not quite as dark as "navy" blue). The orange kitchen made the beige seem dull and bland, and since the kitchen opens into the living room it was tricky to find a color to compliment but not clash, something less bland than the beige but without so personality it would compete with the open kitchen. Thus we chose "portabella" which was a lovely shade of brown which compliments the orange quite well and balances out the boldness. We did the adjacent dining room in "svelt sage" which was a nice shade of green , and it didn't clash too much with our other colors. Our couch is a similar shade of green so it ties in well with the mostly open floor plan. I think your color scheme sounds fine. Though i might would worry the teal in the living room would clash with the green in the dining room if they are adjacent. otherwise i would go with brown and green i nthe living room to compliment the dining room. And I think it's fine to have the master and living room be similar. Kinda makes sense to me, especially if one room is visible from the other, it'll kinda help the "flow". Then again I am partial to your color choices because it sounds like my house. (Our office has teal decorations)

MommyLiberty5013

It does not matter if rooms have similar looks. Also, most people are not going to view your master bedroom, so you can do what you want.

Generally, designers advise folks to select inspiration items that they love (pieces of artwork, fabrics, décor items, etc.) that they can then pull from in designing a room's décor and color scheme.

For example, in our old house, we had a rug we found for under or table in the kitchen. Its colors became our inspiration for the design of the décor in the kitchen and the connected family room, dining room, and foyer.

If you think of your home as a flowing design, rather than giving each room a totally different appearance, you will help crate more visual flow between spaces.

It all depends on your personality and what you want to achieve. Some people are looking for visual excitement and fun. Others want to evoke feelings of rest and coziness.

www.hdtv.com has some quizzes you can take to discover design styles.

One opinion I have, which I relize now is that in our first home I went trendy witht e the colors and décor. And, I think because it was a home design based on trends, it would have fallen flat on its face in 5-6 years and I would have grown tired of it.

So, my opinion is for people decorating homes, to try and choose a goo

Bubblegum5586

I don't have much to add but wanted to say I LOVE dark/bold colors! I can't wait till we purcahse our home and I can start painting!!

BlueBirdMB

You can make everything room different.  But one of my pet peeves is this: If you have an open concept, where one room flows into another, keep that flow by painting the same color.  Otherwise you break up the space and make each space seem separated and smaller again.

My opinion about painting is that people tend to just paint first without any consideration for the decor of the room and try to make everything work around it.  Paint last people!  Decorate, figure out what you want in the room and what you can find for the room and then find a paint you like with it.