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A house is made to look more beautiful, spacious, attractive if one has the best colour scheme and furnish done. Proper colours at the proper place helps in overcoming all the bad effects in the house. Well, choosing a proper colour and wearing it over at the accurate place is not every persons cup of tea. Thus, here we have come up with some helpful tips which can be useful for everyone to choose the right colour and make the house look more appealing.....

TIPS:

1) Firstly, you should have the theme in mind such as the Indian traditional, English countryside, Techo, modern, American and so on...going along with the formal/casual style.

2) Having in mind the style and theme, you should decide on a root or anchor fabric that has three or more colours.

3) Use the background colours from the fabric as a wall colour.

4) It would be preferable to use a mid-toned colour from the fabric for flooring and larger furniture feices, which could a patterned or a solid design. Upholstery can be done by using a coordinating fabric or also in your own anchor fabric. Fix the anchor fabric in at least these places in the room. ( Pillows, curtains, upholstery..)

5) The decorative pillows, welting, picture mats and the accessories can be graced by using the brightest colours from the colours.

6) Coordinating fabrics can also be used in the other scales like the chairs, cording, tablecloth and so on..

7) If you want to use the American Flag as the design then you can use it in this way.....White (background colour ) for walls, a mid toned navy blue colour (on the floor), blue and white brisking on the sofa and the brightest red for accessories and accents.

This can also be continued by the blue and white ticking strips as the coordinating prints ,a navy star print fabric and a red and white mini check used on chairs,pillows and the curtains. Return the colours evenly throughout the room, adding dressy details like cording is one way to distribute colour and add interest. Divide the colour by using 60% of the lightest shade in the background of the room,30% in the mid tone colour,and 10% in the brightest, accent colours. Get the look right at the first instance Choosing the right paint for your house can be a challenging task for decorating your house. Afterall its the chosen colour which is going to make your house look more toned.

Usually people feel that choosing a colour is not a very difficult task as there are various colours in the market. But in real if you go in the market to look out for the colours you will be left confused and blank by the end of the day. Thus, we will be guiding you some more for making this task easier for you.

Have patience:

While planning a room always be patient as painting is the most versatile element for your room decor, the easiest to change and also the least expensive. Collect paint chips from allover, try getting ideas from wherever possible. But, make the decision only when the rugs, wallpapers and the fabrics have been finalized. Take your samples along: Whenever you go out for shopping always make it a point that you carry the trim samples of the tiles, fabric, carpet tile, wallpaper as you wil need to refer them frequently. You never know of where you can find something really wonderful and exotic, so be sure that you carry everything along.

Read the colours:

Look at all the colours carefully, even if you are not using the darker tone, because you will find clues about the underlying tones of different shades of the colour on a full sample strip of coordinated colours. You can actually use a brilliant shade for yourself. Basic colour selection: Try using a deeper or brighter tones of the print for accents throughout the room, if you have selected a print fabric and might wish to select the coordinating wall paint from the background of the print.

Trimming it:

If your strong enough then go for the really striking look by trying the lighter coloured walls and dark tones or bright colours for all your trimmings, or else you can consider the palest shade of colours for your moldings, doors and windows to coordinate with the walls.

Choose the right finish:

Matte finishes hide imperfections, glossy finishes reflect more light, but they tend to blow up imperfections on the walls, Thus at the end of all decide which paint would be the best for your project. Thus by considering these things you can choose a right colour for your house that catches everyone's eye & captivates your heart for making your home sweet home a wonderful abode to stay in.