Well, g’day, budding interior designers; today may just be your lucky day when it comes to selecting and styling your new home with warm tones. It is a daunting thought, perhaps, to bring a little colour to your home. There is certainly a beauty in simplistic tones, monochromes and a simple design, but if you’re looking to up your game a little, then using some warm colours in your home may be exactly what the doctor ordered – when done with style.
The aim of using warm tones is firstly detecting what the warm tones are. There are plenty to choose from, the most common warmer tones tend to be reds, muted reds, oranges, terracottas, browns, mauve and any muted deeper colours. You will want to avoid the colours we would refer to as cool, such as blues, greens, bright colours such as yellows and pinks and opt for the colours that seem softer and delicate. Warm tones can be used in any home, regardless of your current interiors. They are incredibly understated and unassuming, meaning that they will effortlessly blend in to rooms without seeming over the top or overstated. So what ways exactly can we begin to implement these warm tones? It really can be quite simple, let’s take a look.
WALLS
Warm tones would happily sit on all four walls. If pick a less vibrant tone, you can easily paint all four walls and it would not seem overbearing. However, you may choose to just have one feature wall to start with, to ease yourself slowly into the warm tones and get a feel for the colours you like and how you may start to change your decor accordingly. Warm neutrals especially look lovely in homes, because they are such a blank canvas, but with a little extra pizazz than cotton white.
DOORS
It may seem scary to think about painting your door anything but white, but there are certainly ways to incorporate those warm tones to your interior and exterior doors. For interiors, you could perhaps look at very muted golden tones and warm woody tones that can help enhance the wood. This will look incredibly chic and give an effect of varnish but without looking harsh or outdated. Exterior doors can also be painted, your wooden doors can be easily spruced up but ensure it is the right external paint and that it isn’t too light of a colour that it will be easily damaged or scuffed by wear and tear and weather conditions. You can also touch up other doors in the house, the basement door, doors and cupboards that house your boiler and house maintenance equipment, it certainly doesn’t have to be boring!
FURNITURE
Everyone has a tired old cupboard or piece of furniture that you love and can’t bear to throw out. However, you can now give it a little extra zest and add some warm tones. It is actually possible to paint leather, but you must ensure it is the correct formula for the type of leather you have.
No more tired, weary old homes, it’s time to add a little bit of chic into your beautiful home, perfect and aesthetically pleasing for 2021!
If this all seems a little more than you would like to tackle, call an expert like Gary, and his team of award-winning painters and decorators will come in and expertly finish your painting project for you.