When thinking about adding bright colour to your home, for some, it can be a daunting thought. Immediately starting to think of brightly coloured walls, or carpet that makes you feel queazy from looking at it. However, it’s actually not that scary to add more colour to your home. You just have to know how to do it in the right way for you. Like a colourful framed picture, or jazzy rug perhaps. You could also print those pictures using Mixbook, which provides fun themes and ease to edit software.
You just have to know where to put the colour and how to do it right. I like to think of it like a yummy cake. You have your basic sponge cake, the one you really love (your home). But feel it’s lacking something so you want to add a little bit extra to it.
That’s where the cream fillings and the toppings come in. You don’t want to add so much that you ruin the cake. You want just enough to finish it off beautifully. Hopefully this article will enable you to see how simple adding a pop of colour throughout your home can be.
Colours
I bet you can remember, especially in the younger years, some one asking what your favourite colour was. When I was younger my favourite colour was a pinkish purple, however I definitely wouldn’t want much, if any of my home to be that bright. Maybe a pop of your favourite colour here and there but I also love pinks, greens, yellows – albeit in their rightful place and a limited amount of each colour!
Colours are far more than just the colour you can see right before you. We are subconsciously drawn to colours that reflect our moods. Creative people are drawn to brighter, more vibrant colours. Whereas academic people are drawn to more neutral, plain colours. The table below shows a more in-depth guide into the colours we see and what they mean…
Beautiful Artwork
The type of art you have in your home can really showcase your personality and bring it to life. Or, for those more introverted people, perhaps having a bold pice of artwork in your home is a way of expressing your personality in a more personal and private way.
Personally, i love to have framed art of photos either myself or my husband have taken on our travels. Memories dotted around the house of our favourite places or landmarks. We went on our honeymoon to San Francisco and now have our favourite photo of the Golden Gate Bridge in pride of place – along with a great view over looking the San Francisco bay.
This was all made possible thanks to mypicture.co.uk, who let you upload your photos which they then make into beautiful framed artwork. We’ve now got our favourite pieces all over our home.
It was so simple to create our very own artwork. Simply upload your high-res images, pick a size and whether you want it framed or as a poster – they do the rest! If this is something you might like to do, use the promo code – LIFESTYLE10 for a 10% discount on all products. Valid until 31st December 2023 and can be used multiple times.
Colour scientist and consultant, Leslie Harrington, said “Even when we’re not consciously thinking about the shades of our surroundings, colour can still influence us, especially if it’s a bold, saturated hue.”
A Floral Arrangement
Bouquets of flowers are probably the easiest and cheapest way of adding colour and life to your home. There are so many different varieties available and so cheap that you’re sure to find one that fits your style, whether you buy them from a supermarket or from a florist.
A bunch of flowers needs to be changed often so experiment with the different colours and varieties. See what works best for you in the different areas of your home. And of course, flowers not only smell amazing, they look amazing too, and who doesn’t like to look at a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
Beauty is the fabric of the universe. We can choose to experience and celebrate beauty every day in our pursuit to make the best out of this wonderful journey we call life.
Soft Furnishings
Something as simple as placing a few throw cushions on your sofa, jazzy stair runners, or adding a colourful rug can really change the look and feel of a room with a pop of colour.
If your lounge is quite plain in colour, this can be a great way to introduce some colour in a non permanent way, especially if you’re new to the idea of adding colour. This could be a good way to slow yourself in to it without making your decision as permanent as say painting a wall for example.
Hopefully this article has inspired you to get more creative with the colour in your home and the different ways in which you could do this.
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