I was reading a blog post from one of my favorite bloggers, Centsational Girl, when she gave me a grand idea!
The author, Kate, explains in her post how she chooses colors, which is a fabulous directional point, and I was forced to think, how am I choosing mine?
I have this odd knack of remembering people by colors, a personality trait, a type of bead, or even a fashion style. I take that small ability and I aim it at the rooms. Who will be in this room? What do I want the mood of the room to be like? How do I want to style the room?
When my Love and I were selecting the color for the guest bedroom, my first thought was "who will be staying in this room?" Friends, Family... But it's going to be mix genders, so it had to be gender neutral.
Stepping back, I looked at the room itself. It's 10' x 10' with a closet and a wonderfully sized window. Since the room is small, I didn't want a color that would make the walls feel like they were pressing in on you. This room needed a color that made you feel free to stretch your arms far out and wide, in either natural sunlight or lamp light.
Then I imagine what kind of mood would feel best. I know that I wanted a happy feel with an edge of relaxation. I needed something that made you feel good inside. For me a blue is always a great way to go, but I didn't want to go with a generic tone. Maybe with a hint of turquoise?
When I finally selected "winter surf" from Behr, my Love agreed with me. A perfect good mood color that remained gender neutral with the edge of relaxation.
But not every time is like this...
I am a total bargain hunter (Thanks Mom!) and that just about runs my creative side too... Hmmm... That explains why its so random and sporadic! So whenever we are in the vicinity of a Home Depot, Lowes or paint shop, we have to go in. There is always a section called "oops" paints. These are usually colors that were made wrong, not picked up, or shunned. Don't let those titles stop you though, I've found some amazing colors in that section.
Our laundry room and garage, for example, are painted in solely oops paints. My studio will be as well. We are hoping to paint about 70% of our home using these rejected colors.
Oh and just to give you an idea on how much you are really saving... We purchased the guest bedroom color at full price, $26.97 (I just saw a sign the other day that priced Behr 1 gallons at $29.98). Every 1 gallon of oops paint that I have seen and purchased is priced at $7.00. Not bad, huh?
Here are some other websites (linked from Centsational Girl) that can help you in your color selections:
Design Seed - I love their selection of color palates based off images! A great way to get into the mood of a room.
My Colortopia - I love their blog! It's full of tips and tricks that come with thriving in the painting, home decorating, and design realms.
Thank you Kate! And Happy Decorating Everyone!
Cheers~
1 comment:
Love it! ;-) wink!
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