Yesterday I had lunch with a former student who is also a painter and has done some work for me (she is excellent). I asked her how involved she gets in helping clients with colour and she says many of them totally rely on her expertise. She told me that one lesson she took away from my course that she uses all the time is when clients present her with 3 different shades of basically the same colour to paint in 3 separate rooms.
She said many times people think they are really being creative or ‘brave’ with their choices, when really all they’ve done is select 3 different tones of the same colour in the same intensity.
So here’s the lesson. If you have chosen 2 or 3 neutrals or colours that are basically the same, just pick one. You will save money because you'll only need to buy one colour instead of three and that ‘same’ colour will look different in all 3 spaces anyway because the lighting, furniture and natural light exposure will vary in each room.
The exception to this is if you have specifically chosen each colour to coordinate with the undertones of the furnishings in each room. Unless your entire house get’s decorated at the same time—this is sometimes unavoidable.
If you want your home to have atmosphere including colours that flow to fill you with happiness every time you walk in. Contact me by email for on-line rates or call me directly if you are local.
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The Right Way to Create Flow using Colour
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Should you pay for a room to be re-painted if You chose the Colour?
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