House of a Different Color
If you’ve been looking for a way to make a change in your home but you don’t have a great deal of money and you don’t want to embark on a long “home makeover” journey, you still have options. Look to the simplest, most dramatic, most cost effective way to refresh your environment.
Paint.
Yes, that gallon of paint that costs less than a night out with your favorite person can be your ticket to change. In a room, the effect is obvious. What a gallon of paint will do for any room in your home will amaze you.
The trick is always in choosing the color. You may feel overwhelmed by all the color options and you may feel like once you make a decision you have to live with it.
The good news is that repainting is an easy (and inexpensive) solution if you choose a color you really dislike. The even better news is that there are plenty of professionals that can assist you in the process if you really get stuck.
If you want to play it safe, talk to the people in any paint store, or in the paint department of your local home improvement store, and they can tell you the top selling paint color. They even know what color palettes people are gravitating toward most often. Most even have small samples you can take home and try before you commit. Just be careful that you don’t end up with two dozen samples on the wall. You will never be able to choose once you’ve gone down that road.
On the other hand, if you really want to express yourself but don’t trust your own instincts, call an interior designer to help you with the process. For a reasonable fee they can help you pick several options that will work with your furnishings and accessories, and when it’s done it will feel like a brand new space.
Paint is also the perfect way to update any piece of furniture, or even to unify a mismatched set of chairs. Think outside the box and really get creative. Paint an old sideboard gloss black. Take a second-hand table and transform it into modern piece by painting it a bold color. Take an architectural piece you might not ordinarily see as home décor and give it new life. Take those chairs you have around the kitchen table that are not necessarily a set and paint them white (or black) for a whole new look.
The idea of using paint as a way to transform a space or a piece of furniture may seem simple, but too often we are afraid to take the step and actually commit to color. If you want to start small just buy a can of spray paint and try your hand on painting something simple, like a wicker chair. But beware – once you take that first step you’ll be hooked!
