When it’s time to paint the walls in your brand new home, or re-paint the walls in your existing home, one of the most fun yet challenging tasks is choosing a paint color palette. There are limitless color combinations you could choose, and narrowing them down to the final selections can be a daunting task. If you’re overwhelmed at the mere thought of it, consider these suggestions for how to pick a color palette for your whole house.

Preserve Harmony Between Rooms in Open Floor Plans

There’s a current trend for open floor plans, which means that there are likely to be rooms in your home that are visible from other rooms. In open spaces such as these, it is important that the colors coordinate well and flow harmoniously from one room to the next. You don’t have to use the same exact color palette in both rooms, although you can if that’s what makes the most sense for the look you have in mind. You could use colors in the same general color family, and the effect would be pleasing overall.

Prioritize the Most Important, Most Dominant and Largest Rooms
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The colors you choose first will influence many of the other color choices you make in the home — so make them count. If there’s a room where you spend the majority of your time, it could be a good starting point for your color selection process. Otherwise, the largest or most dominant room in a home is also a great place to start.

Consider Using Tonal Variations

Tonal color combinations tend to work well for using together in large scale painting projects. You can use light, medium and dark tones in the same color family to achieve visual harmony between the walls, trim and architectural details in each room. Another possibility is to use the same color, but choose the matte version for the walls and the shiny version for painting the trim.

Evaluate the Colors That Will Look Best With Your Existing Furnishings

You probably already have some furniture that you know you’ll be using in the space, so it makes sense to choose colors that will harmonize with your existing pieces. If you’ve ordered new furniture, make sure to get fabric samples that you can use for the purposes of matching fabric and paint colors to each other.

Consider the Current Trends

Fresh paint is one of the easiest ways to bring your home up to date with the current color trends. Since most people repaint every few years, but don’t buy furniture that often, your walls are great candidates for introducing trendy colors even if your furniture’s color palette is a bit more somber. You can also update smaller accessories such as wall art prints and throw pillows to introduce the new paint colors into other areas of the room.
These are just a few ideas that could help you eliminate the overwhelm factor and get busy choosing a workable color palette for painting your entire house.

One last very important tip:

Ask for Professional Help

If you’re located in Canada and you need professional help with your paint job, or any other aspect of your home renovation project, we invite you to call us. Professional assistance can help you avoid many mistakes that homeowners make when repainting and remodeling, and our staff here at Alair Homes will be happy to assist you with your needs.