Want to know what makes an interior designers home shine? COHESION. While the idea of achieving cohesion is simple, if not approached correctly, it can get lost somewhere in translation. It is one feat to have a single room in your home put together exactly how you want it, but how do you transition seamlessly to the rest of your house without it feeling like a complete repeat in every room. Today, we are tackling just that, how to create a cohesive look for your entire home by creating your overall color palette, designing with color in mind, and color pulling from room to room.
CREATING YOUR COLOR PALETTE
Let’s start by talking colors! It can be a little overwhelming for some to embrace an overall color palette for their entire home!! Don’t worry; I promise this won’t limit you!! You will look to your color palette when choosing paint colors, textiles, furniture and accessories.
For your color palette, select 3-6 colors, anything more can get a little confused. Start by selecting your primary color, the most prominent color in your home. Next, choose secondary colors and lastly your accent colors. If you are still at a loss of where to begin, check out my favorite paint colors that are the go-to for interior designers. This will be a great start to select a color that can be used throughout your home. You could always select one of the colors from my home and run with that too!
DESIGN WITH COLOR IN MIND
For your house to tell a seamless story gliding with ease from room to room, it is essential to consider your design style in conjunction with your color palette. You want your design style to stay mostly consistent to tell a full story. I am all for mixing different styles transitional with modern, and traditional with glam (just to name a few). To keep a polished flow you, limit your styles so your overall ‘message’ doesn’t get lost. Once your design style is defined you want to incorporate your color palette into each room. When selecting paint, furniture, textiles, and materials choose pieces that complement each other and your color palette. Remember from this post, matchy-matchy materials and furniture is not the way to go. Step out of your comfort zone and try something new!
Utilizing your color palette in varying amounts in each room will allow each space to have a continuous flow from one to the next. One misconception is that if you choose a color you have to stick to that exact color. Instead, use the color family as a guide. While navy is my primary bold color, I utilize different shades from the blue family to accent as well. When I use another accent color (such as the green you will see in many rooms) I make sure that it “plays well” with navy, black and white.
Bonus: keeping your color palette consistent means that most furniture and accessories can be interchangeable in most rooms/spaces in your home.
PULLING COLOR FROM ROOM TO ROOM
COLOR PULLING! It is essential for each room to have its own story and feel but also imperative that each room compliments the next. How do we transition from room to room and keep the overall story going? So, what do I mean when I say pull color from room to room? You are taking a prominent color from one room and using it differently in the next room, let me show you.
The devil is in the details. Each of our color in our palette is present in subtle ways.
The statement piece in my office are these luxurious, navy curtains..truly show-stopping. As you make your way through our home from the office stepping into our foyer, you immediately are drawn to the subtle hints of the navy.
The navy in the art pulls your eye upward as you round the stairs and land in our chill spot, setting the stage for the navy sofa along the deep green wall with various accessories in black and gold tones from all from my color palette.
Creating a cohesive home that transitions from room to room with ease is no small feat. It has to be planned, designed and executed to a T. I have no doubt if you start your design process by creating your own color palette the result will leave you with an entirely cohesive home with well-designed spaces, including furniture and accessories that all complement each other.
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