March 2011
Colour Your Home Beautiful: Using Pink
March 31, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Pink is a mixture of white and red and depending how much red you add to white will give you different shades and hues of pink. From the palest shades with the merest touch of pink to bright fuchsia or how pink. Pink is the colour which resembles love, but not with the intensity of [...]
Colour Your Home Beautiful : Using Yellow
March 28, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Yellow is one of the most powerful colours out there, as it can bring so much energy and life to any room it is used in. While this is similar to red, which is also very uplifting and bright, yellow is far easier to make use of in your home. It is far less in [...]
Colour Your Home Beautiful 8: Using Red
March 24, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
As a colour, red is an incredibly powerful one. This is primarily because of its use in nature as a warning colour, or to draw attention. It evokes a lot of powerful emotions and can often be very overpowering when used in the wrong ways. This makes a lot of people shy away from the [...]
Colour Your Home Beautiful 7: Using Purple
March 21, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
For a long time throughout history, purple was seen as a very exotic and precious colour. One of the main reasons for this is simply because it is a fairly rare colour to be able to make dyes of in nature. This lead to it being seen as somewhat of a regal colour, reserved only [...]
Colour Your Home Beautiful 6: Using Blue
March 18, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
From the very palest of light sky blues to the intensity of deep oceanic blues which merge on turquoise to classical navy and midnight blues, this colour remains one of the most popular colour choices in people’s homes. Despite some shades being a cold colour, blue is also a relaxing colour and mix with some [...]
Colour Your Home Beautiful 5: Using Brown
March 15, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Many people think that brown is a boring, dull colour which makes a room dingy and dark, however, as with other colours the variations can be inspirational, from the palest café latte to rich dark chocolate! The names themselves give you the ‘feel good factor’ which is why you should try a shade of brown [...]
Colour Your Home Beautiful 4: Using Orange
March 12, 2011 by admin · 1 Comment
Orange is a colour you either love or loathe! It’s one of this year’s hottest fashion colours and you know what’s on-trend on the catwalk is often emulated into interior design. Before you go running and screaming away from using orange let’s take a look at how it can be successfully used inside your home.
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Colour Your Home Beautiful 3: Using Green
March 9, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
A colour we see everyday in nature, green is associated with rejuvenation, energy, fertility and new life. It’s also seen as a reliable, calming colour and in some countries is also associated with good luck and fortune (the colour of money!). On the down side (if there is one) green is also thought of as [...]
Colour Your Home Beautiful 2: Using Black
March 6, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Like white I’m not sure that black is technically a colour in its own right, however it’s just as important as any other colour when it come to interior design and decorating. Black is a great colour to use to anchor your design and is great when used in combination with other colours – monochrome [...]
Colour Your Home Beautiful 1: Using White
March 3, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Although white isn’t technically a colour in its own right for some people it’s the only colour they
use – all white rooms is not a new trend, it’s been around quite a few years and yet many interior
designers still create rooms using white as virtually any other colour can be used as an accent colour
in [...]
