Color Counsel

The walls of your bedroom are a blank canvas for self-expression; bathe them with colors that reflect your personality and tones that make you feel at ease.

• Opt for calming hues on walls: Vibrant colors may be your favorite, but they may not help trigger sleep and relaxation if they coat your walls. Neutral (e.g. taupes, grays, beiges, and whites) or muted tones and light pastels may be more suitable to help you wind down.
• Consider the limitations of your space: Choose lighter colors to make a room appear larger, and darker colors to make a room appear more intimate and warm.
• Go for splashes of color: Instead of blanketing your walls with color, perhaps a more subtle approach is to add color through décor and bedding. A pillow or artwork is a way to express your creative side without disrupting harmony.
• Choose related color schemes: Shades that are parallel on the color wheel encourage rest more than using colors that contrast or are unrelated. If going for a contemporary feel, allow the contrast to be in the details. Incorporating the distinction into accents and décor or bedding, can cleverly achieve the desired look.
• Use color to suggest mood: While not all people connect with certain colors the same, there is a general feeling that some tones can generate. Warm colors: rich shades of red, orange, yellow, can create a ‘cozy’ feel. Certain blues and blue-greens, or cool colors, can have a soothing effect. In some cases, they can even make the room seem a bit cooler.