How to Choose Color with Unrelated Art

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The living room had a beautiful and very colorful abstract and the dining room had a very traditional and not so colorful cityscape. When choosing color for your home, how do you tie in these two very different looks?

My client had a similar and very large print in her living room. It was similar to a Jackson Pollock but had a lot of bright green in it. It's not a color you see very often in a home. Luckily, she wanted a bright yellow in her living room so at least there would be a common thread. The other factor in my favor was that she also wanted  a bright blue for her kitchen. Great! We're talking bright, beautiful color here!

We went with a similar yellow for her living room and she just adored the blue that could be seen in her open kitchen. As in most cases, kitchens really don't have that much wall space because of all the cabinetry and appliances so it's not like this will be too overwhelming - besides  -she loved it!

Now, the question still is, when you have two very different styles in artwork and your home has an open floor plan, how do you choose a color scheme that will incorporate these two looks?

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Here is a very ordinary print with really no substantial color. It's really quite neutral. This print was in her dining room which is directly to the right as you enter her home. Since I chose a light, neutral for her foyer, it was perfect that her dining room would play off the neutral with slightly more color as you entered the home. By the time you walked around to the living room, the color progression was perfect.

The darker color was for the dining room ceiling.

They were warm colors and actually could be mixed and matched with each other and still look great. That is the key to designing color for a home with an open floor plan. It's imperative that the colors are all related so they make sense as you transition from room to room.

I love that the yellow and blue liven up the tan and brown.

It works!