Color and Decorating Faux Pas

1

PROBLEM:

Great wall color but it doesn't relate to the rest of the room. The three colors that are dominate here are red, teal and beige. Do those colors go well together? Sure but “get them together”. 

What I mean by this is you clearly see where all the red is (chairs), where all the teal is (wall color) and where all the beige is (drapery/sofa).

SOLUTION:

Balance the red in this room by adding either a throw blanket or pillows to the sofa. Having all the red on one side makes this room tipsy. Even a red lamp shade would be fun.

I would also love to see some of that beautiful wall color incorporated into the drapery for balance. With those few changes this room would balance out better.

2

PROBLEM:

Other than not having any color on the walls, what really bothers me about this room is all the circles. You have a round table, a round area rug and round seating by the counter.

SOLUTION:

A rectangle area rug would not only break up the geometrics here but also fill in the floor space better. There's a bit too much wood flooring shown here. You have the room, make sure you get the proper size area rug for the room.

WALL COLOR:

I'd go with a pinky beige. Why? Because you already have red in the area rug for it to relate to. Since there's green in the countertop, I didn't want that on the walls too. You have to be really careful with red and green combos as to avoid the “Christmas” colors. Gold is out because of the yellowness of the flooring. So with all the natural light in the room, a neutral beige is just fine but I just gave it a pink undertone to tie it in.

3

PROBLEM:

The color stops at the chairs. I LOVE the color of the chairs but it ends there! The drapery is pretty too but where's the wall color? I'd give it something dramatic for balance and effect.

4

PROBLEM:

Floating appliances. What does that mean? What's the first thing you see in this kitchen? The appliances right? That's because they are so dark and there isn't anything else in the room to balance it out. 

You have the dreaded orange cabinets, no wall color and a strange green countertop. This is a very poor kitchen design. 

SOLUTION:

Granite, backsplash and wall color. The darker granite ties is the black appliances, the backsplash adds color to the kitchen and the wall color was picked already, I'm just tying it all in.

5

PROBLEM:

Again. where's the wall color? They started, oddly enough, with color in the shelving area but it stops there. It's a great color but it's floating in an awkward space. 

SOLUTION:

Since this is the same house from above, I'd continue the pinky beige right into this room as well. It looks like it's an open floor plan and the kitchen probably can be seen from this room as well.

6

PROBLEM:

Moving onto another house, don't you think this room is a bit too red? The red dining room is such a dated and very typical look already and I'd really love to see another hue for this room.

SOLUTION:

Dark brown. Gorgeous contrast. Don't forget to use a tinted primer for this color.You'll cut down on the amount of coats you'll need. Love that :-)

7

PROBLEM:

No drapery. This room looks naked. The chairs have a great fabric, wall color is a good start but continue with the color and complete the room with drapery.

 SOLUTION:

Bringing in fabric but not color with this Schumacher Bird of Paradise.

So there you have it. Some simple fixes to some common decorating and color mistakes. By the way, all these rooms were borrowed from listings. Yes that's right! These homes are for sale. I bet if these corrections were made, their D.O.M (days on market) would be extremely short. I wish them luck!