New Construction Homes in Waxhaw: Working With A Blank Canvas

For a homeowner, this is really an ideal way to start decorating your home - with a blank canvas. If you just moved in, you have Contractors Beige on the wall and you have not moved any of your furniture in yet. Now is the perfect time to paint.

Color really can be chosen at any stage of the home but it's really nice when you're working with a blank canvas. You can choose any color scheme you want to and you have nice neutral walls to give you a clearer vision.

So with the house so barren, how do you go about choosing color for the home? What I do is look at your flooring, granite countertops in the kitchen, backsplash, kitchen cabinets, tile and carpeting. All that will dictate if I should use a warm color palette or cool. More than likely it's going to be a warm color palette.

Now if you have a certain look you want for the home, now is the time to tell me. Do you want Coastal? Traditional? Neutral or loaded with saturated hues? Tell me what you want and I use that as a starting point.

If you have any artwork that is a must for your home, I'd like to see so I can get a feel of the colors you like and try to make that art fit into one of the rooms of your home.

Have special drapery or area rugs? Pictures will help so I can tie that in as well. Some clients have iPads with some pictures of their decor which always helps but is not necessary. Just tell me what you have so I can know the general ballpark of colors that you are in.

Once you have your color palette designed, your house is now ready for paint! It now starts looking like a home instead of just a house. You can call it your own by the colors that you choose.

Knowing that your home is already painted, you now can go out and start buying your decor from drapery to area rugs if you are staring from scratch. Don't buy anything useless it matches your paint colors. Oh and if I design your color  palette, I give you large (8x10) color swatches of your new color palettes so you can take them with you when you shop. This ensures that you are choosing the right decor for your home based on your new color scheme.

Sound fun? Please check out my main website for additional information on color and how I can help you at www.DecoratingbyDonna.com