Decorating Advice and Paint Colors

I remember back in the day when we only had one TV in our whole house, & it was kept in the TV room. Now it seems like people are putting TV’s in every room, even their kitchen & bathrooms.An easy way to update any room is to get new plasma tvs. If it’s a really nice model, it’s something that everyone will gravitate towards so much that they probably won’t even notice the way that your room is decorated, as long as there is a comfortable place to sit. Sad, but true. This is a very important & very expensive purchase, you’ll probably look at the TV more than anything else in the room so it makes sense to make it an investment piece.

This can be difficult for me because while I can pick out a TV armoire like it’s no one’s business, TV’s all basically look the same to me so they are out of the realm of my expertise. That’s why this new site called Testfreaks is so cool. It will be up & running soon & it will be full of reviews all different kinds of electronics. This means I will be able to get information from all over the world so I can easily find the best TV & get down to the fun part of decorating. A good TV is essential because now every room is a TV room.

Well, I’ve been through all the colors that I can think of & learned a lot about them & how to use them in decorating.  I think the most important lesson I learned that there is a place for each & every color in the home. For instance, I love warm colors, so I have always envision the walls to be reds, oranges, & yellows.  However, I just can’t picture those colors in a bathroom because to me the cooler colors such as lavender & blue seem much cleaner, & therefore more suited to a bathroom.  Yes, I would even consider purple, if it was done correctly. It just takes finding a shade that you love & pairing it with complimentary shades, & you can make any color work in any room. Plus, I learned that another name for brown is deep orange which has to be the coolest discovery in modern times.

I once heard that green is nature’s neutral. Green is a very popular color in decorating & has played a role in the colors of every decade.

1970′s: Pea Green

1980′s: Pale Green

1990′s: Forest Green

2000′s: Sage Green

It has also played a role in several other decades, but I wasn’t alive yet, so I don’t really know what green they were using in decorating.  Learn from the mistakes made in the 90′s with the green carpets & sofas & telephones.  Like any color, use it sparingly or as a wall color with things you can change.  Keep the big pieces, like furniture & flooring, neutral so you can easily & inexpensively change your room. Green is a great starter color because it’s easy on the eyes. This means it will help you get used to having walls other than white.