COLOUR SCHEMES -could you work with some of the existing colours in the house or should you change them?
• Check all the existing colours in your house. Include tiles, floor coverings etc. If you add a new colour, will it work with all of these or would you have to change them?
• Completely changing the colour scheme in a house can be very costly, especially if flooring, tiles and window decorations are involved.
• Don’t mix two different colour schemes
• If you do want a new scheme, buy the art and fabrics first, then choose wall colours and flooring, then accessorise
If the makeover is for selling purposes..
Use existing colour schemes wherever possible to keep the budget down
Here are some of our projects involving colour scheme corrections:
You wouldn’t expect to find the following colours witin a beautiful Victorian house such as this…
Before
After
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After
Colour schemes can be made to work for you:
Before – instead of replacing these bright red sofas, the budget was low, so I made them work instead…
After – by introducing more red, mixed with green, we were able to keep the sofas
And then other times, you just have to change the colour schemes:
The following rooms belonged to this house…
Before – we only had a small budget, so couldn’t replace any furniture, but the colours had to go!
After
Before – the dark curtains were too much
After – white curtains and a few accessories pulled the scheme together without the need to decorate
