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Friday, August 31st, 2018
FFDM Brentwood Collection: The light touch of yellow on the lampshade, artwork, area rug and accent chair makes it a noticeable yet non-glaring element inside this beautiful room.
It’s now whether you like or have a disdain for the color yellow. The thing is, it is a vibrant hue that can stand on its own or help highlight another hue. If you’re thinking of ways to redress your home, then going for this unconventional color just might be the best way to go and we’ll tell you why –
The Physiological Magic of Yellow
Color, as you probably already know, can affect us in so many ways. It can make you mad, it can make you cry, it can even make you hungry or laugh. The right color combinations can bring the needful positive psychological effects like optimism, productivity, and happiness.
Yellow is both trendy and retro. It is used in contemporary settings while it can also bring back memories of interior designs of the past.
Just be careful in choosing yellow because its negative tone could bring about anxiety.
Positive Interiors with Yellow
When you use the right tint or shade of yellow, you bring into your home a unique impact. It can instantly become a cheerful space. And when you decide to use it as an accent color, it makes the guests feel warm and welcome. Use this color in your breakfast nook and you will wake up to a great start each day.
Other spaces can use yellow also as a warming tone. When paired with dark tones (the darkest being black), yellow tends to be highlighted so you can combine, say, a yellow couch with dark-colored interiors.
Energize with Yellow
Crafting the right kind of ambiance, especially in a workspace, is an important part of interior design. Whether you like taking home your work or if you already set up a home office, then what you need is a space that is dedicated to organization and productivity.
But how do you go about with this? It’s not enough to just paint the walls yellow. Do this and it gets jarring. Apply too little and you end up with a dull and monotonous room.
What to do, what to do?
You can beautify and energize at the same time when you fuse yellow and gray. This fusion of a refined color and its bright counterpart is, unarguably, a popular go-to color combination. Your home office would do well with this color fusion and so could your living room and the bedroom.
When you decide to accessorize with yellow, then you energize your home in a different way. Let go of those neutral curtains and replace them with the luscious yellow sheer curtains. Let in the light and organize with light yellow desk paired with a gold-colored chair.
Be Cozy with Yellow
When you grow tired of energetic and productive hours, and it’s finally time to wind down, then you can still depend upon yellow to help you cloak your home with the needed hominess.
Use a mellow yellow sort of yellow as a backdrop in the living room. This is a great way to move away from the traditional neutrals and to move towards the elegant and vintage beauty that this tint of yellow offers.
Coupled with the right kind of lighting fixture, you are sure to amaze your guests as they marvel at the chic elegance that your living room will evoke.
Yellow is also an amazing color when you want the eyes of your guests to rest on a gallery wall. This accent wall need not be bold all the time. You can also use a pale tint of yellow and then have your artworks hung.
‘Talk of texture in the living room or the home office.
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
Cynthia Rowley’s 7070-002CR Rivington 3 over 3 Sofa shows the beauty of yellow green made richer by its neutral backdrop. Notice the flowers on the side table? The boldness of red makes a striking contrast with the rest of the design elements.
One of these days – when you get the chance to – take a look outside and try to look at the colors that Mother Nature generously displays. There is so much to see from the cheerful yellow summer sunlight to the rich greens, blues and browns of the trees and bushes. There’s limitless variety from the deliciously playful to the subtle hues.
First, There’s Yellow
One of the most useful colors that Mother Nature has provided for the interiors of your home is the color yellow. Think of the creamy yellow colors of the English rose to the light butter yellow. Think also of lemons and honey as well as sunshine. The bolder few can choose mustard to fill the rooms of their homes.
Yellow connotes intelligence, wit, optimism, cheerfulness and everything that’s positive in a person’s life.
The colors of aspen trees and gingko during autumn are bright shades of yellow that you can use to perk your home up a bit. Using bright yellow such as the color of sunshine will instantly brighten up any home.
Yellow pops and can be either subdued or intense. You can use a lot of it or just a tint of it somewhere.
Color Fusion
Mother Nature is also the perfect canvas for color fusions. Try to be more observant. Peek at the center of a pink rose and you are sure to see a tint of yellow. Look up to the sky during dawn and you are also likely to see the pink-yellow combination in the pink clouds and the erupting sun.
You also won’t go wrong if you choose to combine blue and yellow. When using the bright versions of each color, you will achieve the lively mixture of the cloudless blue skies and the bright sun. To tone this down, use a more sophisticated shade of dark blue and have it marry lemon yellow. Use a lot of white elsewhere.
Bring Nature In
Natural light provides a better view of the picturesque garden or lawn outside of your home. It also offers colors that do not glare. The most effective health interiors visually prepare natural-looking environments because health professionals know the positive effects of nature in humans.
Panoramic vistas, local sceneries and geographic elements can all play a wonderful role in setting up a beautiful yet still functional home interior. So go ahead and draw your curtains. Let the sun’s rays fill the rooms during the day and have a good glimpse of the greeneries outside.
A lot of people would agree that they feel tons better when they see the bright skies and the cheerful sun. These offer a warm and welcoming feel to your home as opposed to the gloominess that could envelop the rooms if more shades of gray are brought in or if thick draperies are used with insufficient lighting.
Bringing Mother Nature is also not limited to just opening the windows, letting in some fresh air or having a good view of the landscaping. To liven up your home further, bring in potted green plants and the most beautiful flowers in vases. These are known to reduce stress by upping the level of positivity in your home.
Look for a variety of tints and tones made available to you – the blue lake, the orange falling leaves, the acorns that offer deep browns – there is so much to choose from.
A Little Caution
While Mother Nature offers a rich palette of hues, be careful that you do not overdo your passion of bringing nature in. Keep in mind that although natural light is good for your health as well as the aesthetics of your home, it can also be detrimental to some degree.
Sunlight can reflect on polished or naturally shiny floors. These floors are also can also reflect other forms of lighting in your home so, as much as possible, veer away from this kind of flooring.
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Saturday, May 14th, 2016
FFDM Brentwood Collection: The light touch of yellow on the lampshade, artwork, area rug and accent chair makes it a noticeable yet non-glaring element inside this beautiful room.
You either love or hate yellow – what is it? Some may answer that their level of emotion towards this color depends on how vibrant or soft it is. Believe it or not, though, yellow is crucial in interior design.
Color can affect humans physiologically without them noticing it most of the time. This only means that you must never underestimate the power that colors or color combinations have among humans.
A Fair Share of Yellow
You might have seen a good amount of yellow in interior design magazines and sites these days. Stop wondering why yellow seems to be taking the interior design industry by storm.
Yellow is a retrospective color, meaning, your grandma and grandpa did enjoy using this color during their days.
Yellow is often used because of its positive qualities. It is known to evoke happiness, confidence and optimism. Imagine feeling optimistic just because you wake up to a sunny yellow room every day. There is a downside to this color, though. Overusing it (meaning you surround yourself with everything that’s yellow), or using the wrong tone, even pairing it with the wrong hue will render the yellow useless (if not damaging to the overall design).
This means that you should harness just the right shade of yellow. If you don’t know what shade to pick, then find the one that resonates the most with you. See also that this shade of yellow does not create disharmony in your existing interior design theme.
Yellow can range from daffodil, creams, sunflower shades and acid hues.
Choosing or Avoiding Yellow
The rooms where you should use yellow are the hallways, the breakfast nook, and any room that asks for a lot of activities and foot traffic. The hallways, for instance, are often dark and so yellow is the best welcoming color that you can use there.
Uttermost Lamps and Lighting Pratella Lamp 27491 features a bright yellow base that will surely captivate the beholder.
Teaming Up with YellowYellow can relate to the emotions just like a person taking an upper. This only means that you shouldn’t use yellow in areas where you should be resting such as the bedroom or the bathroom. The reading room might not be a good area to use this color in. Being exposed to yellow in these places of relaxation will only make the person annoyed or irritable in the long run. Remember that even as you sleep, the psychological properties of yellow are still at work so better be careful in using this activity-inducing hue.
You are seeing a lot of yellow pairings in many interiors at the moment. Different combinations are being used under different circumstances. Depending on yellow’s strengths, gray is often used as the hue to tone down this active color.
Tonal white versions of yellow include ivory, cream and oyster hues. These look lively, fresh and happy and are known to excite the senses. Spring showed much of these beautiful colors so it would be a waste if you would not be able to harness yellow to your home’s advantage.
A complementary color to yellow is any shade of purple. If you think you have doused your home with too much yellow, then freely use purple to counteract the overactive environment that you have created.
For a calmer color scheme, find the analogous colors. Which colors sit right next to yellow on the color wheel?
For yellow, these would be red and orange.
The key to successfully using yellow as a color scheme is to use it together with the hues from the same family. It also pays to identify which colors are primary, secondary and accents.
Yellow has always been a contradictory color. It can be the color of slaves (during the Spanish Inquisition) or it can represent nobility (this is apparent among the Chinese). At the end of the day, it will always represent cheerfulness so use it with caution.
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Monday, January 18th, 2016
This neutral-colored bed from the Bergman Bedroom Collection of Jonathan Louis is perfect with yellow curtains, that yellow chair at the foot of the bed, and yellow-striped bolster, and other yellow accessories.
The color yellow is a wonderful hue. It is intense, it is bright, and it can even evoke the strongest emotions. Yellow is an attention-grabbing color yet it can also become abrasive should you make the mistake of overusing it. This color can appear bright and warm but in the wrong hands, it can also be visually tiresome.
Yellow can cause eye fatigue because of the high amount of light which it can reflect. The use of this color as a wallpaper on computer monitors can cause eye strain, even vision loss for some. Though this is the case, it can also be used (in moderation) to grab people’s attention. This is why yellow is used mostly in most roadside advertisements.
Lamps and Lighting Uttermost Oratino Burnt Yellow Lamp 26476 at McCreerys Home Furnishings. This fascinating lamp comes with a crackled ceramic. You will love the burnt yellow glaze as well as the rust bronze detail.
The Sunny Color
Using yellow in interior design means you are ready to stage warm and happy feelings inside your home.
Color therapy makes use of this color to evoke feelings of happiness in people. In interior design, it creates coziness and feelings of warmth. This is quite a popular color for wall paints.
Splashes of yellow can be used inside your home through golden carpet hues, warm room furniture, and yellow lighting fixtures. Accessories in yellow can also make a rather dull room appear more exciting.
Yellow is a highly recommended color for decorating rooms. This is the color that can brighten up any dark, gloomy room. Painting the walls light yellow, creamy yellow or any yellowish tint on wallpapers is great for small and dark rooms.
Mix decorative items of yellow and colors that match this lovely hue. If you have used yellow as paint or wallpaper, then find a neutral color for your ceiling and floor. This should balance the looks of your interiors while also creating a pleasant atmosphere.
Yellow can be so many things – it can be juicy, subtle, even dimmed. The living room walls can be painted with this juicy shade. If used as a tint, it can be mixed with brown, cream or brick red. Speaking of duos, what could be considered as the marital pair for yellow is the color green. This is a combination that is typically used in kitchens and children’s bedrooms. Bright accessories can be a fusion of two colors: red, coral, blue, orange or turquoise.
If you want to use yellow inside classical interiors, then have it combined with white. This is a great mixture for dining rooms, offices and living rooms. These two colors can make any room look larger, clean and bright. If you used the color combination as a backdrop, then be sure to use moss-colored, terracotta, or burgundy accessories. Wooden oak furniture will also look great inside such interiors.
If, on the other hand, you decide to use yellow and white furniture and accessories, then be sure to have a more exciting ceiling to floor colors such as lilac, green, or shades of blue.
It is also safe to experiment with yellow and chocolate. You will never go wrong with this combination as it offers a warm contrast to the usual sunny feelings that yellow evokes. Mix the same color with red and you will instantly bring life into a room.
Purple is also a great combination for bright yellow. Children’s rooms often come with pastel green with purple accessories. This is never irritating to the eye.
All in all, yellow can be used in different shades and can be easily combined with many different colors. Just learn to put balance these awesome colors by knowing their limits. Just remember this – too much of anything can always annoy.
Yellow lemons – in this case oranges – can add a unique tinge of yellow on your dining table. This wooden masterpiece is from FFDM’s Sunset Collection available at McCreerys Home Furnishings.
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