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Colour schemeing your home's interior is an important stage in the overall planning of a painting project says the APMF. Various rooms and
areas in the house require a different approach to the choice of colours depending on their location and the kind of atmosphere you wish to create. Let's take a look at the various options.
ENTRANCES
Take the opportunity to make visitors feel welcome by using warm colours. Bear in mind that most entrances and lobbies are small so don't use
too many colours. The fewer colours the less cluttered it looks.
KITCHENS
As it is often the centre of the home make sure it is bright and cheery, but take care not to be over zealous with the warm colours.
This could make the kitchen unbearable during the height of summer. Areas of white, however, can reduce this feeling of temperature and bring an air of crisp freshness to the room. It is often a challenge to choose a good scheme because of the areas of fixed colour such as applicances, bench tops and tiles.
Lets look at the various aspects of your home's exterior.
ROOF
In most homes this represents the largest mass of exterior colour.
As a result you will need to co-ordinate your colour scheme around it. For example, you could use the roof colour as a trim colour for shutters, columns, doors, etc.
WINDOWS, DOORS, FEATURES
Your may be fortunate enough to own an older style property of Victorian or Edwardian architecture. If so you can 'pick-out' features such as
arches and ornamental stonework, although you should only consider this if they are of a large and regular size. If not they should be painted in common with the walls.
WALLS
You will need to consider a number of points when choosing colours for walls. For example, the colour schemes of surrounding houses, is your
house an oasis in a green area or is it wedged tightly into suburbia?
For hotter climates you should bear in mind that a light colour insulates, absorbing up to 15% less of the sun's heat than darker colours. Lighter colour schemes will also help to make a small house appear larger. Also, for weatherboard or painted masonry houses a dark painted based board can cut down on garden soiling.
GUTTERS, FACIAS
These should be the one trim colour particularly in brick houuses which can otherwise suffer from an overdose of stripes.
EAVES
In modern houses these are usually white because from the inside they are structural continuations of the ceiling line. In older homes you can
use a different trim colour and in elevated positions this can be an important part of your overall colour scheme.
With these hints and a measure of confidence there is no reason why you cannot choose a colour scheme that both improves and enhances the exterior
of you home.
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