Moving house can be difficult enough, without worrying about what you are going to put into your house once you move. Myself and Tom had decided on an initial Colour palette, but it wasn't until just before moving in that we realised that creating a whole house colour palette was definitely the way to go for us.
Before we even started looking at moving in together, I'd already started buying some little home decor pieces. We had decided that we were definitely going to use orange as a focal point. However, I had no idea what colours to pair with this. After sitting down and making a plan for each room, it was much easier to decide on a whole house colour palette.
01: Choose a white colour. This sounds simple, however, there are lots of different shades of white with different undertones. For us, because our walls are cream and many of the fittings are a yellow toned white, that is the colour we decided to go with. However, you could also go with a cool, grey toned white for a contrast against the undertones that you have.
02: Choose a neutral colour. I love the combination of orange and grey, so our neutral is a very light dove grey. We also mix this up with some slightly darker, slate grey combinations. This is a great colour to use in hallways, corridors and spaces between rooms without overloading your home with colour.
03: Choose a focal colour. This, for us, became the burnt, deep orange colour that features heavily in our home decor. We use this in different quantities in each room. For example, in the living room, orange is very much the focal point, whereas in the bedroom, the main colour is grey with the orange just making up accents in the room.
04: Choose a complimentary or harmonious colour. Your colour wheel will come in pretty handy here for knowing which colours can be paired together. Our colour pick here was a warm chocolate brown as we went for a harmonious colour. However, it you wanted something complimentary, you would pick a blue colour. You could also just go for a lighter or darker shade, so we could have picked a lighter orange or a darker orange.
05: Choose an accent colour. Our accent colour is copper and this appears in different saturations around our rooms. Although copper is present, it never overpowers or becomes the focal colour, therefore constantly remaining as an accent.
If you feel like you are constricted by only being able to pick 3-5 colours, try using shades of the same hue. For example, we use shades of grey in different rooms, so some have a very light grey and some, a darker slate grey. Try to work with fixed elements. If you are living in a rental, walls and fitted furniture elements cannot easily be changed, so try to fit these into your colour palette and go from there, rather than trying to fit them in after, which will definitely be harder!
I should say that our entire house palette isn't completely finished. The kitchen has a cream and lilac colour scheme based on some plates that I absolutely loved. Eventually, we are planning on extending the colour scheme to the kitchen, but for now, the cream and lilac will do. Creating a whole house colour palette is an ongoing job and we've been slowing adding pieces to try and make all the rooms work. For now, I love how walking from room to room is like walking through different pieces of the same puzzle.
Before we even started looking at moving in together, I'd already started buying some little home decor pieces. We had decided that we were definitely going to use orange as a focal point. However, I had no idea what colours to pair with this. After sitting down and making a plan for each room, it was much easier to decide on a whole house colour palette.
01: Choose a white colour. This sounds simple, however, there are lots of different shades of white with different undertones. For us, because our walls are cream and many of the fittings are a yellow toned white, that is the colour we decided to go with. However, you could also go with a cool, grey toned white for a contrast against the undertones that you have.
02: Choose a neutral colour. I love the combination of orange and grey, so our neutral is a very light dove grey. We also mix this up with some slightly darker, slate grey combinations. This is a great colour to use in hallways, corridors and spaces between rooms without overloading your home with colour.
03: Choose a focal colour. This, for us, became the burnt, deep orange colour that features heavily in our home decor. We use this in different quantities in each room. For example, in the living room, orange is very much the focal point, whereas in the bedroom, the main colour is grey with the orange just making up accents in the room.
04: Choose a complimentary or harmonious colour. Your colour wheel will come in pretty handy here for knowing which colours can be paired together. Our colour pick here was a warm chocolate brown as we went for a harmonious colour. However, it you wanted something complimentary, you would pick a blue colour. You could also just go for a lighter or darker shade, so we could have picked a lighter orange or a darker orange.
05: Choose an accent colour. Our accent colour is copper and this appears in different saturations around our rooms. Although copper is present, it never overpowers or becomes the focal colour, therefore constantly remaining as an accent.
If you feel like you are constricted by only being able to pick 3-5 colours, try using shades of the same hue. For example, we use shades of grey in different rooms, so some have a very light grey and some, a darker slate grey. Try to work with fixed elements. If you are living in a rental, walls and fitted furniture elements cannot easily be changed, so try to fit these into your colour palette and go from there, rather than trying to fit them in after, which will definitely be harder!
I should say that our entire house palette isn't completely finished. The kitchen has a cream and lilac colour scheme based on some plates that I absolutely loved. Eventually, we are planning on extending the colour scheme to the kitchen, but for now, the cream and lilac will do. Creating a whole house colour palette is an ongoing job and we've been slowing adding pieces to try and make all the rooms work. For now, I love how walking from room to room is like walking through different pieces of the same puzzle.
Have you tried to incorporate a whole house colour palette?
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