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Color Scheme

Transform the look and feel of your home by selecting a color palette that you love and suits your decor. These inspirational photos and a how-to guide provide an abundance of options so you make the best choice.

Articles

Establishing a Color Scheme

Establishing a Color Scheme

From there you can consider the combinations. The color scheme you create this way will truly reflect your taste and effect. If you get stuck on the road to developing your color scheme , some simple steps may help get you going again. Consider

Color Affects Mood

Color Affects Mood

softening their outlines, rather than defining each one separately. Click below to see the same setting using a cool color scheme . Nature's fresh, spring shades of blue, green, and purple are known as cool colors. These serene hues calm and

Colorful Contemporary Table Setting

Colorful Contemporary Table Setting

theme would be perfect for a summer party or birthday gathering. Begin with brightly colored dishes as the cue for your color scheme . Search a party store for colorful paper lanterns to hang overhead and patterned wrapping papers to use when making

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Videos

Decorating in Stages: Bedroom

Decorating in Stages: Bedroom

This "Decorating in Stages" video shows you how to transform a blah bedroom into a relaxing retreat in three easy steps.

Fri, 16 Jan 2009|More from Home & Garden
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invites relaxation with soft, touchable fabrics and furnishings all wrapped in a color scheme fit for a femme fatale. Color comes full circle in stage 3 where we indulged our urge for pink. The bedding is
true multipurpose powerhouse. The tri-toned pink drawer set that inspired the room's color scheme is better suited here. It houses hair dryers, calligraphy pens, and anything else a gal needs to keep handy. Now this room
to create a space that speaks to you. Start by choosing a color scheme that makes you feel beautiful. Add comfortable furnishings that encourage you to linger. And the crowning touch, fashion forward accessories and art.
Double-Duty Dining Room: Decorating in Stages

Double-Duty Dining Room: Decorating in Stages

A three-step makeover helps this dining room work harder than ever without compromising beauty.

Tue, 4 Aug 2009|More from Home & Garden
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space looking lovely all day long. Remember where we started? A bland color scheme and lack of finishing details obscured this room's true potential. In order to serve dual purpose as a family gathering space and
Family Room - After

Family Room - After

Clean and calm, this family room’s ready for its closeup as Stephen reveals the results of the makeover.

Sun, 20 Jul 2008|More from Home & Garden
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than what it had before and it works in perfectly to our color scheme . So, we took the existing sofa the homeowner have, which had been against this wall where this table is, and repositioned it
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Slide Shows

Bedroom Color Ideas: Blue Bedrooms

Bedroom Color Ideas: Blue Bedrooms

bedroom, using a blue-and-white color scheme with both smooth and fun patterns great things about using a blue color scheme in the bedroom is that it brings to add to the blue-and-white color scheme . Wood flooring provides the perfect

Decorating with Black

Decorating with Black

underestimate the power of graphic pillows to pump up a simple color scheme . Here, cherry blossom pillows keep a charcoal-gray an eclectic style. Red, green, and white is a bold color scheme , yet the effect is toned down through the liberal use

House Tours: A Home that Masters Pattern Mixing

House Tours: A Home that Masters Pattern Mixing

favorite hue from the family's former residence, so they decided to pair it with this home's black-and-white color scheme . The kitchen was an ideal space for a splash of cheery yellow walls. Cathy stuck with black-and-white countertop

Pitch-Perfect Caroling Party

Pitch-Perfect Caroling Party

decorating for the party. Here, a largely neutral color scheme is dressed up with hints of blue in the pillows, votive look for simple, inexpensive items that can boost your color scheme -- in this case, blueberry candy canes for the dessert

Cottage Gone Patriotic

Cottage Gone Patriotic

An overall red-white-and-blue color scheme unifies the rooms in this renovated cottage, where basic furniture was acquired from local flea markets. Anything that didn't fit the color scheme was painted or spiffed up with new fabric, throws, or pillows.

Simple Blue Backyard Party

Simple Blue Backyard Party

This blue color scheme is sure to be a hit at your next party.

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