When it comes to decorating your McCormick Ranch home for sale, there are a few decorating rules you can ignore, especially when it comes to color. Beautiful interiors are created when decorators take creative risks and break some decorating rules. But you first need to learn the rules before you break them so you can make the best decisions in your decor.
No, not everything must match
Matching colors is less important than it ever has been. “Matchy-matchy” is the term interior designers are using to describe a perfectly, color-matched space. The goal in your McCormick Ranch home for sale should be to make the color decor look unintentional. Interior colors only need to look good together, not necessarily match.
Yes, it’s ok to mix metals
Contrary to what you’ve probably heard, mixing metals in your McCormick Ranch home for sale is ok. Every light fixture, faucet, and doorknob does not have to be made out of the same metal. This look used to be popular, especially among builders because it made it easier to have everything match. Keep in mind, you don’t want to have a collection of metal finishes in your home but combining a few of them is ok.
You can use dark colors in small rooms
It used to be that decorators advised against decorating a small room with dark colors since it makes a room look even smaller. Making rooms look larger used to be the objective and would take precedent over other design options. This trend became less popular as more people started downsizing. But do you really care if a room in your McCormick Ranch home for sale looks larger? Is that really the goal? You need to ask yourself those questions.
Your goal should be to make a room look nice, no matter the size and no matter what color you use. If you do it right, dark colors do work in small rooms. Using the right lighting is also important.
You don’t always have to use white for trim
Another rule you can break is always using white trim and molding. Trim color is trendy. No doubt, white trim and molding complements most paint colors on walls. But there’s a new trend emerging that could work on your McCormick Ranch home for sale. Consider matching trim and molding in a neutral color paired with a light neutral wall color for an adventurous look.
Neutrals don’t go with everything
A confusing rule for sure. Decorating ads and shows make it look like choosing neutral colors look easy even though it really isn’t. Neutrals have undertones such as green, red, and blue and could end up clashing with other colors. You’re safest using a warm beige or greige, a warm grey with brown undertones.
Ceilings don’t have to be white
Try a different color than white on your McCormick Ranch home for sale ceiling to accent the color on your walls. Putting more thought into the ceiling color is a new trend. But being adventurous and painting your ceiling another color besides white is a big commitment. Try using a paint color app.
Neutral colors can be used as accents — not just bright colors
It may seem strange, using neutral colors as accents, but it works. It used to be your main color should be neutral and your accent color should be bright. Now, the opposite is true.
So, whether it’s your McCormick Ranch home for sale or one in another neighborhood, be creative and branch out with the colors you use.