The Most Common Mistakes Made When Choosing Paint Colours For Your House

Mistakes while Choosing Paint Colours For Interior Painting:

• • Selecting colours in fluorescent light at the paint store. Don’t trust that lighting! Always take the swatches home and assess them in your own home’s lighting. 

 

• • Choosing paint colours as the focal point rather than complementary to the furnishings/room. In fact, you should really work towards everything from your furniture to your flooring as well as your interior paint colour perfectly complementing one another. 

 

• • Picking paint colours that have the wrong hues in them. Think about if you want warm tones or cool tones. 

 

• • Forgetting to consider lighting depending on the particular room you want to paint.

 

• • Paying no heed to which side of the house the room is facing (North and East facing rooms always get less sunlight than west and south-facing rooms).

• • Considering paint colours only from personal preference, forgetting to pick colours that will look good in the room.

 

• • Not choosing the right paint finishes for the right rooms. 

 

• • Selecting paint colours throughout the house that don’t complement each other.

 

• • Picking the right colours but putting them in the wrong room. So, Choosing a paint colour for a bedroom is totally different from choosing a paint colour for a bathroom.

In 2021, the painting trends are constantly evolving every season. Therefore, it is paramount to know what colours are just fads and which ones are here to stay. In this in mind, try to aim for top-of-the-line paint from companies with positive reviews. Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams offer a vast selection of products to choose from with the highest quality possible.

• • Sandy taupes

• • Beige Taupes

• •Light to medium tone greys

• • White and Black will never go out of style either.

Ignoring their neighbours when choosing exterior paint colours. Most people want to have a unique feel to their home, but they also don’t want to stick out like a sore thumb. There can be a nice balance there. 

• 1. Not knowing if they want a more modern and contemporary look or if they want a more classic, traditional look. 

• 2. Nowhere near considering their landscaping when choosing an exterior paint colour. Everything works together to create one cohesive visual message. So that includes your trees, shrubs, flowers and outdoor plants. 

• 3. Picking the wrong hues. Natural light makes a huge influence on which colours to pick.

• 4. Choosing paint colours inside the house or paint store versus outside in daylight. Take your paint swatches outside and look at them with the exterior of your home. It makes all the difference! 

• 5. Forgetting to consider the direction the front despite of their house is facing.

• 6. In addition, check out our Pinterest page any time for inspiration!