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What Color Should I Paint My Teen Room?
by Sherrie Le Masurier
Description: Easy tips for choosing a paint color for a teen's room.
Never underestimate the power of a good color. When it comes to deciding on a color to paint your teen room give some thought to your favorite colors and the feelings you attach to them.
For instance do you have any favorite items of clothing that make you feel really good in?
A fun way to select a room color is to toss your favorite clothes on your bed and then put them together in outfits. By doing this you're also giving yourself some personal color ideas for painting your bedroom. The shades in your favorite outfits will hopefully inspire a paint color or a combination of colors that work well together like pink and brown or brown and turquoise.
A good teen room color should reflect positive emotions - you want to create a cool and cosy space that you feel like hanging around in instead of running from.
Once you have a favorite color in mind, consider the many shade variations the color has. One of the best ways to this is to go to a paint store pick up a variety of paint chips in your favorite color and then give some thought to the emotions each shade brings about.
Paint colors can be broken down into three main groups. The first are those which stimulate and are uplifting. The second group of colors give off a feeling of calm and relaxation. Harmony and balance wraps up the third group.
Resources:
Have Fun with Your Room: 28 Cool Projects for Teens
The Big Book of Teen Rooms
Super Suite: The Ultimate Bedroom Makeover Guide for Girls
Organizing from the Inside Out for Teenagers
A color like a bright orange can make you feel alive and energetic while a toned down warmer shade of orange can make you feel secure and positive. A blend of the two orange shades in a teen room works well. For instance, a warm orange on your walls with a bolder, more coppery orange as an accent color on one wall and in accessory items, would work well.
The effects of colors often extend beyond the emotional to the physical.
A general rule of thumb, when contemplating what color to paint your teen room is that lighter shades work better overall and have a tendency to give small rooms (which most teen bedrooms are) a more spacious and open feel.
Darker shades are best used as an accent color or to reduce the size of a large teen room. Another important factor to consider is that darker shades are much harder to paint over when it comes time to redecorate.
It has also been my experience that a softer shade of a favorite color has more staying power than darker shades which people have a tendency to tire of quicker.
Deciding on a paint color is only part of the decorating teen room process. For more tips on painting your teen room visit Creative Paint Designs for Teen Bedrooms. Sherrie Le Masurier is co-owner of http://www.teen-bedrooms.com. Visit her site for some great organizing and decorating ideas for teen bedrooms. - Copyright 2008.
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