Sometimes there is nothing that a coat of paint can’t do to add a refreshing look to your home. It is a cheap and cheerful way for you to spruce up your home, or if you have a home to (re-)decorate. There is no doubt that selecting the colour scheme will create flow from one room to the next and assist in boosting the ambiance of your home.

1. Start with your Canvas

When it comes to decorating your home it can be difficult, so just like a painting, it is good to start with a blank canvas and go from there; the canvas in this scenario being the walls of your home. Whether you have a mansion in Beverley Hills or a beach shack along the coast of Australia, you want the walls of your home to be refreshing and let the natural light bounce around the room. Having a light, calming wall colour will allow for you to bring out your inner Darren Palmer when it comes to the decorating stage, and there is no reason you can’t add a splash of character with a feature wall here or there.

2. Where to Start?

If you are still struggling on where to start, the largest room in your house is the best place for this. If you can visualise how you want the larger spaces in your home to look then this will ignite your create juices and will give you confidence when moving from room to room.

3. Same Same but Different

Incorporate texture. Don’t be afraid to use bold pieces that will draw character and warmth to the room you are decorating, this doesn’t necessarily have to be a colour, it could be with a rug, textured cushion or perhaps a handmade piece of furniture. This also allows you use the same colour without it tiring.

4. Choose a Style to Fit your Lifestyle

Before going any further, you need to decide on the style you want to decorate your home, this will give you guidance and direction with selecting the colour scheme of your home. Hand in hand with this is practicality, it is crucial to consider your lifestyle and if you can maintain the desired theme throughout your home; do you have time to be cleaning marks and scuffs off your hand painted Duluxe Hog Bristle skirting boards? How bold do you want to be with the rest of your home? These simple questions are crucial to making your home fit your life.

5. Our Hot Tip – Less is More has never been so relevant

Our top piece of advice is to embrace the “less is more” approach when it comes to choosing colours, in fact we recommend not using any more than three colours in your home. Sure, you can have different shades of the colour but try to stick with the main colours you selected. Being restricted to a number of colours will force you to have consistency throughout your home, and consistency is key.

It is no doubt that it is a difficult to choose just a handful of colours to run through your home and ensuring it marries with the style of your home, however if you come to a road block in making a selection it is best to draw it back to the basics and remember that your walls are the canvas of your home. Choosing a timeless colour pallete can allow you enjoy your space for years to come, or if you want to freshen it up it can be easy to do so with mixing up the soft furnishings throughout your home.