Do you want a little more color in your life? Bringing color into our Southwest Florida homes however, can be daunting. Color is a homeowners's most powerful tool when it comes to dramatically changing a home. Color used correctly, it completely transforms a room or an entire home. It is the biggest change that can be made for the least amount of money. Even if we don't go out and paint a room a bold hue, we still need to figure out which tones, and how much of them to use. Yet the alternative-sticking to white or beige-often results in rooms that feel too tame, or too much of the same. Color has the power to change everything, like magic. Whether it be the interior or exterior of your Southwest Florida home color is the first thing we notice. Whether you are painting a wall, painting a room, or painting your house, the wrong color sends us in the other direction and the right color draws us in. When I am meeting with clients and we are choosing colors for painting their home, I always emphasize to the homeowner that
the front door is the focal point to their home. This is the best place to use a accent color which will draw attention to their home.
Ron's Painting-Fort Myers realizes how hard it is to choose the right colors for our Southwest Florida customers for interior and exterior painting projects. Picking just the right color can be a challenge. There are so many factors to consider when choosing colors and painting ideas. The biggest challenge is lighting when choosing colors. Have you ever seen a paint chip or color that you absolutely loved in a store but found it looked completely different when you took it home? You just experienced "metamerism," a phenomenon whereby colors seem to change when viewed under different light sources. It's always best to view color swatches in the actual space and lighting conditions in which they'll be used. What we have done for our clients is to provide you with several links to different paint companies that are located in Lee and Collier Counties. Visit Sherwin Williams, Glidden, Valspar, Behr, Porter Paints and Benjamin Moore's websites to view virtual visualizers to get idea's for paint colors.
Have Fun Painting...
Please visit the following websites and play a little with the colors, it is fun to paint on the computer. This is just to help give you some decorating idea's. When choosing colors don't worry about trends. Each year we talk about trends in color. This is fun. Pink is the hot color. Gray is the new beige. What is a homeowner to do? Go with the colors you love. No matter what the trend of the moment happens to be, because it is going to change. Stick close to natures color, Mother Nature has perfected the color palette, so it is good to imitate her. Visit my gallery of pictures to get some painting ideas, and how to combine different colors when painting a room. When we do interior painting, many times when we do wall painting, we will paint 1 wall a accent color and the other 3 walls another color.
Please remember the colors you see on your computer will not look exactly the same in or on your Fort Myers home. Lighting is everything when choosing paint colors, and colors will look different on different computer monitors.
The Sherwin Williams website allows you to down load your own digital pictures. You will be able to repaint your own pictures.
Please enjoy!
Sherwin Williams website is https://www.sherwin-williams.com/visualizer/
Benjamin Moore's website is www.benjaminmoore.com and click on personal color viewer
Glidden Paints website is www.glidden.com and click on color visualizer
Valspar Paints website is www.valspar.com/painter.html
Porter Paint website has a page on " The Voice of color"
Behr Paints website is www.behr.com and click on explore color
Martha Stewart had a article regarding color in her magazine Martha Stewart Living, the May 2010 issue. In the article she talks about color, hue, new neutrals, the power of paint. Click here to view her article. I found the article quite interesting. http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/superneutral-decorating-ideas
Martha Stewart Living has introduced Specialty Finishes, that is exclusively at Home Depot in their paint department. The Specialty Finishes are a collection of Precious Metals, Potter's Clay and Light Strokes. The Precious Metals are a collection of metallic finishes that can be used in Faux Finishes or straight painting of ceiling and walls. The Precious Metals collection of colors are a assortment of colors that are new to the market. I have not seen these colors provided by any other paint manufacturer. The Potter's Clay provides a medium of creating a variety of surface textures that can be used in different Faux Finishes. The Light Strokes color collection when used on your walls reflects light differently depending on the direction in which the paint is brushed or rolled on the surface. To see all three collections stop by your local Home Depot paint department and ask to see the Martha Stewart Living Specialty Finishes.
For those homeowners who are thinking of choosing wallpaper instead of painting or faux finishing in there Fort Myers home. Please click on this link. http://www.wpwinteriors.com/index.html. This is the website for Wallpaper World Interiors on Six Mile Cypress in Fort Myers. This is where I send my clients who are looking to install wallpaper instead of painting a room. Many times if my clients find a wallpaper, but it is not quite the color they are looking for, we may be able to come close in a faux finish to match the colors and design in the wallpaper.
Are you still having a problem choosing the right wall color? Are you still confused on wallpaper, paint or faux? Please remember to click on our photo gallery to view some of the pictures of Ron's Painting finished projects. You may see something you may like for your Southwest Florida home. Or you could call Ron at 239-275-0425 and let our team of decorating experts handle all of your decorating decisions. Ron's team of professionals provide decorating, painting, faux finishing, interior design, feng shui, and mural painting to our clients in Fort Myers, Sanibel, Captiva, Estero, Bonita Springs, and Naples Florida.
