How To Use Color In An Open Floor Plan
One recently completed project was all about color! My client sent me a ton of inspiration on Pinterest (which is awesome) and the look she was going for was neutral walls and large furniture pieces, with deeper jewel tones popped throughout the spaces. She also wanted the flexibility to add in colors seasonally, or change things up over time.
Her concern was that her floor plan was quite open, and while she didn’t want the same color scheme throughout all five spaces she brought me in to design, she also wanted to make sure that the overall scheme made sense when you looked from space to space.
So, how did I handle that? Rather than focusing on one color scheme per space, I treated the overall space with the same color scheme and loaded it up with color. The key was that all of the colors were jewel tone so it felt balanced. We didn’t have pastels competing with dark shades - this allowed me to play with the colors equally against the neutral walls and furniture items.
The second thing I focused on was weaving the colors throughout the space you’ll see a goldenrod fabric on a window treatment in one room. That same color is repeated in a rug in a different room, then again on a pillow and a chair in a third room. This happens with all of our hues so that the rooms all relate to one another and the sight lines all make sense.
Lastly, the client had a wonderful art and Murano glass collection which was partially my inspiration for the color story. All of the art pieces were bursting with color, so once they were factored in, the rooms looked like the colors of the artwork burst out and splattered all over the space.
The moral of the story? If you have an open floor plan, don’t feel like you need to stay neutral or play it safe because there are definitely ways to bring bold colors into your space and make it work.
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