What to wear- for your house

srw
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:54:57 +0000

A general traditional rule of decorating is every room should have a touch of black. So I vote for the end tables to be black. Put your focal point else where. Maybe the windows, the bedding, a great print over the bed. In heavy use situations I always use a tray on tables. It adds color and interest, protects the surface and can be changed and washed easily. My husband and I have our spots on the living room couch were we have coffee and read the paper (no TV in there) and I have similar black trays with a painted design on each table.

As far as the touch of black is concerned I recently put it to the test. I painted a bedroom (the boys are basically gone from home) a Tiffany blue with white trim. I used white bedding and white at the windows. It looked good but sort of blah. I added a black pillow to the bed a black tray on the vanity and a couple of small pictures with black in them - amazing it really brought the whole thing together and very simple.

Always select your fabric, weather it be bedding, drapes or upholstery before you pick your wall colors. It’s easy to match paint to fabric not so easy the other way around.

I think I have repeated a lot of what blueig^ has already said :)

You might go to Nell Hill’s website, she is a master of accessorizing and wall colors check out her blog as well.

That’s all I have to say - even though I’ve written a book!