Choosing the Right Accent Pieces for Your Paint Color
Sam Lutz • October 9, 2018
You’ve spent countless hours choosing the perfect paint color, masking the walls, priming, painting, and painting again. Now you finally have the space you’ve always wanted. But this isn’t the end of the journey. With every color in the rainbow comes a unique pallet. Your next step is deciding how to decorate around your new paint job.
What Colors Go Well Together?
Nothing can offset the beauty of a new paint color than decor and furniture that don’t quite match. When done correctly, your decor shouldn’t only harmonize with your wall colors, but enhance them as well!
The first thing to determine is what colors work well with others. Let’s go back to art class and revisit the color wheel. This handy device tells us which colors work well together. First, the primary colors: yellow, red and blue. Next, the secondary colors: these are colors that can be made with two primary colors – green (blue and yellow), orange (yellow and red) and purple (red and blue).
Colors can also be defined as analogous and complementary. Analogous colors sit right next to each other on the color wheel, like purple and blue or yellow and orange. These combinations typically clash when not arranged correctly. However, the second option– complementary colors – do exactly what their name suggest: they complement one another. Some examples include blue and yellow, or green and red.
Of course, there’s no accounting for personal preference! Mix whatever colors you like best.
How to Decorate Around Your New Paint Color
When it comes to picking out decor and furniture, you should consider what color combinations you prefer, but also what shades and hues would work well. For instance, a strong color accent wall might look best with lighter hued furniture next to it. Conversely, you can add depth to lighter walls with darker colors. Again, it’s all a matter of taste and preference.
You can also explore different design trends to further inform your decision. Some popular trends right now include natural-looking furniture and decor, curves and waves, bold accent pieces, and lots and lots of potted plants. Following some of these trends can help you hone in on the right colors for your paint color.
The possibilities really are endless when it comes to showing off your new space. The most important thing is that it feels like home and fits your unique style.
Start Creating Your New Space with Ace Paints
No matter how you decorate your new space, it all starts with a fresh coat of paint. Not only does Ace Paints have the perfect paint or stain, we also have plenty of unfinished furniture to help you really customize your space! View all of the Ace Paints products
to get your dream home started!
There are all kinds of wooden furniture: modern, antique and everything in between. We’ve talked about style differences, but what about how it’s made and what it’s made of? Is there a large difference between the wood furniture of today and yesterday?
Colors are so fascinating. They make us feel, they help us express how we feel. The right colors can really set the mood in a room, or on an outfit. There’s a lot to color theory and what each of the colors mean. This St. Patrick’s Day we thought it’d be fun to explore a little about green.
One of the wonderful things about good wood furniture is that it doesn’t have to be merely functional. It can be beautiful as well. We’ve seen some amazing pieces made with wood stains that are more than just furniture, they’re works of art. So if you’ve got an old table, desk or other piece of wood furniture that needs jazzed up, why don’t you consider using some of our great stains to try one of these ideas.
What's your furniture style? Here’s a few of the more popular styles and the kind of look they give your home.
Wood is our most basic raw material used for creating furniture. Wood furniture is timeless, and the aesthetic options are endless. Let’s talk about a few today, shall we?
The 2010s saw an uptick in modern interiors, bringing in clean lines to decor and furniture, so what does the new decade have in store? Restyle your home for the new year with the latest trends.
Are they bright and bold? Wild and wacky? It’s a thrill for our industry to learn what the latest “in” colors will be each year, and they never disappoint. The color trends for 2020 include shades of green, blue and pink, and each have an inherent welcoming quality.
Holiday parties are part of the magic of the season, but the cleanup is a pain—especially when furniture is involved. Prevent disasters with a few tips on how to protect your furniture during holiday parties.
The holiday season has arrived, and soon every corner will be decked out in red and green. But have you ever stopped to think about what holiday colors mean?
Restaining an old piece of furniture with a new varnish color can go a long way, but first you need to remove the old stain color.