Decorating Tips: The Meaning of Colors

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Pink is a soft color often used inrepparttar decorations and room decor for little girls. Psychological studies have actually shown that this color causes physical weakness in people. Orange is a mixture of red and yellow, so it has allrepparttar 137500 warmth and comfort of those colors. Some oranges - such asrepparttar 137501 color of pumpkins and fall leaves - is a stimulant and good for use inrepparttar 137502 dining room. Purple has always been a special color, representing royalty and spirituality. Purple is known for stimulating creativity in small doses, but large amounts of purple can cause depression and moodiness.

Consideringrepparttar 137503 meanings ofrepparttar 137504 different colors is an important part of decorating your room. You should consider bothrepparttar 137505 wayrepparttar 137506 colors make you feel - for example, if you fell in a vat of yellow paint when you were little, yellow is probably not a cheerful color for you - but you should also take into accountrepparttar 137507 way that it will make your guests feel. Using blue in your dining area will likely suppress your visitors' appetites, and despite how much you may loverepparttar 137508 color for your dining area, you should consider their needs and desires as well.

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Southwest Style Decorating Tips

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Finally, you will want to choose matching accessories. For each ofrepparttar major colors inrepparttar 137499 rug, you'll want to have two to three items of a similar color aroundrepparttar 137500 room; otherwise,repparttar 137501 color may look random and not mesh withrepparttar 137502 rest ofrepparttar 137503 room. Additionally, you will want to have wooden pieces and tan pieces to break uprepparttar 137504 bright colors ofrepparttar 137505 Southwest style. Ivory and turquoise pieces will also make beautiful additions torepparttar 137506 room.

Southwest style has a bright, cozy feel. The colors are warm, earth tones so guests tend to feel welcome and you feel comfortable. Rooms in this style tend to be good for playing games or talking;repparttar 137507 colors stimulate action and conversation, so be sure to use this in a room where you truly want that atmosphere. Find authentic Native American pieces when you can, and use desert photographs to decoraterepparttar 137508 walls. Your creativity will help you envision hundreds of ways to decorate your room inrepparttar 137509 Southwest style, and each will be interesting, invigorating, and beautiful.

For more home decorating and decor tips, ideas, articles, and gorgeous decor accents and accessories for your home - visit The Do It Yourself Home Decorating Network @DIYHomeDecorating.com.



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