Psychology of Colors - Decorating a living room for the Subconscious

Written by Joey Lewiti


The living room isrepparttar setting which will blendrepparttar 136077 people in your life intorepparttar 136078 occasions of your home. It isrepparttar 136079 hardest room to decorate because it has to be versatile, comfortable, and entertaining. Guests, relatives, friends; this room will berepparttar 136080 showcase of your home for all of them. This makesrepparttar 136081 decoration ofrepparttar 136082 living room especially important. The colors and designs you choose will have subtle effects onrepparttar 136083 psychology ofrepparttar 136084 occupants inrepparttar 136085 setting, resulting in slight changes torepparttar 136086 interactions held there. In a social center such as this, you do not want that influence to be a negative one. A way to help control this is to understandrepparttar 136087 psychological effects of color onrepparttar 136088 people in a room.

Color is what surrounds us, it makes up our environment. Everywhere we look there is color, and this affects our minds. Certain colors have positive effects. Yellow is a happy color, while grey is considered dismal. These effects change asrepparttar 136089 shading changes, and of course other factors can alter them as well. Too much yellow is actually an eye irritant. Color and its effects have been studied by psychologists for many years and they have found many generalities that affect most Americans in a similar manner. However, it is important to note that these ideas are not universal, and you should always follow your own taste when designing a room.

Before you begin you should decide what you want to evoke. Are you looking to make this a quiet peaceful room or a place for wild parties? Would you likerepparttar 136090 room to feel elated or are you looking for a place of serenity. Once you know what you want, you can simply paint byrepparttar 136091 numbers, being careful to always pickrepparttar 136092 shade that evokesrepparttar 136093 desired effect most in you.

The most popular color in America is blue. This color produces a sense of calm, and is often associated withrepparttar 136094 ocean. The color blue can make a room look larger, and it stimulates elated emotional responses. Lighter blue is more popular and will make a room seem more open then darker navies.

Now You’re Engaged, How Do You Choose A Mens Wedding Ring?

Written by Peter Crump


So, you’ve just got engaged.

Whether you are a man or a woman you have an important decision to make (amongstrepparttar myriad of other decisions) about mens wedding rings. It’s this. Willrepparttar 136054 man in your relationship wear one?

Maybe that’s you, maybe not. But you both need to think about it.

You see it’s only sincerepparttar 136055 second world war that modern men have started to publicly display their marital status byrepparttar 136056 wearing of a man wedding ring.

Prior to that it was rare for a man to wear a ring when he married. Men were able to hide their marital status behindrepparttar 136057 tradition that required a woman to wear a wedding ring, but not a man.

However duringrepparttar 136058 war many US soldiers chose to wear mens wedding rings as a public symbol of their marital status whilst away at war and that has started a tradition forrepparttar 136059 modern man. Now it’s very common for a man to wear a mens wedding ring, perhapsrepparttar 136060 norm.

So, what decisions need to be made? Wellrepparttar 136061 first is this. Will he wear one? That’s probablyrepparttar 136062 hardest decision inrepparttar 136063 process.

For a woman there’s no decision. She’s engaged, she wantsrepparttar 136064 ring. For her she needs an engagement ring as well as a wedding ring, and an expensive engagement ring at that. But for a man it’s not so straight forward.

So a very important part ofrepparttar 136065 process is for both of you to talk about it. Do you both have strong feelings aboutrepparttar 136066 man wearing a man wedding ring, either one way orrepparttar 136067 other? Doesrepparttar 136068 woman feel that if she is to publicly display her marital status then it’s only fair that he dorepparttar 136069 same? Does he have any reservations about wearing a ring and if so what are they? You both need to talk over your feelings aboutrepparttar 136070 wearing of a man wedding ring. Establishrepparttar 136071 groundwork.

Once and if you have made a decision that he will wear a ring then that’s justrepparttar 136072 start. It’s perfectly possible to buy a his and hers matching wedding ring set. These are rings designed as matching sets for you both so that both your wedding rings go well together. So are you going to look for matching rings, or just buy him a ring and focus on hers separately?

Next you have to decide what type of ring. There’s a whole world of designs for mens wedding rings out there. An enormous range of styles and materials. A man makes a statement about himself in selectingrepparttar 136073 ring he will wear for his wife, and she is a part of that statement if she is actively involved inrepparttar 136074 decision.

Think about his personality. Is he outgoing or shy? Is he outrageous or conservative? Is he flamboyant? Understated? When he buys clothes what does he select? Does he buy colourful flamboyant ties or ties which fit in withrepparttar 136075 style ofrepparttar 136076 suit? Would he wear clothes which make him stand out fromrepparttar 136077 crowd or does he prefer to meld in?

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