Many hesitate to use pastel colors in any other room beyond the bedroom. Combining pastels with a color scheme in just the right amount, gives a room a surprisingly chic and airy atmosphere.
Here are ideas to introduce soft, light colors throughout your home.
Use One Pastel Color as the Focus
A major furniture piece, such as a sofa in pale mint can be decorated around using warm whites, natural woven materials and rich brown woods in a way that amplifies the sofa’s pastel color, creating a cool, calming feel in a living area.
Pastel Touches Around the Bedroom
Add elegant touches of pastel color throughout the sleeping room with accessories and decor, such as a throw in blush pink, lavender gray armchair, and pale blue accents, which can easily be switched out during the year for darker colors, as seasons change.
Airy Accents in the Living Area
Accent with light and airy pastels by combining neutrals with accessories in pinks, blues, green, and yellow hues. Boost the feel of the room and give it dimension, with slightly darker color tones of the same colors.
Perfect Pastel Color Scheme
Choose two pastels and a neutral as your foundation colors. Use pastel colors on architectural elements and furniture pieces in a room, such as an upholstered sofa in a pale blue color and pastel pink or soft yellow paint along the walls. Balance the pastels with a neutral cream color for accent furniture and secondary elements. The pastels play off one another and give a cheerful feel to a room. Complete the look with decorative accessories in similar hues.
Showcase Your Favorite Pastel Color
Don’t be afraid to use pastel colors in other rooms, not limited to the usual sleep and bathroom areas. Showcase your favorite pastel color and use it in rooms where is can be seen by everyone, such as a baby blue wingback chair or candy pink sofa in the living room.
Enjoy using these easy and airy colors in fresh ways and when used correctly, pastels are a bold addition to your color scheme repertoire to use throughout your dwelling.
