How to use a pastel color palette in your home

For bolder, warm toned pastel colors, wall paint matched with pops of the shade sprinkled throughout your décor can add a feeling of lively vitality to the room without being overpowering. While calmer, cool or nature inspired shades are a simple yet elegant way to craft a relaxing sanctuary within any room. Essentially, with the use of paint in a pastel color, house interior design plans have all the advantages of more intense shades but with the added perk of creating a space that can evoke a calm yet happy energy, or establish an oasis of chic sophistication.
 

Incorporating Pastel Shades Into Your Home

3. Creating A Pastel-on-Pastel Color Combination

One of the advantages of decorating with a pastel color combination is that the low saturation makes them adaptable. The soft white undertone means that they layer well for an interesting tonal effect. If you are exploring a pastel color combination for living room décor you might pick a creamy yellow, paired with mint and pale blue for a breezy natural effect. That said, if you wish to layer your colors for a more homogenous pastel color combination, consider the undertone of the original hue.

4. Outdoor Ideas That Use A Pastel Color Scheme

A fun area in which to try out a pastel color scheme is in an outdoor or semi-outdoor space. Paint a statement wall white, with some exposed brick picked out in a pastel color. Ice cream parlor style awnings in a pastel color combination or single pastel shade are a whimsical yet practical addition. Enhance the overall look with outdoor furniture in pastel hues and pastel color room décor, such as pots and planters.

Peaceful Spaces : A Mood Setting Pastel Color Palette

1. Tranquil Tones : Using a Warm Pastel Color like Pink

Shades such as pastel pink, lemon yellow and apricot help create a friendly and warm, yet tranquil effect, which is often ideal for family rooms and bedrooms as it makes the space more welcoming. As we’ve already covered, the advantages to a pastel color room is that there is a balance between looking unique and interesting, without overpowering the eye with color. Using warm pastel bedroom paint colors encourages relaxation but helps stamp the space with your own personality and style sense.

2. Halcyon Hues : Using a Nature Inspired Pastel Color like Lavender

The aroma of lavender flowers is well known to be soothing to the senses, relaxing to both body and mind, and (possibly due to association) a pastel lavender color can have a similar effect. The current trend of nature inspired prints and nature toned colors being used in home interiors extends to pastel color shades. To create a fresh, outdoor feel within your home, incorporate such nature themed pastel colors for living room and family spaces that see frequent use.

●    Pastel Shades in the Kitchen –

Blend natural tones to make your kitchen a more welcoming, brighter space.

○    Example : If your kitchen is too dark, pastel colors like rose, lemon or mint can be used to lighten up the space. Today, modular kitchens are available in pastel finishes; use the pastel shade for your overhead cabinets and a wood finish for the base cabinets for a unique effect; walls can be kept to a neutral cream. You could also pick out a pattern in your backsplash in pastels or include pops of color as herb planters, etc.

●    Pastel Shades in Children’s Rooms –

Define spaces with different uses with different color schemes.

○    Example : Children’s rooms are used for play, study and sleep. Demarcating various areas of the room using color can help define those spaces as creative play area (bright paint colors), concentrated study area (neutral paint colors) and relaxed sleep area (pastel paint colors); use a single color transitioning from one space to the other in various hues to keep the space looking harmonious.

So, are you ready to create the perfect pastel color palette for the interior design of your home? We hope this article has given you plenty of ideas! If you’re looking for assistance in adding those pastels hues to every room, then we’re here to help.

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