Best New Paint Colors for Your Living Room

The easiest and most inexpensive way to change your living room is to change the color of your walls, but finding a color for your living room can be a hard and intimidating task. First you have to decide on what kind of mood would you like your living room to portray, if the room is small it might be a great idea to go with more cool tones that will give the sense of air and space to the room. Those colors range from blue to violet. If your room seems too big and you want to bring it closer together and give it a cozy feeling you should go with more warm tones that range from red to orange. Study the style of your house and furniture and decide if you are keeping that style, choosing paint after deciding on a style is much easier. So is your home romantic, contemporary, bold etc.?

Eddie Bauer Home

Eddie Bauer's line of home palettes is designed with four architectural types of styles in mind: the 1920's Arts and Crafts bungalow, a Lake Champlain cottage, a simple mountain cabin and the American farm. The tones of the craftsman bungalow and cabin are dark and muted and there is a fabulous cabin red color that really brings out warmth and coziness to a room. The American farmhouse and the cottage are more tones of yellow and blue that bring out a more cheerful and airy feeling.

Martha Stewart Colors

For people who want to go with more subtle colors or tones, Martha Stewart Colors is a great choice. Martha Stewart Colors is a great collection that is drawn from nature and history. If you don't think your room will look good with a bold color, Martha Stewart's color palette shows how to move with care from one tone to another in a three-toned room.

Earth Elements

Earth Elements colors are based in four colors that relates to wind, fire, water and earth. The colors are designed to simplify the color process and the inspiration is found in landscape. Wind should be use for neutrals, fire for something more cheerful, water for serene and earth for something cozy. Earth Elements colors are great if you want to accentuate white window frames or crown molding.

Seaside Retreat

Seaside Retreat's color palette has over 190 different colors including a great soothing blue gray of Dockside Haze. The colors are casual, calm, relaxing and have a great nostalgic feeling. The colors are great accented with pieces of wood, seashells, vintage maps, wicker furniture and anything in a beach or maritime look.

Waverly Home Classics

Waverly Home Classics is for the consumer who has a coordinated interior design yet contemporary look. The Waverly palettes cover colors from pales through mid-tones and ends in colors that make a bold statement.

Picking any color for your living room should be done with the colors of the fabric of your couch, curtains and things in mind.

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