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Click here to see the Sherwin- Williams paint colors Barb has choose for Staging!

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How Colour affects our rooms:

Red- stimulates appetite, good for a workroom or exercise room or an activity group room as it stimulates movement and activity. If you are a procrastinator or in a sluggish time in your life, paint a wall red and get ready to take off.

Orange- a social colour. It stimulates optimism, expansiveness, emotional balance, confidence, change, striving, self motivation and a sense of community. Great for group rooms. A good gathering colour.

Yellow- excellent for a home office. Stimulates flexibility and adaptability to change. It is also associated with good luck. Yellow is a good colour in a counseling room. It gets people talking and at the same time brings forth uplifting feelings and optimism. Clear yellow is a good colour for a room where children will be, as it creates a positive feeling and contributes to the development of thought processes.

Green- stimulates feeling of balance, and healing. Good colour for any room. Excellent for use in bathrooms, the green you use in a bathroom should be a spring or a clean, leaf green.

Blue- stimulates you to seek inner truth. Blue allows for gentleness, contentment, patience and composure. It has also been used for pain reduction. A study done in 1982 with 60 women who had rheumatoid arthritis concluded exposure to blue light could substantially reduce pain. Blue is excellent for a meditation room, or any room where you want to have feelings of peace.

Purple- stimulates our spiritual perspective. Do not paint an entire room this colour as it is best to use as accents, or for one wall. Gold is a good balance for the purple. Lavender rooms are also beneficial to use for convalescence.

White- good colour for all rooms. It holds within its energy the power of transformation. However, if you have an all white room, use colour accessories or furniture, otherwise people will comment that it feels unfriendly and too sterile.

Black- black room accessories are excellent for adding power to a room. Do not use black for a whole room, as it is too overwhelming and depressing.

More about colour and how it affects room spaces:

Larger - to make a room seem larger choose from the cool half of the colour wheel

Smaller (Cozy) - to make a room seem larger choose from the warm half of the colour wheel.

Connie Nedergaard, Accredited Staging Professional Master owns StagedNSold both in Canadian Provinces and in the State of Ohio. We assist clients in preparing their home for market so they can get top dollar. ~Sell it Faster, Sell it Smarter. Contact connie@stagednsold.com for more information

By Connie Nedergaard ASP Trainer, at 5:06 PM
This is great - because we have seen WAAAAY too many houses that are painted the wrong colors for selling - and knowing that color elicit emotional reactions - we are in a great position to advise our sellers to paint their houses for the buyer.

Painting walls warm neutral colors - and then using the accent colors for accessories is great. I love what you shared, Connie, about the bold colors - and those are great to use strategically and even psychologically!

My favorites are the warm-tans and soft golds for walls. The Sherwin Williams colors have been great to work with too!

- Jennie

By Jennie Norris, ASPM, IAHSP, at 5:28 PM
I can't honestly agree with painting walls white. The major problem with white is that it shows all blemishes that are on the drywall or plaster. Knicks or gouges in walls that are painted white, can actually cast a small shadow and accentuate their blemish. Ceilings should be white they bounce any ceiling light down, therefore blemishes on ceilings are less noticable. If furniture and/or carpets are white walls should be in the beige family.

By c21realtor, at 7:12 PM
Many people don't realize beige and tan are "neutral" colors, they think white is the only neutral. When a realtor say to clients,"paint the walls a neutral color" the client feels lost or overwhelmed. That is why it is so great to have Barb's color reccomendantions to show clients and help them to find a color that will work for their furniture as well as for buyers.
I try to use pops of red and black in nearly each room through accents and accessories.

By ktinNC, at 8:52 AM

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			Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Colors that Work for Staging Click here to see the Sherwin- Williams paint colors Barb has choose for Staging! Labels: colors, ideas, paint, Staging posted by StagedHomes.com at 1:09 PM 4 Comments: How Colour affects our rooms: Red- stimulates appetite, good for a workroom or exercise room or an activity group room as it stimulates movement and activity. If you are a procrastinator or in a sluggish time in your life, paint a wall red and get ready to take off. Orange- a social colour. It stimulates optimism, expansiveness, emotional balance, confidence, change, striving, self motivation and a sense of community. Great for group rooms. A good gathering colour. Yellow- excellent for a home office. Stimulates flexibility and adaptability to change. It is also associated with good luck. Yellow is a good colour in a counseling room. It gets people talking and at the same time brings forth uplifting feelings and optimism. Clear yellow is a good colour for a room where children will be, as it creates a positive feeling and contributes to the development of thought processes. Green- stimulates feeling of balance, and healing. Good colour for any room. Excellent for use in bathrooms, the green you use in a bathroom should be a spring or a clean, leaf green. Blue- stimulates you to seek inner truth. Blue allows for gentleness, contentment, patience and composure. It has also been used for pain reduction. A study done in 1982 with 60 women who had rheumatoid arthritis concluded exposure to blue light could substantially reduce pain. Blue is excellent for a meditation room, or any room where you want to have feelings of peace. Purple- stimulates our spiritual perspective. Do not paint an entire room this colour as it is best to use as accents, or for one wall. Gold is a good balance for the purple. Lavender rooms are also beneficial to use for convalescence. White- good colour for all rooms. It holds within its energy the power of transformation. However, if you have an all white room, use colour accessories or furniture, otherwise people will comment that it feels unfriendly and too sterile. Black- black room accessories are excellent for adding power to a room. Do not use black for a whole room, as it is too overwhelming and depressing. More about colour and how it affects room spaces: Larger - to make a room seem larger choose from the cool half of the colour wheel Smaller (Cozy) - to make a room seem larger choose from the warm half of the colour wheel. Connie Nedergaard, Accredited Staging Professional Master owns StagedNSold both in Canadian Provinces and in the State of Ohio. We assist clients in preparing their home for market so they can get top dollar. ~Sell it Faster, Sell it Smarter. Contact connie@stagednsold.com for more information By Connie Nedergaard ASP Trainer, at 5:06 PM This is great - because we have seen WAAAAY too many houses that are painted the wrong colors for selling - and knowing that color elicit emotional reactions - we are in a great position to advise our sellers to paint their houses for the buyer. Painting walls warm neutral colors - and then using the accent colors for accessories is great. I love what you shared, Connie, about the bold colors - and those are great to use strategically and even psychologically! My favorites are the warm-tans and soft golds for walls. The Sherwin Williams colors have been great to work with too! - Jennie By Jennie Norris, ASPM, IAHSP, at 5:28 PM I can't honestly agree with painting walls white. The major problem with white is that it shows all blemishes that are on the drywall or plaster. Knicks or gouges in walls that are painted white, can actually cast a small shadow and accentuate their blemish. Ceilings should be white they bounce any ceiling light down, therefore blemishes on ceilings are less noticable. If furniture and/or carpets are white walls should be in the beige family. By c21realtor, at 7:12 PM Many people don't realize beige and tan are "neutral" colors, they think white is the only neutral. When a realtor say to clients,"paint the walls a neutral color" the client feels lost or overwhelmed. That is why it is so great to have Barb's color reccomendantions to show clients and help them to find a color that will work for their furniture as well as for buyers. I try to use pops of red and black in nearly each room through accents and accessories. By ktinNC, at 8:52 AM Post a Comment « Back to Blog