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Painting creates a new palette
Besides cleaning, painting is one of the least expensive, major fix-up jobs you can do to improve the appearance of your house. If your walls haven’t been painted in the last 2 years, your house will benefit from a new paint job.
A new faucet is better than trying to fix an old one
Kitchens and bathrooms are 2 very important rooms when it comes to selling your house. Even if the budget won't allow you to update these rooms completely, sometimes a new faucet may be just the trick to give that tired kitchen or bath a bit of a lift..
Kitchens Fix Ups
A kitchen is the most important room in the house for home buyers. You can have small bedrooms, but if the kitchen is lacking in any of a number of different areas, the house falls to the bottom of many prospective buyer's list.
Colors on opposite side of the Color Wheel are referred to as complementary colors. Colors on either side of a selected color are referred to as analogous.
Analogous colors are any 3 colors which are side by side, with one of the colors being more dominate.
"Color trends are not conjured up using a crystal ball. They are the result of much observation of our surrounding natural world as well as the influences that will impact our world in the future," said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.
"These factors include socioeconomic issues, technology, lifestyles and playstyles, diversions, entertainment, and most importantly, the needs, moods, fantasies and aspirations of consumers. The palettes featured in PANTONE VIEW home + interiors 2010 translate these influences into appropriate styling, colors and combinations that best express the gamut of directional themes for 2010."
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2010 Color Trends
New colors for 2010 are more muted
Every year Pantone, the color giant of the world, comes out with its predictions for the new year. This year's hot color is a cool tourquois!
Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise inspires thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a comforting escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing.
Color can be one of the biggest selling points for your home. Keeping up with recognized color trends is a good idea to keep your house from looking dated. Remember avocado appliances and orange shag rugs? Those were all the rage a few decades ago, but having a dated color palette like that could cost you thousands in selling your house.
Recently there has also been a surge of interest in going green-- focusing on organic and environmentally-friendly products. With it has brought fashion products that are earthy in color. Organic or environmentally-friendly products often contain no dye or dye that is made from natural processes (such as berries.) This will bring a lot of neutral colors back into play such as beiges, browns, greens and so forth.
Earth tones are back
Mixing the earth tones and the global tones will actually be quite complimentary to one another. Earth tones are often more neutral in color and global tones tend to be vibrant and bold. For example, expect to see browns, greens and other neutrals in combination with pinks, blues and yellows or purples.
Yellows and Greens
Both yellow and green will be great colors to work with if you're planning a remodel in 2010. Yellow brings a vibrancy like no other while green is calming and soothing. Combined they can make quite a statement. Be careful not to overstimulate the yellow. Use yellow in a kitchen, it can stimulate and motivate and even aid in digestion. Meanwhile, using green in a bedroom can create a calming, earthy escape.
Kitchens
Kitchens should have a comfortable feel, that is warm. Avoid the cooler paint tones, especially if you have stainless steel appliances. Even gray paint can be selected in a warmer shade. Lighter colors will help expand the openness of the kitchen to make it feel even larger.
Yellows in the vibrant yellow-orange are being mixed with a pale neutral yellow to add some pop to the most important room in the house.