Things You'll Need:
- Paint chips
- Fabric or wallpaper swatches
- Notebook
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Step 1
Complete the rest of your design choices before you choose paint colors for your front room. The furniture, rugs and art work should all be selected ahead of time so that you can develop a paint color scheme around them.
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Step 2
Create a design notebook to take with you to the paint store. This should contain swatches of all your interior furnishing fabrics as well as pictures or samples of the woods used to furnish your room.
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Step 3
Coordinate the paint color for the room's walls with the wall paper used in the entry way or on portions of the walls. The basic color should closely match that of the background of the paper, with accent colors that coordinate.
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Step 4
Choose a single hue as your jumping-off point if you don't plan on using wallpaper in your front room. When planning your front room color scheme, you can experiment with different values of the same color to determine which works best with your furnishings.
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Step 5
Choose paint colors for the trim and moldings in your room. For a more traditional look, you should choose an eggshell or off-white paint, though a lighter or darker value of your wall color will add a modern elegance to your front room.
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Step 6
Pick the right kind of paint for your room's environment. Remember that matte finish paints tend to hide small imperfections in your walls, while a higher gloss will lighten up the room by reflecting more light.
