How to Decorate a Bedroom With Creamy Yellow
The color yellow is warm and inviting, invoking memories of sunshine and firelight. Yellow is an invigorating color in its boldest tone and may be a bit too strong to use in a bedroom, if you want serenity and relaxation. However, when muted to a creamy pastel tone, yellow will lighten your bedroom leaving you with a feeling of peaceful calm and ready for your night of rest. When you awake, creamy yellow will stimulate your mind and improve your mood so that you start your day on a positive note. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Paint the walls a creamy yellow to warm the bedroom. If your bedroom is dark or small, the warm yellow will allow more illumination and brighten the room.
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Buy bedding, using the creamy yellow hue, in soft tones and add punches of complementary colors with throw pillows or a small blanket at the foot of the bed. Soft purple and green are colors that go well with creamy yellow.
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Buy creamy yellow accessories to go in the bedroom. Earth tones, such as brown, are lightened when used in conjunction with yellow. Yellow accent pillows, yellow lamp shades or creamy yellow window treatments will give the bedroom a polished look.
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Bring the creamy tones of yellow into the bedroom with a piece of artwork. A watercolor or oil painting depicting cream roses or waves of golden wheat fields is a great inspiration for color in decorating. Yellow will draw the eye toward the artwork.
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Tips & Warnings
Use different shades of yellow to allow the eye a break from one tone.
Do not use the same color on the walls, bedding and window treatments because the saturation of one color is too much.
References
- Photo Credit bedroom with pillows image by robert lerich from Fotolia.com
