{"id":257,"date":"2011-12-14T20:56:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T01:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.lumarinteriors.com\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2011-12-14T20:56:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T01:56:54","slug":"three-ways-to-cool-off-the-warmth-of-the-past-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lumarinteriors.com\/three-ways-to-cool-off-the-warmth-of-the-past-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ways to ‘cool’ off the warmth of the past decade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Infuse some cool tones<\/p><\/div>\n

When you’ve been doing this as long as we have, you have a lot of past clients (thank you, we love them). \u00a0So, we’ve spec’d a lot of homes in the trend colours of the \u00a0last decade with camels, tans, golds,… for their walls. \u00a0Guess what? It’s time to re-paint and they’re starting to call wondering if they can incorporate some of the cooler neutral tones that are so popular now \u00a0a.k.a. greys without having to redo everything. \u00a0 No worries. \u00a0If you really want grey walls, we can work them in with a few minor modifications.<\/p>\n

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HOWEVER, I always point out that unless you really love it, don’t do it in a big way. \u00a0I personally don’t mind injecting a little of what’s hip and happening (my kids would probably call me very ‘uncool’ using this vocabulary) but I could never live in a very grey \u00a0house<\/em>.\u00a0 However, if you want a change, we can figure that out for you.<\/p>\n

Here’s a few ideas that don’t require gutting everything and starting from square one: Mixing greys with warm tones is actually quite complementary.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Choose the right shade of grey to go with the existing warm shades.<\/strong><\/em> I recently had a client call me in to do her bedroom and choose a paint colour for her family room. \u00a0The family room we had done about 7 or 8 years ago at the height of the “Under the Tuscan Sun” type of colours. \u00a0Her sofas were a darkish camel colour and varying shades of it were on walls and drapery. \u00a0The case goods being a dark walnut provided a nice contrast as well as her lighter sisal-like rug. \u00a0So, rather than going with a light, clean grey which would definitely not work with her existing sofas and drapery we went to a muddier grey with a green undertone. \u00a0Well it looks fabulous and customer gets a new look without changing anything else. \u00a0 \u00a0The colour on the wall actually complements all the camels and shows the room off wonderfully and brings out different colours in her existing artwork. \u00a0So all’s good there. \u00a0 Examples of muddier greys are \u00a0Benjamin Moore’s HC-105 Rockport Gray or try Para’s Sarah Richardson colour Elephant SR58. \u00a0For a lighter grey try Sarah’s Shoreline #SR43.<\/p>\n

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Warm and cool – very complimentary<\/p><\/div>\n

Then, on to her master bedroom. \u00a0This was a clean slate as it was the only room that had not been done (living rooms \u00a0and kids rooms always seem to take priority) \u00a0The only thing we had to work with here was some warm creamy-beige wood furniture that she was not willing to replace right now. \u00a0So we started by replacing the headboard and mirror over the dresser to ‘freshen’ up the feel of the room. \u00a0Then we incorporated warmer, light grey tones, with some deeper ones and added an ‘Hermes” orange for an accent. \u00a0The bedding and upholstered headboard was done in varying tones of the warm greys (to go with the warm wood furniture) and the drapery was more of a light beige raw silk with both cool and warm slubs going through it. \u00a0The orange was used on a chair and a couple of cushions on the bed. \u00a0Combining the warm greys and creamy-beige woods worked really well. \u00a0Oh and the paint colour is one of my current favourites: \u00a0Edgecomb Grey from Benjamin Moore also recommended by Scottsdale interior designer Amy Wolff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Taupey\/grey textures mixed with warmer tones and \u2018Hermes\u2019 orange<\/p><\/div>\n

2. \u00a0Find a fabric or wallpaper that has both warm and cool tones in it. \u00a0(a.k.a. beige and grey)<\/strong><\/em> This will give you something to draw from and pull the room together with. \u00a0You can use it on some large toss cushions, an ottoman or recover a chair with it. \u00a0These are usually less expensive to replace than large pieces of upholstery. \u00a0Then you can pull the grey in it and paint a feature wall or the whole room if you like.<\/p>\n

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You can draw both the greys and golds from the wallpaper<\/p><\/div>\n

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Draw your warm and cool tones from your fabrics<\/p><\/div>\n

3. \u00a0Remember to tie in your accessories.<\/strong><\/em> Mix your metals: pewters and golds. \u00a0(Yes, gold is back); repeat your new colour in a art work or a lamp; \u00a0or add a throw.<\/p>\n

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Art work can have warm and cool colours to draw from<\/p><\/div>\n

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A wonderful combo of cool and warm….<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you need help injecting some new cooler tones into your ‘warm’ decor call us at Lumar Interiors….or check us out at www.lumarinteriors.com \u00a0 Let us help you pull it together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you’ve been doing this as long as we have, you have a lot of past clients (thank you, we love them). \u00a0So, we’ve spec’d a lot of homes in the trend colours of the \u00a0last decade with camels, tans, golds,… for their walls. \u00a0Guess what? 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