There's something magic about painting your home. First, it's incredibly inexpensive and yet you can almost completely transform the way guests feel when they step through your front door.

And, second, when you choose the right colour, it makes everything in your home sing. BUT that's the hard part; choosing paint colours for interior walls can be difficult. Often people feel like they're don't even know how to begin.

To help you make the best decision for your home, here's a guide to choosing paint colours for interior walls in different rooms.

Oh, one final note: Different homes open into different rooms. Keep that in mind as you're choosing paint colours for interior walls. Whatever room your visitors first step into, you'll want it to be bold and beautiful without going over the top. That room is typically the living room, so that's where we'll start - but pay the most attention to the first-impression room in your home.

LIVING ROOM :

What matters when choosing a paint colour for your living room? Start with these three things:

1. Natural Light
2. Furniture Colour
3. Spacing

If your room is full of natural light, you can get away with earthier tones that add a dark complement to the rays of sun pouring through the windows during the day. If you have next to no natural light, go for something lighter.

Also, use your living room paint to balance with your furniture. You want your living room to include a primary colour and two accent colours. For example, you may have a large, bold area rug that creates the primary colour. Then, use your furniture and walls as accents. Or, you may have a beautiful painting over your mantel that creates a nice accent. Then you can use furniture as another accent and wall paint as your primary colour. No matter how you divvy things up, balance is key.

Also, consider spacing. A lighter paint colour can make a small, tight living room feel larger. You definitely don't want a cramped living room with little natural light to also feature dark, earthy paint colours.

KITCHEN:

You have lots of opportunities to provide pops of colour in your kitchen: wall hangings, curtains, dish towels, granite, even a mixer. That's why I typically prefer a nice, neutral grey for the kitchen. (I've always been in love with Dorian Grey, but that's just me.) Find the right grey, and you'll have a nice palette on which to add fun pops of colour.

Not into neutral? OK, that's totally understandable. Bolder options for the kitchen might include yellow, green or blue. Green is pretty versatile when pairing brighter accent colours, and yellow is like bringing the sun into your home. Blue is good if your kitchen is full of neutral dish towels, granite, curtains, etc.

BEDROOM:

If you're anything like me, you don't do a whole lot in the bedroom other than read a book, get ready for work and rest. (OK, there's the other thing, too, but let's stay on topic.) With that in mind, make your bedroom the perfect place for rest by using soothing and relaxing paint colours.

What colours are soothing and relaxing? Try lavender, a soft green or an icy blue. I know that many homeowners just can't help but put a bolder stamp on their walls. If you are tempted to go with a stronger bedroom colour, do it in a guest room or a child's room. These are perfect space to be a little more adventurous.

BATHROOM:

Bathrooms typically have little to no natural light. If anything, you might have a frosted window, but most bathrooms have no windows at all.

With that in mind, go to the hardware store and stock up on lighter colours from the blue-grey family - this is the best range for bathroom colours. Along with the kitchen, the bathroom is another place where you can get away with testing some fun colour schemes.

Final Thoughts on Choosing Paint Colours for Interior Walls? I say this a lot, but: The rules are meant to be broken. Throw everything I've written here out the window if it leads you to paint colours you simply don't like.

Always stay true to your personal taste, and you can't go wrong. And, as always, if you're looking for a professional Brisbane House Painter to apply the colours then we'll be more than happy to chime in with some of the colour selection as well.

- Ryan Lomas

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There's something magic about painting your home. First, it's incredibly inexpensive and yet you can almost completely transform the way guests feel when they step through your front door.

And, second, when you choose the right colour, it makes everything in your home sing. BUT that's the hard part; choosing paint colours for interior walls can be difficult. Often people feel like they're don't even know how to begin.

To help you make the best decision for your home, here's a guide to choosing paint colours for interior walls in different rooms.

Oh, one final note: Different homes open into different rooms. Keep that in mind as you're choosing paint colours for interior walls. Whatever room your visitors first step into, you'll want it to be bold and beautiful without going over the top. That room is typically the living room, so that's where we'll start - but pay the most attention to the first-impression room in your home.

LIVING ROOM :

What matters when choosing a paint colour for your living room? Start with these three things:

1. Natural Light
2. Furniture Colour
3. Spacing

If your room is full of natural light, you can get away with earthier tones that add a dark complement to the rays of sun pouring through the windows during the day. If you have next to no natural light, go for something lighter.

Also, use your living room paint to balance with your furniture. You want your living room to include a primary colour and two accent colours. For example, you may have a large, bold area rug that creates the primary colour. Then, use your furniture and walls as accents. Or, you may have a beautiful painting over your mantel that creates a nice accent. Then you can use furniture as another accent and wall paint as your primary colour. No matter how you divvy things up, balance is key.

Also, consider spacing. A lighter paint colour can make a small, tight living room feel larger. You definitely don't want a cramped living room with little natural light to also feature dark, earthy paint colours.

KITCHEN:

You have lots of opportunities to provide pops of colour in your kitchen: wall hangings, curtains, dish towels, granite, even a mixer. That's why I typically prefer a nice, neutral grey for the kitchen. (I've always been in love with Dorian Grey, but that's just me.) Find the right grey, and you'll have a nice palette on which to add fun pops of colour.

Not into neutral? OK, that's totally understandable. Bolder options for the kitchen might include yellow, green or blue. Green is pretty versatile when pairing brighter accent colours, and yellow is like bringing the sun into your home. Blue is good if your kitchen is full of neutral dish towels, granite, curtains, etc.

BEDROOM:

If you're anything like me, you don't do a whole lot in the bedroom other than read a book, get ready for work and rest. (OK, there's the other thing, too, but let's stay on topic.) With that in mind, make your bedroom the perfect place for rest by using soothing and relaxing paint colours.

What colours are soothing and relaxing? Try lavender, a soft green or an icy blue. I know that many homeowners just can't help but put a bolder stamp on their walls. If you are tempted to go with a stronger bedroom colour, do it in a guest room or a child's room. These are perfect space to be a little more adventurous.

BATHROOM:

Bathrooms typically have little to no natural light. If anything, you might have a frosted window, but most bathrooms have no windows at all.

With that in mind, go to the hardware store and stock up on lighter colours from the blue-grey family - this is the best range for bathroom colours. Along with the kitchen, the bathroom is another place where you can get away with testing some fun colour schemes.

Final Thoughts on Choosing Paint Colours for Interior Walls? I say this a lot, but: The rules are meant to be broken. Throw everything I've written here out the window if it leads you to paint colours you simply don't like.

Always stay true to your personal taste, and you can't go wrong. And, as always, if you're looking for a professional Brisbane House Painter to apply the colours then we'll be more than happy to chime in with some of the colour selection as well.

- Ryan Lomas