How to add value to your home through colour

By Ashley Wong

We’ve all been to open homes, visited family and friends at their homes and flicked
through home and décor magazines. We’ve all admired some of the colour schemes and thought about replicating the same in our own homes.

Some of us have even gone to the extent of replicating the colours.

Some of us have been ecstatic with the transformation.

Some of us have been somewhat dismayed. Why is it that despite us replicating every single detail, some of us have been more successful than others? What went wrong?

Colour can work magic. Used the right way, it can add value to your home. It can
transform an environment, create a style, set a mood and alter perceptions. It can also be a way in which you bring your walls to life, draw out your home’s finest features and stamp your personality on your haven.

If used incorrectly, colour can work against a room’s ambience. At its worst, it can
actually turn someone off your home.

We can all relate to situations where we have been inside a home, which the owners have taken great pains to present. However, we weren’t quite able to share their sense of enthusiasm and accomplishment. The colours they had picked were just … odd.

Cast your minds back to how you felt about the house in those situations. Are these the sort of thoughts you want your visitors to have?

There are key considerations when you are selecting a new colour palette for your
home. I deal with these and a number of other issues in depth in a special report, How to add value to your home through colour, which is available on request from Wall Treats.

In this report, there is explanation of why some colours picked from a colour chart or test pot never look quite the same when applied onto a large surface. There are also some tips on how to minimise mistakes.

The report covers how your aspirations for your home, the functional use of each room and your long-term plans, can affect your colour choices. There is also a taste for how the extent of your renovations will impact colour and sheen decisions.

It will provide a clearer idea of what you should consider when choosing colours for your home. It is not as simple as going into a paint shop, collecting some colour charts and test pots and saying “this will do” – not if you want your home to be the best it can be … colour wise.

If you would like to find out more about how to add value to your home through colour, ask for the special report plus receive a complimentary subscription to our newsletter.

You can do this via our website www.walltreats.co.nz.

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About the Author:
Ashley Wong is the co-founder and co-owner of Wall Treats Limited, a boutique
decorating company. The Wall Treats team’s ethos is to provide their clients an
enjoyable and stress-free experience, every time. Anyone who contracts the Wall Treats team can expect a high quality result and attentive service. Ashley can be contacted on 818-8860 or at ashley.wong@walltreats.co.nz.