You may think that just any color will do in your home office, including the basic tone it's already adorned with. Customizing your home office space may not seem important to you, especially when you are considering the existing paint on the walls being redone.
There are a lot of reasons why a fresh coat of paint can do a lot of good in your home office, especially when it comes to productivity. Here are just a few reasons why you should really compare many hues together before choosing just any paint for your home office.
Paint Can Brighten or Darken a Room
Depending on how large or small your office space is and how intimate you want this area to feel, you will want to choose either bright or richly dark colors to adorn your walls with.
Soft pastel hues and colors in the white family (including eggshell, cloud white and even pearl) reflect light and give the impression of an open, airy space, while darker tones, such as navy, maroon, hunter green and even eggplant absorb light for a more intimate appeal.
Do you want your home office to appear bright and charming? Or private and superior? The color palette you choose for your walls will largely affect how your home office presents itself to you and others.
Your home office should be a private place where you can feel inspired to get your work done. Color has a lot to do with emotion, and you want your room to convey the perfect message of ambition, happiness, confidence and calm. A color combination on your walls can make the difference between feeling defeated and tired and conquering and uplifted.
To give yourself a boost of confidence, why not try painting your walls a vibrant magenta or red to show your passion for your work? You can add a light green accent wall for calming effect, or paint a single wall a soft yellow to add cheer. If you want to be very bold, paint your walls black-a color that signifies dominance and power. You can tone down this powerful hue by adding sconce lighting to your walls or accenting your entire home office with cream rugs, furnishings and gray and white photos.
Your painter can help you choose the best emotion inducing hues for your home office, particularly if you are interested in more than one color. Since all colors within the same color spectrum can convey the same emotional message (such as true orange and coral), you can pick the depth of hues that work best for personal style as well as your emotions.
Look around your home office right now. What stands out in this room? If the answer is "nothing much," then imagine how your clients must feel when they walk into your home office for the first time. The space should not just be comforting to you, it should be impressive and welcoming to all who see it.
A new set of paint gives your home office a put-together, clean appeal, even if you choose classic white as your hue. When you make the right impression the first time around, clients are sure to grow in their confidence in your abilities.
Sometimes a fresh start begins with a fresh coat of paint. If your home office needs a makeover, giving your walls and upgrade may be all this space actually needs. Talk to your painter about modern and trendy hues you can use in your home office. We love transforming homes with color at Diversified Painting. Allow us to help make your home office complete.
