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How to Make an Impact with Color

How to Make an Impact with Color? Home staging experts share tips for choosing and working with accent colors in your home.

When creating a bold colored focal wall, you want to paint a wall that will make an impact and either has the main architectural element on it (like a fireplace) or a wall that will have the dominant piece of furniture against it. In this case, we created a stunning navy blue focal wall behind the bed to draw the buyer’s eye while creating high impact and drama. – Heather Cook, www.homestagingdesign.ca

Green is a great color for a space that needs a touch of nature. We used green as our accent color for this 24th floor downtown condo to bring nature up from below and life to the “concrete jungle”. – Laurie Usypchuk, www.lovethishouse.ca

While pillows are hands-down the best accessory for adding color, it’s not up to just one accessory to bring in an accent color. Layers of the accent color in various hues and a variety of accessory choices will pull everything together. My top five accessories for adding color include pillows (and throws), plants and succulents, books, vintage china and food vignettes! – Mary Gordon, www.amaryllishomes.com

When choosing an accent color for making an impact with color for staging, I tend to be drawn to blues. Blue pairs well with a neutral palette is on trend and isn’t too much of a distraction. It evokes feelings of calmness and serenity and it is one of the most popular colors which means it will appeal to the broadest range of potential buyers. – Amanda Shields, www.mintconditionstaging.com

You don’t have to choose a color to make a room pop. You can use different elements and textures to create the perfect balance in a neutral space. In this open concept space, I added drama and texture with a darker shade of gray on the dining chairs to tie in with the iron screen beside the stairs. The wood tones give the space a feeling of warmth while accents in gold and silver add that final pop of color in place of an accent color! – Liliana McInerney, www.upstagebylili.com

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