3 Tips to Add Green to Your Home

Green is known as a color of renewal and nature. With the bitter cold moving out, our flowers are able to bloom, and the trees start growing back their leaves. Spring is the perfect time of the year to get inspired to use more green inside our homes. Here are simple steps you can do to make a fresh change to your home.  

Adding Green with Accents

One of the most natural ways to add green to a home is by bringing the outside, in! Placing a few houseplants throughout your home can actually reduce carbon dioxide levels and cut down on airborne dust. If you’re not a green-thumb, try going with artificial or low maintenance plants.

 

Do you want to add even more texture and color to a room? Curtains, throw blankets and pillows are simple decor pieces to make a room feel more warm and cozy. By hanging your window treatments as high as possible can also give the illusion of tall ceilings.

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Adding Green with Furniture

You don’t have to just limit yourself to the decor. If you’re looking for a way to make more of an impact in your home, then add some green through furniture pieces. Don't be afraid of choosing that colorful couch or armchair. That unique furniture choice wouldn't be something that just anyone would have in their home. When people leave your house, they'll be wondering where you got it and how they can get one of their own. Another area of your house you could be lacking green is your home office! If you work from home and want your office space to be calming instead of stressful, the most restful color for the eyes is green. By refinishing an old, wooden desk with a soothing green shade, you might feel a little less tense while working.  

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Adding Green to Your Walls

With the combination of a refreshing color like blue and the cheerfulness of yellow, green is suited for almost any room in your home. It can encourage relaxation, and promote comfort and togetherness in family rooms. If you are ready to make a big splash, changing your neutral wall color to the perfect shade of green that suits your personality and your home's style can create depth to a blank canvas.                         When remodeling kitchens, a lot of homeowners chose to refinish their cabinets, as opposed to replacing them. This can actually be more cost-effective and make your home less of a constructive zone during the time of the project. Especially with families, having the kitchen be out of commission, could be hazardous to a family's routine. Keep the walls or backsplash a simple neutral color and pick a pop of color for the cabinets. Since green is the complementary color of red, it can actually cool down the room and make it an inviting space for family and friends.

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Kennedy Painting has been painting the interior and exterior of homes for many years. In that time, we have worked with plenty of colors, and wanted to offer some of our favorites!

 

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If you're ready for more green in your home, give us a call today!

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