Pastel colors are bright and usually earthy muted colors. Used with minimal ornamentation, you can add some bold colors along with it. Opting Pastels instead of bold colors is done to retain the simplicity of the space. Although pastels are just light, it can bring a sweet and warm appeal to your home.
Let us take a look at following living rooms below designed using pastel hues.
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Pastel color room decor ideas/inspo
Pastel colors are a great option if you love simple and muted colors. You can always decorate your home with it. Contrast it with some DIYs, bold Curtains and innovative decorations. It's going to look so gorgeous at the end of it all.
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STEP 1: Selecting your color palette
Once you’ve chosen your color palette, the temptation is to start off by choosing your paint. Many people paint a room and have to decorate around it — which is almost impossible and exasperating.
A smart suggestion would be to pick the paint color at last.
Select fabrics and rugs first, then you can choose a color which works with the room as a whole.
1) Sandstone and Fire Orange
Orange's vibrant energy might be best suited for prominent textiles, such as rugs, curtains or beddings rather than on all four walls. Many native Americans associate orange with kinship and research shows that red and orange stimulate the appetite. This would seem to make orange perfect for a sociable living and dining area. It looks particularly lovely toned down with neutrals. (Also read: Orange colored room decor ideas, color combinations to use and more)
A little orange goes a long way. This room is colored in vibrant hues of sandstone and fire. The simple yet sophisticated cantaloupe colored couches merge with the colors in the background as if they are made for each other. The tiger colored wine glass and round couch add sharpness and contrast to the room. All of this is perfectly bind together with blush colored rug.
2) Blush Pink
Brilliantly painted this blush colored room is an eye-turner for your guests. To cut on the monotony of the room, brown and white tables have been used as the center of focus.
The Use of Gray for Pastel colored room decoration
Even though gray is not technically a color its a great choice for basically everything. It's a very fashionable tone these days. There are lots of different hues of gray as well and you can play with that when decorating your home. A gray living room would look both formal and stylish. It's a tricky color but it can be very beautiful when combined either other colors.
And because gray is more of a static color, you can add dynamism to a room by using different shades.
3) Slate Gray and Orchid
This contemporary looking room with slate colored walls makes a statement of aristocracy and new age elegance. The orchid colored rug provides a stylish finesse and adds dynamism to the room. It cuts out on the static-ness of the slate color. The wall-sized windows with the sunset in the backdrop of the room gives a quintessential theatrical appearance.
4) Coin Colored Room
This elegant coin colored room is the perfect heaven where luxury marries intimacy. The checkered cushions and the rug accentuates the boldness and vibrancy of the room with the classic pallet of black and white. This magical combination of silverware with velvety white roses as the centerpiece creates a mesmerizing ambiance for the room. The dove-colored lampshades and blinders complement the classic aristocratic vibe that this room provides.
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5) True Winter Turquoise
This true winter colored living room is your perfect retreat for a balmy Sunday. The brilliantly checkered rug in black and white brings everything in the room together. The fluorescent green and white cushions used on off-white couches create a sober contrast. The striking black Hollywood arm-chair coupled with black and white lamps shows how using this classic color combo, can lift up your mood.
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6) Light Spring Turquoise
This light spring colored walls in the background create a playful ambiance for you and your kids. The adorable couches in elegant white matches with the chic chandelier and feathery rug. The glossy black table top along with the playful wall-decors and cushions makes this room a one of a kind. (Also read: How do you make the Perfect den for your Baby boy?)
7) Sapphire Blue
The dazzling Sapphire colored blue background lends a perfect earthy simplicity to your home. The medallion couch paired with patterned blue and white cushions adds the necessary boldness. The mustard colored carpet with wooden table tops juxtapose with the sapphire backdrop creates a charming effect that you can't take your eyes from.
8) Georgian Mahogany and Light Oak
The Georgian Mahogany wood used to design the wall and the ceilings are a contemporary style that gives a fashionable yet rustic tone to your room. This is gloriously contrasted with scintillating white walls with a remarkable glass fore place at the bottom. The floors are done in light oak. This is a quintessential elaboration of the amalgamation of oxidant and orient.
9) Mauve and Fig Violet
These mauve colored walls blends in with the fig colored leather couches and the center table. The exquisite artwork of plaster becomes a brilliant centerpiece to this elegant room. The vividly patterned cushion in shades of fig, grape, and amethyst makes this room the emblem of perfection. (Also read: Ideas and color combinations to use to decorate a Purple colored room)
10) Dusty Pink and Coral
This dusty pink colored room in a paradise for simple tone colored living rooms nevertheless lending that sophisticated look. The coral reef colored soft carpet with exquisite patterns brings elegance into this space. The African Violet colored couches emulsify with the fashionable room to create an aura of grandeur and splendor.
11) Sage Green
The eccentric use of sage green color in the background is a silent spectator in the room that gives way to the couches and furniture to take the center stage. The Tuscan Sun hued Sofa along with the smoke colored couch is the show-stopper of the room. The diamond patterned rug calms down the flashing hues to keep in tune with the austere sage green colored walls. (Must read: Ideas and Color Combinations used to decorate Green colored rooms)
So, these were some ideas on how to use Pastel colors to decorate your room. If you are looking for more Home decor ideas, then you should definitely read my other blogs on the same in my website. Until next time.
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