Color.  Still a million ways to use it, even if they did take our Kodachrome away…  It can be just that splash of contrast to heighten the power of black and white,  like a basketball headed for the rim, or it can be brought in everywhere and totally permeate our senses with the sights, sounds, smells, textures and taste it travels on.

For sure, you can overdo it.  You can create an assault on the senses rather than a playful caress.  But if you think about the energy you want to bring to a room and its expression in different ways, there’s no need to be afraid of color.  All you have to do is take a quick look at VisionBeddings Teen Decor page for a good example.

Evocative of mood and saturated with meaning, however unconsciously, color brings more than itself to a room.  So going for an energetic, lively, mood that communicates all the warmth, vitality, and enthusiasm of a teen that fits right in to her multi-faceted well-organized new world of young adulthood, we see bright but uniquely-shaded colors in bold simple floral images and abstract spills, with some cool blues splashed here and there and family kept in the picture with a blanket.  Taking the color of the daisies off the wall and putting it on the floor in a completely different genre ties the room together, lifting color from the rug to the walls and back, without stretching our tolerance of flowery freshness.

You want to buy everything in the picture, including the dress!  A lot of color doesn’t have to be chaotic and overwhelming; it just has to be balanced with white space and breathing room.

Similarly, you can use powerful wall art that communicates the same mood and message as are present in your bedding in a completely different genre.  That single park bench in the wintry white picture has the same warm tones and inviting character of your Tuscan living room.  You can throw down a rug in your office that hits a completely different note than the wall art but is part of the same composition.

So make color a part of your decor.  After all, we don’t see life in black and white.  We see it in the full Kodachrome colors of vibrant summer days and tropical sunsets, wildlife and ski slopes.  So take your time; think about whether you associate color with specific experience; remember how it felt, what its texture was, the mood it left you in; decide what it is you want the room to say; and then peruse VisionBeddings gallery of designs for that theme and style.  The colorful expression you’re looking for will jump out at you.

If you know you want it everywhere but you dont have any idea how to do it without creating a busy mess, take your cue from the professionals.  Look at the way VisionBeddings artists use color in their designs and jump in.