Colorful Palettes Enhance Warm Weather Trends
Posted: June 2009
This article provides easy suggestions to bring the bright and warm colors of the outdoors into your home this summer. 
As you stretch out your arms and embrace the warmer weather, the colors of summer make themselves obvious. Colorful blooms of bright greens, yellows and purples cheer the soul.
So why not bring that same optimism into your home, giving rooms an easy, colorful facelift with a fresh coat of paint?
New warm-weather paint palettes can create a decorating scheme that perfectly captures the essence of a fresh, sunny day.
Plus, paint is the great budget stretcher of the decorating world, and allows you to give your home a completely different look without taxing your wallet. Add fresh vibrancy and life to any room -- and surface -- with a palette of soft, floral-inspired colors. From an enlivening green to a warm buttery yellow combined with a sophisticated sky blue or a relaxing purple, the new warm-weather palette is certain to bring a refreshed feeling to any decor with just a few simple painting projects that reach beyond mere walls. 
Thinking Sunshine
“People fall into the trap of thinking the only way to add color to a room is to paint the walls. It’s so much more versatile than that,” says Donna Schroeder, Color Marketing and Design Manager for Martin-Senour Paints. “Color need not be limited to walls. It can go just about anywhere ... from wood, concrete or tile floors to tired furniture or cabinets in need of a new look.”
Stop for a minute and picture a drab kitchen with dated dark wood cabinets, scuffed white walls and a scratched wood floor. It’s the perfect canvas on which to infuse a burst of bright sunny color.
Don’t be afraid to push the limits. Paint the walls a bright purple. Get daring and echo the look of an iris or crocus by covering the cabinets in a sunny, butter yellow that coordinates boldly with the purple. The aged floor will spring back to life with a coat or two of a clean, fresh white to add contrast.
Mix in airy blues and fresh greens, too. They’re the perfect hues to wake up an old wooden table and chairs, and make it an inviting place to gather with the family around a delicious meal, a board game or ice cream sundaes on a warm summer day.
