Tips to match wood tones with wall colors in home interior

Wood as an interior decor element is a traditional concept. But, still it is used in several modern houses by interiors decorators and designers. Since wood and wooden furniture come in various natural colors and blends, it is essential to mix wood colors in a home interior to bring about a unique identity to the furniture and the overall ambiance to the room where it is placed.

From mahogany to cheery and dark shades of teak to lighter shades of pine and oak, wooden furniture has its own intrinsic color combination. The key behind a well done home interior is to blend the wooden furniture intelligently based on its theme and color combination. Let us look at some tips to mix wood colors in home interiors.

Best and the easiest way to mix wood color

The best and the easiest way to mix wood colors in enhancing the home interior decor is by using similar wood tones for all furniture. Wood furniture come is all colors and light to bright birch and from mid tones of oak to darker shades of magenta or cheery. Make sure the majority of big furniture in your rooms like sofa sets, tables, dressing tables, chairs etc uses the same blend of wood tone to bring in uniformity into the furniture settings of the house. If you are unable to find the same tone, make sure to blend light tones with light tones even while choosing a different family of wood for the furniture.

Offset overdose of wood tones

Adding too much of wood and wood based colors or dark over tones can give a very heavy ambiance in the rooms. The best way to offset any such overdose of wood tones is by using contrast color combination. From upholstery to curtains, cushions and other furniture add-ons can be of a contrasting color to balance excess of any wooden or dark overtones in the room. Special attention needs to be given to the living room which must always be light and uplifting rather than overly dark, wooden and messy.

Balancing different wood tones

Keeping the same wood tone for one room can be useful but keeping a similar wood tone for all over the house can become monotonous and boring. The best way to resolve the problem is by balancing wood tones in different rooms. For example, if you have used two different colors of wooden furniture in two adjoining rooms, use accessories to blend the wood tone prominent in the other room to bring in uniformity in the interior decor of the house.

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• Opt for matching upholstery: Upholstery like cushion covers or drapes can be a useful interior decor tool which can either enhance the beauty quotient of the rooms or even ruin the most exotic of designs. In order to bring out the best of your wooden furniture, it is recommended to mimic wood tones or highlight the wood through matching upholstery.
• Don’t overdo wood and color mixing: Wood and color mixing is useful in most cases but overdoing the combination can become boring and uninspiring. Sometimes a standalone furniture like a pine theme based coffee table and adjoining chairs left alone without any external color enhancement or design can compliment a perfect look to the home interior.

The key here is to enhance the elegance of wood and at the same time matching other elements of the room to compliment it.