The Color of Spring!

Hunter Douglas Beige for Spring

Beautiful Beige & the Freshest Spring Colors!

Beige Doesn’t Have to Mean Boring! When we think about beige, we often think dull, plain and cheap. But it just isn’t so! Beige is not just one blah tone used as a default choice for cheaply built apartments. It’s a variety of soft, subtle shades that can add dimension and beauty.The trick to using beige to make a sophisticated design statement is to really think about the variations of beige you want to use – including cream, tan, ivory, khaki, and tones that are tinted with gray, yellow or pink. The shade of beige you select can change the feeling of a room and even effect the perception of light. Beige can look fabulous in almost any type of architecture and interior design, and layering several shades of beige adds calmness and sophistication. Just about every variation of beige looks great with crisp white. And you can accessorize beige with red, pink, teal, aqua blue, dark brown or black.When you’re looking for a unique, new color, think shades of beige.

Don’t let the “beige is boring” crowd get in the way of considering it as a color for new window treatments. At Innovative Openings, we have fabric color choices that have been carefully considered and designed by Hunter Douglas and others to provide the perfect backdrop, and the perfect rendition of light. We think this color family’s combination of sophistication, neutrality and versatility mean that “beige is smart”!

A Beige Palette Allows Easy Updates for Spring! Shades of beige in your walls, window treatments, and investment furnishings provide a neutral background that gives you so much versatility! In the fall, we can add warm, deep and rustic accents in pillows, throws, flower arrangements and dried florals, and pillows. What a refreshing and easy swap to put away your warm, winter tones and bring out splashes of spring’s brighter hues! Add a fresh floral print in pillows, and pick up on the tones of the print in some simple accessories. Or make it a crisp geometric pattern, capitalizing on a favorite spring color; use a saturated, vivid shade and get crisp, high contrast; use muted shade and bring a more serene freshness to your room.

Innovative Openings home design tips

The world’s color authority, Pantone makes sure we know the trending shades for every new season. These colors will turn up in fashion and design at every level this spring, but since trending colors change all the time, you don’t want to make a huge investment. Simple changes can brighten your mood as well as your room, and with an elegant beige background, a noticeable change can be simple and low cost.

Emerald green, which was heralded as the 2013 color of the year back in January, is still here, but the gentler Grayed Jade may be just what the doctor ordered in your home. Lemon Zest has just enough red in it to make it invigorating without being too bold, and Monaco Blue could bring any of these colors back down to earth. Pair any of these with Linen, and they will be instantly calmed. But, don’t forget that with the neutral background we’ve been talking about, white in combination with any of these hues will have a “scrubbing” effect on your whole palette, making it look brighter and more crisp.

 

Count on finding home accessories showing off variations on Tender Shoots and Poppy Red, and any of the colors in this lineup. They will carry over into summer beautifully, and provide an infusion of energy for the warm season rendition of your rooms!