| Color trends run in roughly ten year cycles. Back in | | | | home that would be a nightmare to change when it |
| the 1980's green and peach or pink with mauve and | | | | goes out of style. This goes for tile accents in |
| gray were hot. By the 1990's the green got paired | | | | bathrooms or kitchens. A natural color for your hard |
| with jewel tones and then the earth tones became | | | | surfaces can be blended with wall colors for a |
| all the rage. How do you invest in a color scheme | | | | change, whereas pink inserts are hard to work |
| that won't go out of style right away. | | | | around later. |
| The trick to choosing your colors for your home is to | | | | Remember that by the time thirty years rolls around, |
| be on the cutting edge of the trend so that you can | | | | what was old is new again. The colors of the sixties |
| insure yourself that by the time the color is out of | | | | and seventies have made a comback. The rule of |
| style, the furniture is usually worn out as well. | | | | thumb is that if you are old enough to live with it the |
| Certain basics never go out of style. Natural colored | | | | first time, you will not want it the second time |
| leather(brown, camel and black)are standards. Neutral | | | | around. Younger people will gravitate toward trends |
| colors with inexpensive accessories can allow you to | | | | that are largely unfamiliar to them because it seems |
| invest in the pieces you want to keep over time, but | | | | fresh. As we get older, disposable acquisitions seem |
| freshen up by changing the paint on the walls, a few | | | | useless and classics are the trend. Invest in colors |
| pillows or artwork and the entire look is new. | | | | that will last or play with new colors if there is not a |
| At Barbara English Designs, we always recommend | | | | major investment involved or if you really don't care |
| that you do not remodel or build anything into your | | | | if you will be overhauling your look later. |