Finding inspiration from an item you love and using it to select colors for a room.

One thing that helps me with a design project, is hands-on visuals; the below decorating tip is one I love to use. It brings out my inner child to work with paint chips, scissors, glue, and a hole punch.

As a quick overview, I lalways like to find an inspiration piece when designing a room. Keep in mind, the item could be something you like and does not have to be used in the project. The painting below was one I found at Homegoods and I purchased it due to the main colors and shades of black, white, and green. I’m using this color palette a lot in our antique New England home, so I knew I would have a place for it.

Once in our home, I found that it only fit on three walls in our home due to windows and doors in our small rooms. It may end up in my kitchen, but for now it is being used in our new master bedroom as my inspiration piece for colors I want to bring into our space since I find them calming.

In the YouTube video below, you’ll see how I selected paint chip colors from this painting, cut them out, and then placed them into a binder to use while in my office or when out shopping.

Once I found a color chip that matched a paint color in the painting, I would cut it out and then use a hole punch to view the color through it. I have been doing this for almost thirty years and I thought it was great when paint manufacturers started doing it on their samples. It’s so helpful!

Below is a youtube video if you would like to see a bit more on how I use paint samples to help me shop for other items.