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How to create the perfect balance between indoor paints and your prized garden

Best paint colors to compliment your indoor plants

By Benjamin OliverPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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The need for a nature-complimenting palette.

There is no arguing that plants are glorious, set aside all other benefits of having them and focus on the masterpieces these are. Architecture built around gardens, trees, and plants demands attention and the elegance of such spaces remains unmatched in design. If you own such a property, you may want to look into the best paint colors to compliment your indoor plants and bring the outdoor element indoors.

Paint is vibrant and flexible giving you the freedom of including shades, styles, and designs that mimic or complement natural tones gracefully. If your aesthetic allows you can certainly go all out and try something fantastic such as a lemon-yellow background wall to frame a gorgeous lemon tree or an indoor plant. In essence, the best paint ideas that complement indoor plants are those that come from your imagination and a little inspiration. Looking into existing ideas is always an excellent idea, couple that with previous work from painting contractors you wish to hire and you have a masterpiece on your hand.

What should the exterior look like?

Yes, this is an essential aspect that factors into the theme of the house. Stark grey exteriors do little for dull beige indoors. of course, there are no restrictions to paint and the choice of finish and colors but if you are investing in professional paintwork that is meant to complement the architecture and its surroundings, you must spend some time understanding ideas that are best for homes with indoor plants.

The painting of your home is the blank canvas the showcases the garden and plants in front.

What to do if you don’t have plants indoors yet?

Painting ideas that complement indoor plants are not restricted to homes that come with a scenic landscape. You can start from scratch and find the best indoor plants that improve oxygen flow inside your home while bringing an element of design into your home.

Even small two-bedroom apartments can benefit from the strategic placement of plants meant to thrive in minimal sunlight and also add a gorgeous green to space. Start by incorporating small plants and then moving onto choosing plants that add accents to the room against a backdrop of the right paint color.

What are the colors one should work with when you are a plant-lover?

Start with basic or neutral

Light airy colors that expand the space are always an excellent place to start. White, cream, grey- are colors that act as backdrops to paint the design itself. You can encase the walls of your indoors with a single color from these choices and then incorporate paint ideas that work with indoor plants into the mixing step by step.

Keep your options open

You cannot restrict your paint options to what you have seen in an inspiration post from an architecture magazine or even to what your painting contractor suggests. Starting with a basic palette gives you the freedom to incorporate fun elements be it yellow, powder blue, stark pink, or adjunct artwork into the mix. Shades of green [olive and sage] with delicate gold lines passing through geometric shapes on a canvas of white walls is the most attractive idea to work with.

You don’t necessarily have to add shades of green to the room rather opt for colors that make the yellow or muted greens from the plants stand out.

Attractive contrasts

Using contrasting colors is one of the most used interior paint ideas ever, and it works. Especially when you are dealing with flowering plants or even cacti that have a different texture. Colors such as

  • Mint green
  • Emerald green
  • Deep blue
  • Bright yellow (accents)
  • Rusty greys
  • Muted purples
  • Muted yellow (with matching furniture or art)

These are the most often used contrasting colors for interiors.

That said it is necessary to find a painter in Scarborough to bring your ideas to life. You can get in touch with qualified professionals at VividCoat Painting.

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About the Creator

Benjamin Oliver

I worked as an in-house writer with professional painters in Toronto for several years. I write about Interior, décor and design.

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