How To Add Warmth And Colour To Your Home

Most homeowners want to create a warm and inviting atmosphere to unwind or as a way to welcome guests. It’s the process of transforming any house into your home.

The real question is how.

Fortunately, as experienced flooring contractors in flooring installation, we have a few tricks for infusing your space with warmth.

6 Ways To Add Warmth To Your Home

Here are a few trends that can help you bring warmth, colour, and comfort to your home. We also offer a variety of strategies, from economical and easy to more costly and needing professional help, like professional flooring installation.

• Wood

Whether you’re considering getting new floors or are open to using wood as an accent, both choices will make your space feel all the more cozy. Wood has many stylistic benefits, such as being the preferred flooring material for most homeowners, invoking a natural ambiance, and, if you opt for a warmer hue, helping brighten up your room. 

And just remember the more expensive the hardwood or if a homeowner is not well-versed in flooring installation, it is always good practice to hire a professional to install hardwood for you!

The primary drawback to wood is that it’s not always the best choice for your space. Fortunately, there are many alternative wood-look materials, like engineered hardwood, luxury vinyl, or even porcelain plank tiles, that mimic wood well enough that the end result will still be instant warmth. This means alternative woods are more economical, while hardwood will cost more.

• Warmer Hues

Another way to brighten your space is by sticking with warmer hues like greige or natural tones. White is also an excellent colour choice when paired with light or warm woods, as it invites warmth into your space.

A warmer colour palette is not limited to just the wall or flooring colour but applies to all your accents. For instance, if you start with a white or greige wall and wooden floors, you can add gold finishes (trendy), warm furnishings, cozy area rugs, and even house plants to crank up the cozy.

Lastly, updating the room’s paint and decor is a cost-effective way to make it more comfortable and inviting.

• Use Neutrals With Pops Of Colour

For homeowners wanting to step out of the neutral colour monopoly try introducing colourful accents! Introducing warmth by adding a splash of any colour may seem counterintuitive, but it can brighten the space. Consider a neutral wall colour and a mix of complementary blues and oranges pillows, paintings, or other accents and how this would create visual intrigue and bring colour to your room. Not to mention paint and accents are a cost-effective way to update the look and feel of your room.

• Lighting 

A simple way to level up the warmth in your room is to have sufficient lighting with warmer lightbulbs in every room. Lighting is crucial to creating warmth and highlighting colourful areas that can liven up the space. 

Nothing is more appealing than installing lighting on new flooring to draw attention to its warmth and beauty. Did we also mention that it is economical for making your space cozy and a potential DIY project?

• Rustic Raw Finishes

Rustic design decor, such as raw or live-edge furnishings, countertops, fireplace mantles, or even flooring (such as distressed-finished floors that can give your space a lived-in vibe), is another way to make your room feel warm. Rustic is not just a design style but can also be woven into your decor to create an inviting ambiance. Although if you’re working with wooden accents like live-edge tables, this will cost you more than a can of paint, but the final product is always breathtaking!

• Layering

Layering is the final way to update the look of your space to make it warmer or brighter with colour. The key to layering is to use complementary shades of neutrals on the walls and floors adding texture via earth-tone rugs, live-edge wooden furniture, plush throws, or textured wall splashes. Texture acts as a conduit for warmth, so the more you play with it, the more inviting the space becomes. 

Not to mention, layering won’t break the bank if you’re a savvy shopper! 

Bring Warmth And Colour To Any Room

If you want to turn up the warmth in your house so it becomes more inviting, why not try any of these six ideas? Wood, earth-tone colours, lighting, live edges, and layering are all simple ways to welcome people into your home.

If you’re still struggling to infuse your room with warmth or colour, call the Brothers Flooring today for a free consultation! We are always happy to help solve or answer your flooring-related needs.