Interior Decorating With Brown, Cream, Red and Blue

Decorating Styles

• Several decorating styles feature these colors, which makes this step in the decorating process relatively simple for you. Country styles like French country and some eclectic country styles, Tuscan and nautical decorating styles all feature variations of this color combination. Although any of these styles work well when you've chosen to work with brown, cream, red and blue as your color palette, you also have the option of mixing styles. The common colors will tie them together visually.

Main Colors/Accent Colors

• The color that you choose within the brown, cream, red and blue color palette will have a marked effect on how the room feels. A palette featuring chocolate brown walls with accents of cream, red and blue will take on a more calm, traditional feel than one in which you select red or blue as your main color. One way to determine which color is the right color to feature as your main color is to draw out floor plans with possible color combinations. Also, there's now software available that allows you to switch color schemes, floor plans and other decorating and design elements with the click of a mouse, which helps to simplify this decision for you.

Focal Wall

• A focal wall has become a favorite decorative element in many homes recently, and with more than one color in your color palette, a focal or accent wall helps you to establish the primary color in your decorating scheme. To make a focal or accent wall, paint one wall in the room you're decorating a contrasting color to the rest of the walls. In this case, you might paint one wall blue and the surrounding walls cream, which directs the eye around the room and sets the tone for the rest of your decorating efforts with this color palette.

Common Accents

• Although the colors brown, cream, red and blue work well together, from a visual standpoint you should find accent pieces that tie all of these colors together. For example, look for a chair that has a print featuring the whole color palette or toss a few accent pillows on the couch with this color scheme.