Most people have a strong reaction to pink either love or hate. For this reason, it is a very courageous decision to choose this color in the decor.

The pink color is usually considered appropriate for girls’ bedrooms or adolescents, and rarely occurs to us to decorate one room of the house in this color. It is associated with the feminine and delicate, but men need not feel bad in a place like this. It depends on our ingenuity to achieving a suitable decoration for both male and female energies.

Keep in mind that the color pink can be used either to decorate the dining room. It is perceived as romantic, upbeat and festive, and they are excellent moods can be invoked in any food through the pink decor.

There are ways of combining pretty pink and mitigation. For example, combining it with ivory or pastel tones. We may also use pale pink, if we dare not be too radical, and combine it with some colors a bit more masculine, like a dark blue, brown or yellow.

We show some photos that can serve as an inspiration.

This has combined ancient and modern style, achieving a sophisticated lounge. The walls are decorated with antique style wallpaper, painted on the chimney of gold. The coffee table was surrounded with bolster pillows, all located on an old carpet.

The walls were painted a pale yellow color, which contrasts slightly with the white ceiling and floor. A cowhide rug complements the decor in white, black and brown.

Opposite the fireplace, whose bottom is made of glass, a sofa defines the space. Puffs at the sides completes the assembly area. Above the fireplace, a tapestry.

A loft a stylish New Yorker pop. Only primary colors have been used in its decoration. A blue wall is the backdrop for pictures. Intense red chairs are attached to the blue wall color using the white couch and chairs.

A very natural and minimalist decor. The lamp and the table are somewhat a focal point in this simple decoration.

In this classroom, all the decoration is based on the large sofa. On one wall is mounted modular furniture with sliding doors that can hide the TV.

The violet color encompasses a wide spectrum of colors ranging from lilac to purple, or purple. This palette is much used in decoration when renewing or embellish an environment.

It is a secondary color, ie consisting of two primaries: red and blue. If you have the same amount of red than blue in its composition could say that this is a pure violet, but if the proportion of red pigment is higher tend to lilac and pink, reaching to the purple shades preferred by girls and teenage romance. If blue pigment prevails, we get colder hues, blue.

Its complementary opposite color is yellow, therefore work very well together. The yellow used in small touches in accessories such as lights all creating points of interest, generating sensations through the vibrant contrast. If what we seek is to provide an atmosphere of calm and tranquility is advisable to combine it with more neutral tones like beige, white or light green.

On a symbolic level has several connotations: for the Catholic Church is the color worn by bishops, is synonymous with authority of royalty, splendor. It is a color associated with spirituality, is the color of Saint Germain, the violet flame transmuting negative energy. Also said to contain the vibrant purple-red energy, associated with masculine qualities: boldness and strength, which is balanced by the quiet yet feminine energy that brings the blue. Although some may also be synonymous with mourning. With regard to emotional arguably melancholic or romantic color.

Painted totally blank, this terrace is reminiscent of Greece or Morocco. He built a wall with rounded edges and a bank. A triangular canvas is used as an umbrella, some cushions, a rug and three chairs hammocks complete the decoration of this simple but beautiful terrace.

A terrace lounge, covered with canvas cloth, decorated with wooden furniture and carpets. Some plants complement the decor.

A large terrace with sofas. The floor is covered with straw mats. Low tables and many lights that the place can be enjoyed at night.

This terrace is colored deep red. The striped canvas awning and cushions on the bench of the wall make this terrace has an aspect of nomadic camp. A simple but beautiful place.

Color is one of the most powerful tools we have in decoration, we have seen in the previous post, a brief explanation of color theory and what are the classic ways of combining them. Here is a clear example where colors play a key role to create an unconstrained environment, rustic and modern at once, with contrasting colors: green and red colors opposite on the color wheel, creating a vibrant space full of life . Notes the many tones that acquires the color green, as he falls in the light. Marie Claire Maison by Francoise Smilenko.

Yy decorating styles completely different criteria drove the designer David Netto, who has used two colors like blue and green along, in this case not very pure hues (the duller green and electric blue), very nice . Although it’s a combination that never fails, blue and green together can be a bit boring or dull, it is ideal to encourage them to use details in its complementary color, in this case the orange on the lamp hanging from the ceiling, and in floral arrangements from the table. The result: a sober and elegant dining.

Another dining vibrant, complementary colors, the turquoise and orange, produce the greatest degree of contrast without going into disharmony.

As we have seen the colors can be described as cool colors or warm colors. Warm colors include the full spectrum of red and yellow colors are seen as vital, happy, and they produce a stimulating effect. We also have the ability to move, give the idea of closeness, therefore serve to highlight for example a small piece of furniture, or near a ceiling too high.

Bo Bedre this room, would be quite overwhelming for my taste with too much orange without many nuances, if not for the large window that allows us to integrate the garden very green and white exterior walls of the room. The color orange is a exciting and should be used sparingly, is best used in small quantities.

In this room we see a combination Mark Lund very sober, to appease both yellow, has alighted in neutral colors to furniture and rug. The yellow is very bright, ideal for spaces with little natural light.

Use warm colors for walls and linings is a good option if you want a warm, cozy kitchen, to counteract the coldness of metal and white cabinets.

We have seen in previous post that colors can be classified into warm and cold colors, with cool colors, blues, greens and violets. In general, producing a sense of calm and tranquility, an effect of estrangement, distancing, so they are widely used in small rooms, or want to conceal a very narrow space, such as a hallway. Used alone can give a room a little privacy and effect of sadness that is the case in this room, which to me looks like a little cold and impersonal. The designer Kim Pimlico Gilhool uses a palette of cool colors and neutrals to create a calm and relaxed, which along with the dim light coming through the windows invites you to relax or enjoy reading.

The nautical theme has inspired Foley and Cox to decorate this room and obviously the colors chosen are within the range of blues, ranging from blue to lilac to near black. Beautiful lamps are ship lanterns.

For the overall look more lively, small yellow details make the difference.

A very elegant dining room in shades of green, which are accented with white, published in Elle Decor, Interior by Jamie Drake. The gold details give the contrast needed to remove the monotony, turquoise vessels (also a cool color) stand out without breaking the harmony so well achieved.

6 . The lighting is better to be with ceiling if you porch, if you can not always put pockets in the soil.
7 . It is advisable to choose resistant parts, since having to be outside should be durable.
8 . Keep in mind the color of the furniture to create a harmonious and relaxing environment.
9 . Place the dining room always oriented towards the south and if possible under the porch.
10. And last and foremost it is necessary to plan the garden, before deciding to buy the furniture, you have to know how and in what way will be used, so you can enjoy your garden.

From Rio de Janeiro at the Santa Teresa in Rio this project comes from a family home architecture. Designed by the firm (SPBR Architects), which from what I’ve known of these projects tend to follow a line of very similar design but with unique differences that make each of their designs.

As we will see by looking at pictures of this home, your design can be quickly summarized in two broad pavilhonares and perpendicular to each other. The largest block is found dimiensiones located at heights above, is the part that gives access to housing and is where the daily life takes place, looking for kitchen space, dining room, great room, garage, terrace, barbecue and pool area .

At the bottom are the sleeping area, home to 5 bedrooms (1 of them with large closet space and bathroom), three bathrooms, and an area called the desk for work and space for reading. This area located at a lower level of the floor is elevated about 2.5 meters running across the bottom as porch and giving vent to a large patio area surrounded by lawns and paved with gravel.

The external finishes of the residence are mostly of concrete, wood and glazed areas, all chosen with a taste worthy of a designer who knows what he is doing and knowing what you are looking for when these three composite materials.
To further emphasize and highlight the architecture, the house is surrounded by greenery and trees, giving a sensation of greater and better integration, since in this case to integrate a house of this size is no easy task.

With respect to its interior, is built in a minimalist way, with large spaces and few details, giving a sensation of spaciousness and tranquility. Well I must say that what is sensed by the architect wanted to build a house of contemporary design but with little clear juvenile features.

This room is equipped with 50s-style furniture. The large mat has a leaf pattern, which matches the wrought iron templates are posted on the wall like a painting.

The dining room has been separated from the living room through a wall that lets you see the other side. The separator is used as a shelf environment and is at the bottom cabinets.

A quiet reading room can be used as guest room, thanks to the sofa bed. A pair of ottomans with storage, coffee table and a rug, contemporary classical complement the design.

The paneled walls provide a serene backdrop to the bedroom. On the bed, cotton and velvet cushions. The black and white works of art also bring calm to the bedroom.