Decorating with red is a challenge, but at the same time it means a great deal of daring. Living in a house, or in a room where red is predominant, can mean living in a cozy and very easy place to live, it will only have to be done with a good deal of planning.
1- DECORATIVE FOCAL POINT: RED
Entering a space and getting confused because your vision doesn’t find something that attracts you or where you can rest can cause a feeling of discomfort and you don’t even know why. Therefore, defining the overall color scheme in decorating a home is essential, especially if you plan to use a color as appealing to look at as red. A color scheme can be thought of in a way that just leaves a spot where the eye can rest. This place is called a focal point, which can perfectly be something red, like a red sofa, a painting, a closet, a window, etc. as long as the rest of the color palette remains neutral, or chosen to emphasize the focal point.
2- A BIG RED WALL
A wall painted in red, or even a room, allows you to create a very rich and bold decor. A red wall always has a bold air, making the whole room bold as well. In this case, a raspberry red was used on the walls, and in order not to break the look, Japanese were inlaid in the windows with the same shade, maintaining, despite the windows, a whole red division. However, the furniture and decorative elements remain neutral. In this case, the emphasis of this decoration is on the walls, giving a very vibrant energy to the living room, which contrasts beautifully with the exterior.
3- FOCUS EVERYTHING ON A RED PIECE OF FURNITURE
Including a piece of decoration in shades of red in a neutral room, without that piece having to compete with other decorative elements, is easy to do and adds value to the room. In a small room this trick works beautifully, as the gaze doesn’t stop at the size of the place, but at the red piece of furniture. If you have a small room in the house, then this can be a good solution: decorate the space with furniture and walls in neutral colors and include a colored piece; the gaze does not spread across the room, heading towards the decorative element with the greatest visual impact. Nobody will think about space!
4- FIRST TRY THE RED
If you’re not sure about the option of decorating a room with red, date the idea. Try it out, without having to compromise, add decorative elements in shades of red, without having to risk walls or large pieces of furniture. Small decorative elements such as pillows, pictures, carpets are great for testing your tolerance for home decor in red. This way they will be able to see if red is a color with which they will only be able to have a relationship for a while, or forever.
5- ETHNIC DECORATION INCLUDES RED
It’s not mandatory, but red is a great color to complement a decor color scheme where ethnic and color are key. To decorate a house with an ethnic touch – which can range from Morocco to India – red will be indispensable in a wide and very colorful color palette. If this is your style, red is your friend.
6- DRESS THE WALLS IN RED WITH ART
Why paint an entire wall if it can be decorated with red in a more cultural way? A big red frame doesn’t just mean they’re good art lovers; as in the picture, the symmetry of two red frames is the perfect frame for a dining room. If you’re not sure what to acquire in the art world, know that two paintings painted in red tones can be a statement of boldness and intellectuality in a room in the house.
7- RED MATCHES ALL COLORS
If you like modern decor and bold color combinations, red can perfectly be part of those combinations. In this case, it just comes in as the focal point of the room, emphasizing the predominant color. Two details such as the pillow and the bowl give the green room a very large and modern touch of energy, contrasting with the calm outside vegetation.
8- A TOUCH HERE, ANOTHER TOUCH OF RED THERE
Even in a neutral color palette, a few strokes of red here and there are great to give the place dynamism, while also adding a warm tone. This division, if it didn’t have the red details (shades and pillows) would remain a calm, but much cooler room. How to counter this trend? Including some details in warm tones, such as red. Notice how little color it takes to use in a room to give such a strong decorative touch.
9- RED, WHITE AND BLACK
Red, white and black create a powerful and very striking decoration. If your personality needs affirmation, this could perfectly be your decorative palette. Black works as a frame for the place, white gives light and red draws attention to the points that want to emphasize.
10- DETAILS IN RED
One way to attract the eye to the outside is to keep the decor in neutral tones and place large red curtains next to the windows: the eye is drawn to the points of color, and then to the outside. If you want to emphasize your exterior view, red curtains can do the trick, as they draw the eye towards the window.
It’s also a great way to make the outside come alive and not make the room too cold. When there are large windows in a room and the outside is very green, that tone is reflected back into the room, which can make it cold. For this reason, using warm colored curtains can give a more cozy feeling to the room, remaining calm and cozy at the same time.
11- A BED IN SHADES OF RED
In home decor, red works great as a decorative accent, so you don’t have to use it too much to make it stand out. A bed doesn’t have to be red. Opting only for bed linen in red tones, and adding a detail or another in the same tone, they manage to include red without compromises. When you are tired of the color it is easier to change these elements than all the furniture in the room.
12- ORIENTAL DECORATION, RED IS ESSENTIAL
Red is a great way to add an oriental touch to a room. In the East, red is considered a color of happiness, vitality, energy, a color that conveys good vibrations. Incorporating an oriental element, especially in shades of red, is excellent for bringing the Orient into the home.
13- BORING ROOM?
Tired of a boring living room? In this case, despite the dramatic statement that the ceiling has, what attracts the eye are the red curtains at the back of the room. Red has a very attractive power, especially if positioned in a neutral environment. To achieve a decorative environment where your personality is reflected by color, red can play that role perfectly.
14- CHILDREN’S ROOM IN RED
Red can also be a lot of fun; a cheerful child’s room may well be in shades of red. And why not decorate the children’s room in red? Pillows, toys, bed linen are great options in pink or blue, and it suits both girls and boys.
15- INCLUDE A PLAY CORNER IN THE HOUSE
Why not create a corner of the house especially for games? Red would be the appropriate color to incorporate in certain decorative elements of the place. In a game you want energy and a good mood, and red is the color that can transmit energy to your game nights with friends. They don’t need to paint the walls of the room, opt for a vase, pillows, a sofa, in short, decorative notes in red that give the place the necessary touch of energy.
16- BATHROOM IN RED
This bathroom/bathroom is decorated very much with black, but the red washbasin, together with the hand towel, become the elements that stand out the most. Red can be used in small details and still be the color that stands out the most in the room.
17- RED DOORS, AN ENERGY ENTRANCE
The entrance to a room becomes dramatic if you opt for red glass doors. In this case, this is a great option over frosted glass, especially in shades of red that complement and highlight the pale blue and brownish neutral tones. In a way, with these tones (blue, red and brown) you will get an oriental touch, without actually using oriental elements.
18- DECORATOR LESSON
Here’s a good tip for mixing patterns in a room in the house: put one pattern on a large scale (in this case, the wall pattern), another on a medium scale (the rug pattern) and another on an even smaller scale (the pillows). Repeat the same tone for the 3 patterns, or select 2 calm colors for the larger patterns and a vibrant one for the smaller pattern, in this case red.
