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Brown Color Scheme

Interior Decorating Color Scheme

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Do you love all the brown color schemes out today? Brown is a timeless interior decorating color scheme. It is easy to add shades of brown, they bring warmth and comfort wherever you use them.


The Color Brown Is...

elegant brown dining room

Warm...

Cozy...

Comforting...

Earthy...

Secure...

Neutral...

Timeless...





chocolate ice cream Look around you and take notice of all the brown we live with every day. Brown is in all the wood furniture and floors we have. It is the color of our world-wide delicious "chocolate", so we have no problem embracing this color. We have been living with this timeless earthy color for centuries, and recently it has gained popularity in decorating.


Where can you use a brown color scheme?
neutral colored family room Brown can be used in any room in the house. Of course you will want to make sure you vary the shades within this color scheme to keep it interesting.

Dark Chocolate Brown should be used where there is sufficient light in a room. If light is a problem than use the darkest shades in your furniture and color accents, not for the paint on your walls.

Brown is really a warm and cozy choice to put through out the house. You can use it in sisal rugs and bamboo shades. Just about anywhere!



Did You Know?

Brown makes us feel very safe and secured, even nurtured. That is why we can choose it without much hesitation.

Brown has become as popular as black in decorating. Some decorators say it has become the "new black" in decorating.

wooden foot board

Brown provides a softer look than black, so is popular today for that reason.

Brown is a cozy and comfortable color we all live with every day. If it's brown in our wood floors, our furniture, or our favorite leather chair.

Brown can be added with just about any home decor color.

When should you not use Brown?

When you are trying to make a room look light and bright. Dark browns will absorb the light. To avoid this problem keep your walls in lighter neutral tones.

Color Scheme Ideas For...

Decorating With Brown

blue and brown design on rug

Blue with Brown is a very popular color scheme, since it is the perfect compliment of cool and warm colors together. This is a vintage rug, done in this beautiful combination.

brown and blue bedroom

Here we see a lighter version of brown and blue in this bedroom. Notice the use of soft tan color with white, making the whole look very fresh.

brown and blue bedroom

Here is yet another bedroom done in a brown and blue combination. Notice both these bedrooms have the use of stripes on the wall. A cheap and easy wall treatment!


brick fireplace

Brick is another timeless use of the color brown. Look how this large fireplace area gives such a warm and cozy feel to this family room.

gold and brown color scheme
Here is the use of earth tones of rust and golden yellow, all working to stay within a brown color scheme. This chair really adds a great element to this corner.

;arge dining room with windows A log home is a wonderful use of a brown color scheme. Notice how this room still has a light feel with the addition of soft tan color on the walls and a healthy amount of natural light. this whole dining room has down home comfort!

brown and red pillows

Another great color combination is brown with red. As shown here in these bed pillows.

orange and brown color scheme
Brown with orange is a great combination also. Here we see a soft shade of orange used to make a classy decorating touch.

log home Look how charming this log house looks. Again wood is very warm and welcoming. Of course the use of the growing vines around the doorway give it cottage charm!

Go ahead and enjoy the natural use of brown around you. Now you can begin to incorporate brown color schemes in other ways through out your home. You really can't go wrong!




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