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How to Match Your Home's Interior to the Exterior
By TRACIE.JOHNSON 1,107 views
REAL ESTATE

How to Match Your Home’s Interior to the Exterior

Matching the interior and exterior styles of your home isn’t always easy. You may have bought a home that has been on the block for quite some time. While it may be sturdy and comfy enough to live in, it may show the effects of several generations of changing styles. Your task will be to return it to complete harmony.

Find the True Style of Your Home

The first thing you need to do is find out what the true style of your home actually is. This will enable you to bring it into line with the rest of the prime Temecula real estate all around you. Doing so will help restore a balance not only to your home but to the other properties that surround it.

You can restore the style of your home to perfectly match other properties in your surrounding neighborhood. There will be a certain number of factors to keep in mind at all times. You will need to pay attention to the age, size, and specific type of these other homes. Are they modern styled homes or do they belong to an earlier age?

You may also wish to strike out on your own and create a new style that fits more with your specific tastes. If this is the case, you will need to balance your own whims with the norms established by other homes in your area. It’s okay to be individual but not to the point where the style of your home clashes rudely with your neighbors.

Color Coordination is the Key to Harmony

Your next concern should be to match the colors of your interior and exterior. A timely bit of color coordination will give your home a unique and harmonious look and feel. Matching the colors will be the first step toward establishing a coordinating link between all parts of your property.

There are a number of ways that you can go to. You can choose between warm colors that establish a lived-in, homey feel. You can choose cool colors that remind viewers of natural elements such as earth, sky, and sea. There is also a wide range of truly neutral colors that will give your home a clean and modern feel.

You don’t have to stick so rigidly to a predefined color scheme. There is no harm in mixing a bit of the neutral with the cool or the cool with the warm if you know what you are doing. The key will be to create a tasteful display of style that can be continued throughout the rest of your home without contradiction or overkill.

Another important consideration will be the colors that you choose as accents to your primary choices. This is one area where you will need to proceed with caution in order to get the combination exactly right.

You want to choose colors that contrast with, yet complement, the primary colors that you have chosen for your home decor. This will set the stage for a look that is sleek, attractive, and harmonious rather than tacky and clashing.

Make Sure to Choose the Right Materials

One of the most critical areas of an interior and exterior harmonization project will be the materials that you choose for the job. Never substitute inferior materials that will quickly become outworn. This will cause your home to look thrown together, cheap, and gaudy. A combination of these undesirable qualities will lower your resale value.

If the style of your home seems to call for glass, paneled wood, or other materials that suit the needs of a certain style, your best bet is to spring for them. You will need to adjust your budget accordingly to accommodate these purchases. Doing so will help give your home a fully cohesive style without putting stress on your finances.

It’s Time to Plan for a Perfect Styled Home

These timely renovations will bring harmony to your home. Matching your interior and exterior will give your property a truly cohesive look and feel. No matter what style you choose, you’ll find that a few small upgrades will bring an increase in your resale value. The time for you to get started on harmonizing your property is now.

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TRACIE.JOHNSON

Tracie Johnson is a New Jersey native and an alum of Penn State University. She is passionate about writing, reading, and living a healthy lifestyle. She feels happiest when around a campfire surrounded by friends, family, and her Dachshund named Ruf