These new and warm colors from the Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore wall paint collection can update any Southwest style decor living rooms. These fresh, new hues are softer than traditional Southwest Style Decor paint colors. The softer hues make a living room more inviting and more natural. These new, warm Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore wall paint are one way to update living rooms with a Southwest style decor.
Traditional Southwest Style Wall Paint
A paint palette of traditional Southwest style decor would include a combination of warm earth colors. Consider the typical beige, medium caramel brown, rich brick red, and cactus green you find in Southwest decor.
These colors are bold, and can also give a living room a heavy feeling. If your living room Southwest style decor includes heavy or large furniture, or many large Southwest decorative objects, consider taking a lighter decorating approach. Update Southwest Style Decor
Rather than renovating an entire living room, try updating the living space with these ideas.
Rearrange the furniture to allow more walking room and open spaces.
If there are any big, bulky Southwest decorative objects, consider taking one oar two out of the room and rotating them back in by season.
Minimizing the number of objects is one way to update the Southwest style decor in the living room. The next step to update the living room is to lighten the wall colors with new and fresh colors from Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore Paint that fit in with a Southwestern decor.
Warm Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore Wall Paint
The first warm Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore wall paint color to consider updating is the cactus green. The medium to dark agave cactus color can be instantly updated with the lighter Greenwich Village green from Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore paints. This lighter green is warm and is more the color of Spanish Moss than true cactus.
Deep Red Goes Adobe
The next main color to update is the traditional brick red, or deep red used in traditional Southwest style decor. Go in a different direction, and choose Adobe Orange in the Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore wall paints
Medium Brown + Cream
The next color which needs to be lightened and updated is the medium brown used in the living room with Southwest style decor. Sticking with the same hue level as the Greenwich Village green from Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore wall paint, choose the brown which matches that color.
The best brown choice would be the light and warm Stone House.
Warm the Neutrals
Finally, tie the entire living room Southwest style decor together with a warm neutral paint color form the Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore collection. Standish White will work and add a little yellow to the already warmer living room with Southwest style decor.
If the Standish White paint color is not a light enough neutral to update the living room Southwest style decor, consider the Seashell paint color from the Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore collection.
Sources
Benjamin Moore, http://www.benjaminmoore.com
Pottery Barn Benjamin Moore Paint, http://www.potterybarn.com
