We want to find the color identities that spell to us an elegant and wonderful home. As it is important to control the quality of your furniture, it is also important to control the quality of the color in your home. Poorly applied color can destroy everything that you are trying to achieve and, in contrast, quality color can enhance it.

White is never a plain color, and in fact it can make things that are not so wonderful, quite wonderful. Light colors also make rooms look larger as they tend to hide the corners. Light colors on ceiling have the effect of raising them. Light, unbroken expanses of floor color them larger than they are.

White is also a staple in our lives and can indeed give rich messages. Cheap woods for instance, take on freshness and charm when painted white. An old wrought iron mirror becomes a touch of luxe in white. If you couple inexpensive painted furniture painted white with ornate accessories, the look is pure elegance. Unrelated furniture inherited or picked up at thrift shops become charmingly united when white-washed.