subject: Use Appetizing Red In The Dining Room [print this page] Colors are moods and feelings, and the color that you use in a room's decor creates the mood for that room. Take red for example. In many cultures it signifies energy and life, and it has also been scientifically proven to stimulate the appetite. With this fact in mind, you may want to consider using red in your dining room or kitchen decor to promote a good appetite for your family.
Why?
For many people red represents vitality and encourages a person to act. Many restaurants use red in their logos as well in their interior decor. Of course if you are in the business of selling food, you want to stimulate the appetites of your customers. Add to the stimulated appetites, the aroma of a delicious meal wafting through the air, and it is hard to imagine anything but success for this restaurant.
Red Spark
If you walk into just about any Italian restaurant you will find red walls. While you may think that restaurants use red simply because it is a bold and vibrant color, they are actually using it because it actually makes you hungry. Next time you are enjoying a pasta meal look around the restaurant from the walls to the carpet to the red and white checked tablecloths you will see red all around you to make sure that you have a hearty appetite and enjoy your dining experience.
Using Red at Home
At home you can incorporate red in the dining room to help stimulate the appetite as well. Adding red to your walls is a simple way to make red the primary color focus of the room and it will go a long way towards making your guests and family willing participants in any meal. If you don't want to paint all four walls of the dining room in this dramatic color, you may choose to do one focal wall in a warm vibrant shade of red.
Remember that darker hues frequently need at least two coats of paint for a full, even coverage of the surface. Make sure that you buy the best quality paint that you can afford, because you want your wall to be perfectly even and lustrous. If you live in an apartment where you cannot paint your walls, you can hang ceiling to floor red curtains or hang a predominantly red tapestry on your walls.
Not Just Red Walls
Beyond adding paint to the walls, there are other ways of adding red to the dining room. Think of adding red stemware or red china to your table. If you have fine china that you do not want to replace, you might add a red charger underneath it when you are setting places at the table. Or, add a red tablecloth and napkins or create a red centerpiece for you dining table to bring more red into your room. You can even add red chair covers if you want to really wash your room in red hues.
While red is a bold color to incorporate onto your walls, you can use it will great effect in limited quantities. It looks great as a focal wall in a dining room or as a backsplash in a kitchen. Red brings a room to life and encourages people to dig in and enjoy their food. It stimulates the appetite and digestion, and it creates a beautiful atmosphere in any dining room.
