The body is the “meat and potatoes” of your blog post. Also, once readers finish your article, they may want to jump back and go over a point subheads should help this. We’ll come back to this in the section on graphics.
A long page of continuous type turns away a lot of potential readers. The first two points are always important. They boost search engine optimization (SEO).ĭisclaimer: Regarding my third point, it used to be we insisted on using keywords in one or more subheads, but this doesn’t seem as important anymore. I will explain this more in the next section when I touch on keywords however, using descriptive phrases that capture your key “ideas” in subheads will probably help your SEO.They help your reader navigate to important sections.They break up the type to make the page more visually appealing.Don’t take forever to get to the point, and make sure there's sufficient build up so that readers will want to know more about the information you’re presenting and appreciate it once they understand your ideas. The first sentence or short paragraph of your blog must compel visitors to read your second paragraph-you want to draw your readers in. But that’s not necessarily true in a blog. In news reporting, a lead should pull together the important points of the news story. I want to be very clear about how I’m using the word “compelling” here. People are moved to act by their emotions. However, even when you’re presenting great content, spice up your headline with a word or two that will grab readers and make it stand out. In other cases, the information you’re offering will, on its own, be enough of a draw. I love that idea!!! It took me a while to find big enough baskets, but managed to find really nice ones from HomeSense.Sometimes adding emotional words to the headline will give it the added magnetism required. Our walls are a light warm grey/beige that play off the warmth of the chestnut color of engineering floors and medium grey tiles in the kitchen and front entrance.īy the way, I’ve purchased large wicker baskets to tuck away our pillows when not in use as you discussed previously in one of your posts, Yvonne. I must admit that I’m addicted to pillows and throws…and am acquiring quite a collection. I love bringing in red at Christmas of course! I absolutely love changing up the feel of a room bringing in new pillows and throws for a pop of color. I love using navy and dark green as accent colors in the winter and mustard yellow, white and dark blue in the summer. We’ve been here almost 3 years and are working on making it feel like a cottage/farmhouse style.
We have a small home on a waterfront property just outside of the city. These color feelings transfer to the colors we put in our homes! What an important concept to be aware of! WARM AND COOL TONES orange- attention-getting, enthusiastic.green- earth-friendly, envy, renewal, energy.pink- kindness, romance, playful, feminine.Here are a few words and feelings associated with color… This is called color psychology! Color is sending off a subliminal and very powerful message! THE LANGUAGE OF COLORĬolors are often associated with words that describe the feelings they evoke. Sometimes this difference can be dramatic! And our environment depends on color to evoke a reaction.Ĭolor words like primary, secondary, complementary, tertiary, warm and cool are essential to create beautiful color palettes for our homes. Too much gray makes me feel sad and too much red in a room makes me almost crazy!ĭepending on the time of day and the kind of light, color is seen differently. It affects me so greatly I am better living with neutral colors and adding a pop of some color I love and relate to into the decor mix. Most people would probably think I am “not a color person”. They are mutually dependent upon each other.Ĭolor has an immense effect on me. The Element of Balance and The Element of Space.Īs home decorator’s it is so important to realize that color has a direct effect on our environment and the environment on color! The best way I can describe it is to pull a word from nature and say that color and our environment have a symbiotic relationship.
Make sure you see the first two-part of THE ELEMENTS OF INTERIOR DESIGN series. Let’s talk about the elements of design… color! Although some might think color is a straightforward topic, let me say, it is NOT! Not by a long shot! Color is complex with both emotional, psychological and physical ties to our very selves. Color is the third element we are learning about in our ELEMENTS OF DESIGN SERIES.
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