I need some help choosing my room color! It's pink now, but the pink is too poppy outie!Somebody help!?
Question:I want to coordinate 2 colors. I have 3 big walls, and one thats smaller! I wanted two walls one color, and the other two a different color. I also want a beachy room but not boyish or girlly! HELP
No whites
No dark pink, dark blue, dark purple, or yellow!
NO BLACK OR BROWN EITHER
I was thinking of something like this: A pink rose with a spek of darker pink! Then my pillows and everything would be blue!
On this page, it's the first pink.
http://www.behr.com/behrx/act/process/re...
And on this page, it's the 1 lipstick color
http://shinymedia.blogs.com/photos/uncat...
Please tell me if this idea is too boring and not good for a beachy room!Thanks
Answers:
As and interior decorator, I'd go the opposite direction for a beach themed room. I'd do the walls in a sand, even oatmeal color, MAYBE do the one accent wall in a sea blue. Then, use many different shades of blue pillows, even curtains to bring the color into the room. Or again, use cream sheers yet trim them in some blue fabric that reminds one of the blues in the ocean, similar to the pillows. The trick for sophistication in a beach themed room is not to go overboard (no pun intended) and use things like shells very sparingly. Example- buy some shells and drill tiny holes in them and then randomly stitch those onto your sheers. You could do the same on the pillows. If you don't sew. no problem, just get some Stitch Witchery tape the you iron on hidden under the fabric. Decorators prefer it at times as you have no stitching showing. You can get it at a sweing store or even Wal Mart. Just get the very light weight for sheers. A free way to see what your wall colors will really look like is to pick up enough of the sample color squares to tape together (from the back) to make a 12" x12" square. Tape that on your wall and look at it in various lights, times of day etc. If doing the two colors on different walls, tape them in the corner where the walls join. Also move them from wall to wall. You can also add some other of your favorite colored pillows to brighten it up more if you like that look. Sounds so FUN!! Good luck, so sad I won't know what you end up doing. :(
Sorry, but pinks do not make me think of a beach.
How about a light turquoise and mint green?
How about lime green and turquoise? That's pretty beachy!
For a beach feel I would go with an aqua color that reminds you of the carribean sea.
The first link doesn't work, it goes to a page other than the one you wanted. The second link the lipstick is a nice color, I think it would work nice.
Keep in mind once the color is on the wall it looks darker because it fills a big area so it might be best to go a few shades less than you think you want.
Diane
how bout fauxing over it w/ anthr color..like the rose.
U could do sponging on or ragging on or wash over it ( which would look nice) u can criss cross it w/ brush or criss cross it w comb or squeegy.
then u could do u'r other walls in a solid color of the rose.
If u aiming for the beachy effect... then throw in some sea green blues.. & tans to represent the sand..
So I'm gathering u have a vaulted ceiling in u'r bdrm? CAn u paint the ceiling? IF i'm correct, paint the smaller wall a solid color then carry it up over into u'r ceiling. Then the other 3 walls u can do a 2tone colors on
I like the rose/poppy thing.. go look at colors at a paint store... P/u several of samples of the same color that u like & coordinates.. put it on u'r walls... &look at it thru out the day & nt then decide.
If u faux finish... use glaze which u can get any paint store but Walmart carries a less expensive $. mix 3 parts glaze to1 part paint. solid color lst then 2nd color over it. Practice it on newpaper, boards.. etc.. then have a BLAST... the wonder of glaze is it prolongs the drying time & if u don't like it u can try something else.
I did a few different effects on 1 wall b/4 I choose which one I liked... HAVE FUN~~
I would go with-
Melon (orange)
Blue (morning)
Purple (light/medium)
That would be cool!
Summer is here, time to express!
Try a blue with a fair dose of magenta (Ben Moore 2067-50 summer blue) with a seaglass green (Ben Moore 2047-50 shorehouse green) and add bamboo and seagrass accents.
What is your favorite color? That should be the walls you see most. The other 2 walls should be your 2nd favorite color.
i don't know if you've ever been to gulf shores alabama but majority of the houses down on the gulf are painted these amazing beachy colors. look to those for inspiration
For a beachy look, how about painting the bottom half a sandy color, then the top half sky blue. You can get wallies that have seashells, waves, grass, etc. Also theres a type of a "wall tatoo" called tatoauge (ebay) that has complete beach scenes, sunsets..anything you want. No painting required, you just rub it on with an applicator or a popsicle stick.
Well, the only thing I can suggest is if you want to keep the pink, it's just that it's too bright, use a torn up sponge to sponge a lighter color over it to create a textured look. The lighter color will lighten up the pink.
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