I'm redecorating my room and need some advice.?
Question:I've always been into whites and beiges and earth tones, and it's always been easy to decorate for me. Until now, I've decided to break away from the boring beiges and venture into color. I've gotten as far as painting my walls in a golden color, my son would descibe it as a twinky. It's very over the top for me but I really like it. However, now I'm stuck. My furniture is kind of a medium oak with a scroll type iron work. The wall behind my bed has been faux painted using the woolie with more of a butterscotch color and a stencil over it in a slightly darker colored glaze. My carpet is beige and I have some iron sconces and accents and darker brown picture frames. My winter colors include a deep red and a sagy green with deep red curtains, fabulous. I'm trying to accomplish a lighter look for spring-summer now with great difficulty. I like a kind of spanish, tuscun, morracan, type look and like gold, red, melon, blue and green. Any suggestions would be highly appriciated. Thank you
Answers:
How about coral or tangerine, seafoam green or aqua. Very bright cool tones. Even a fuscia or watermelon would be beautiful.
OK! Good to see your not affraid of color.
Try going to the Benjiman Moore web site and use the personal color viewer. Its a great tool to use. You can download a pic of your room and paint it on the puter before you paint !
My daughter has walls that are faux painted using a golden color like you describe (Twinkie!) then a red glaze is applied in any number of ways. My favorite is with a plastic bag around your hand. Have someone tie them around your wrist and then scrunch them up in your hand. tap or dab at the walls until you have the desired effect. Then, turn the bag inside out, tie and throw away. So easy.
Her room looks Moroccan or Tuscan too, you can pile pillows of all different colors on your bedspread. I find sticking with solid colors rather than over all florals or something of that nature looks more sophisticated. Try different textures, quilted pillows, chenille pillows, satin shiny or beaded. Mix and match. Enjoy your project.
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