Lets talk paint.
I NEED a project. Something to get me out of this rut (also known as winter). I am dying of boredom and so I decided it's about time I paint my room.
Let me tell you something about me. I think I'm scared of color. I always go with neutrals when it comes to paint, frames, curtains, decor, furniture, clothes, accessories... Though, I have loved teal for the longest time. As I've started decorating my house I've gone with teal curtains in the kitchen, teal rugs in the halls, teal table in the entry... Makiah's room has some teals and two of our bathrooms are painted Palladian Blue by Benjamin Moore, which is a light pretty teal color. So I decided that my room could not be decorated in teal. I needed to go a different route. But it did need color... The rest of my house is painted in various shades of gray.
In case you are picturing my house all gray and teal... no worries. I haven't decorated a ton yet but here are some of the color schemes I am going for in the living space of my house. :)
Yesterday I decided on Benjamin Moore Jamestown Blue for my room. It seemed calm and comforting to me and it seemed to flow with the rest of my house. So I got a sample and let my girls go to town on one of my walls.
I loved it, and then I hated it. And then I loved it again. Then the sun went down for the night and I hated the color without the natural light. It looked too... teal/turquoise (Kinda like this). I was trying to stay away from teal! So last night I started over, but every paint swatch I was drawn to had the same teal tint to it.
So then I decided, if it's teal that I want then I'm going with teal! I stopped looking at the bold bright blues and remembered my Sister in law has the prettiest living room painted in Sherwin Williams Quietude. It reminds me of the Palladian color in my bathrooms, but bluer and calmer in a way. It's also similar to Benjamin Moore Wythe Blue (which might have a little more green than the Quietude), I had a sample of the Wythe Blue already, so I painted that on another wall this morning and I LOVE it. But now I look back at the Jamestown blue and I think I like it more for my room. Goodness people!! I've come full circle and here I am choosing the color I started with? Who knows, by tonight I may hate it again... And tomorrow I'll be painting my room gray... Because I'm afraid of color and that's all I know.
Help! Someone tell me just to go with the Jamestown... It's bright and fun and who knows, I might just like it.
I guess my worry is this- My room is big with vaulted ceilings and the color is pretty deep and bold. I'm worried that it might be too much for my room and it might overwhelm me (I'm needing something calm and comforting since I tend to get anxious... but at the same time I originally wanted something deep and bold-a change). I guess I won't know for sure until I get it up on all the walls. Gah.
(The picture with Daphne is not the true color... It looks lighter and just plain blue-the paint was still wet. The other picture seems to be better match to what the Jamestown looks like in my room, but really it looks different every time I go in there and when the lighting is different.)
8 comments:
Way to go for just starting! And for letting your kids help! I hadn't thought to let them. I've been dying to do some painting, but it can't decide on colors and I've been worrying about fumes and not being able to open windows... But maybe I should just start! Sorry I'm no help with the color though, it was too many steps on my ipad to go back and forth looking at links. :) I love aqua (is that the same as teal?) and have been contemplating some shade of it for our room. When I get to a computer I'll have to look at your links. :) good luck!
I really like the color, I think you should stick with it. I really like color but if you are worried it will be to much you could just do an accent wall with the blue and leave the others a neutral color. Good luck!
Demi says to add black poka-dots. :)
Demi says to add black poka-dots. :)
Go bold! You can always use neutrals in decorating, leave your ceiling white, big white curtains will neutralize the color if it's too much. And then if it's REALLY too much, just repaint it. Paint is (comparatively) cheap. :)
Go with the Jamestown! There I said it. I find all colors look different at different times of the day. Just embrace it. It looks nice in the photo (2nd one).
What about an accent wall? That way you don't get overwhelmed but it is something different.
Thanks everyone! I am going with the Jamestown (: I'm not big into accent walls, but if it ends up feeling overwhelming I would love to go with white wainscoting around the room or even just on the main wall. I am excited to decorate with our white bedspread, white curtains, black bed and desk and off white dressers. Oh and black and white photographs and white frames (: I think I will end up loving it! With all my neutral decor I think it will be perfect.
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