North facing dining room - what colour?
Claudia
9 years ago
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Hi! I'm struggling to find a warm grey or beige paint for my north facing dining room. The colours I've tested all look cold, murky and uninviting (a few examples: pebble shore, rum caramel, khaki mists from Dulux, and F&B cornforth white and ammonite). I'm planning the colour scheme for all the ground floor using warm greys, and trying to get rid of the current magnolia colour.
As you can see from the pictures, there's only one window and the front wall shows lots of shadows. I've been reading a few articles and they all suggest warm dark colours for this kind of rooms, but I want something light and fresh. There's one wallpaper from Laura Ashley that I liked and in natural light looks lovely (attached). If possible, I'd like to have it as a feature wall (the one with the mirror).
Please, could you advise on a warm colour, either beige or warm grey, to use in a room like this?
As you can see from the pictures, there's only one window and the front wall shows lots of shadows. I've been reading a few articles and they all suggest warm dark colours for this kind of rooms, but I want something light and fresh. There's one wallpaper from Laura Ashley that I liked and in natural light looks lovely (attached). If possible, I'd like to have it as a feature wall (the one with the mirror).
Please, could you advise on a warm colour, either beige or warm grey, to use in a room like this?
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Claudia
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9 years ago@ensignaccesories no, I meant Dulux Natural Taupe, it's available on different tones. I've seen the taupe you mentioned, but I found it too dark.
I've had a change of hearts about the wallpaper after I was told that that one is actually a very old design and Laura Ashley no longer stocks it. Also talking to the lady at LA I realised that trying to force my idea of grey/beige is probably not the best for this particular room, but what I need is something more cheerful and bright, like the green colour I already have in my living room (accessories) . So with this in mind, I headed to John Lewis and took a few samples of green wallpaper. When I stuck them onto the wall next to one I had originally liked, I could see a big difference in the mood of the whole room, it didn't feel as gloomy as with the other grey colours. So, what do you think? Using something like these examples on the front wall? i still need to find what colour to pain the other walls, though.
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