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Suggestions for wall color?

8 years ago

A designer who we met in a store recommended that we paint our walls in gray owl by Benjamin Moore, which is a greige color. We bought the gray linen curtains you see here to blend in, but now are concerned that gray in this room will be too boring. We love the amount of natural light and are very into natural elements like reclaimed wood as you can see from our furniture and decor. During summer our accent decor is warmer - teal and orange. In fall it's burgundy, yellow and orange. We would like to keep the room bright and light. Any suggestions for wall color? We can then change our drapes to match. TIA!

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Carol Singletary

8 years ago

May I ask what is wrong with the color you have now? I like it with your woods and stone.

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debiemahoney
8 years ago
I think I would recommend Edgecomb grey; it is more if a greige than grey owl, so making it a warmer grey and still keeping it light. BM do sample tins of your colour choice. Hope this helps.
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havingfun
8 years ago
me too, me too!
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Walls & More
8 years ago
I think it is beautiful the way it is. I would not change the wall color. I would pick a stencil go to Royal Design Stencils and add some interest. I would also using their metallic stencil creams.
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Kathleen E. Hill
8 years ago
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Kathleen E. Hill
8 years ago
Also, possibly paint the bottom half below the chair rail the same brown to ground the room.
koffsie
Original Author
8 years ago
The current color is just very beige and doesn't quite warm up the room. Since we just moved in a few months ago, there's also some patching that needs to be done from where the old owners had window hardware, etc. and they didn't leave us any paint. The bottom part below the chair rail is only 1 shade darker, so that looks weird as well.

I think I like the edgecomb gray that debiemahoney suggested. It's definitely more of a stone/greige color and would warm up the room more. But then what color curtains should we buy? Taupe/Natural? We love these belgian linen curtains from Pottery Barn, but they only come in 4 colors... The ones we have are light gray, which might look bad with a more beige paint color.
koffsie
Original Author
8 years ago
Kathi- just saw your comment. Thank you and thanks to everyone here for the advice! We're open to suggestions and are just looking to add some more interest to the room. We'll add a large rustic frame to the wall above the chair as well since it looks pretty barren. We have some beautiful photos from vacations at national parks out west.
chloebud
8 years ago
I also think it looks nice right now. However, I'm a big fan of Edgecomb Gray and think you should test it out. For curtains, maybe a soft white such as in this photo (with Edgecomb Gray walls).
chloebud
8 years ago
koffsie, another nice choice to test for the walls might be BM's Winds Breath. It's another nice warm-ish greige, and a bit lighter than Edgecomb Gray....
leelee
8 years ago
I totally agree that your room looks just the way you described wanting it to look.

Lower the picture over the sofa so its top isn't even with the door frame. Try 5 inches over the top of the sofa.
Lila
8 years ago
I also like your room as is. My only suggestion is to change out the mirror above the fireplace as it seems to be reflecting your ceiling fan. I would move it to above the chair so it would reflect your window.

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