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Ombre feature wall - top to bottom? Or bottom to top?

6 years ago

I'm repainting our guest bedroom, and have decided to try and paint a feature wall behind the head of the bed.

My idea is to paint a blue ombre wall, and have the rest of the walls a soft grey.
The room is west facing so gets quite a bit of light during the day.

My main question is people's opinion on whether I should have the darkest blue at the bottom of the wall or the top?

Dark at the bottom seems more conventional, and might make the room seem bigger, my parter feels that it would be more dramatic having it darker at the top. Also the natural shadow created by the lampshade at the top of the wall would make it seem like it's even darker still, (although we could obviously change the lampshade).

I just wondered if people had other ideas/considerations to take in to account.

Thanks!

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Gabby Wong
Original Author

6 years ago

Thanks for all the suggestions... I'd already painted the ceiling white, and didn't have the courage to paint it dark like in some of the examples...

Probably not as smooth an ombre as I'd have got with spraying it, but not bad for a couple of days work!

Still, really happy with it! :)

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minnie101
6 years ago

Hi. I think it depends on the ceiling height and colour. It could bring the height of the wall down a bit if you have a white ceiling plus I don't think the dark blue will look as effective starting next to the ceiling. How big is the wall though as you don't want the feature wall totally covered by the bed! Side to side could be another option.
rachelmidlands
6 years ago
Hi there, I think an ombré wall would look good. I don't think it will matter if the top is dark or light, depends which you prefer. If you're having a light grey on the other walls then I would mix this instead of white into the ombré effect. Either way I would use the light grey on the ceiling as well so the room focuses on the feature wall and not a white ceiling. You could also mix in another contrasting colour. The other option is to create a border with use of masking tape so it basically looks like a giant piece of art. Here's some pics.

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6 years ago
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6 years ago
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Looks fab. Like how you've took the blue fairly high up. Well done:)

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