What colour for bedroom’s chimney breast?
I will be painting the walls in Dulux Timeless (one already done) but was wondering what colour to use for the chimney breast.
At the moment it’s painted in Dulux Golden Umber 4, some kind of yellow, which fits in quite well with the colour scheme but we would probably like a bit of a change.
Do you think we should paint the chimney the same as the walls, leave it as is or pick a new colour? We were thinking some kind of green perhaps, since there are quite a few green accents in the room already, including the rug.
What do you think?
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E D
5 years agoIt’s a north facing room but on a sunny day sunlight is reflected from a white building opposite ours:
rachelmidlands
5 years agoI’m loving greens atm. Little Greene paints collection of National trust greens has some great colours (‘jewel beetle’ and ‘ambleside’ being my favorites:)). Found this which might give you some inspo: https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/green-wall-paint I love the deep celadon green by Paint and Paper and think this or a similar deep olive colour would look perfect on your chimney breast. Alternatively an earthy spicy orange or yellow could also look fab. Dulux’s colour of the year ‘spiced honey’ might be worth a tester.
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Jules Mc
5 years agoE D
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks so much all for your thoughts!
I have played around a little with Dulux’
Visualiser app, so Dulux colours only, but it has given me the feeling painting the whole of the back wall is probably best.
Here‘s a dark and light version.
What at do you guys think?
(I have a preference...)
Juliet Docherty
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agorachelmidlands
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Resh
5 years agoED as we all k ow from my I case and posts on here, I love greens. however, I would pick a design theme before picking colour. Do you want dark and rich (think blues like F&B Hague blue with brass or copper accents)? Botanical (think wallpapers and house plants on feature pots)? Delicate modern (think rose pinks, white marble with black and brass accents).
our bedroom will be delicate, but dark rooms are often better even darker and using fun accents...
some of my bedroom mood ideabook photos. I honestly think find the look you want, then think about xpmour and styling.
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5 years agoexcuse fat finger typos. And have a couple more thematic ideas for bedrooms that are not green, in case you aren't yet wedded to that colour...world's your oyster at this point when doing the initial design!
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Sonia
5 years agoHi E D, as you may remember, I love green too (used it in my sitting room) but you know I think the paler green in your second mock up is lovely and what I would choose. It goes well with your rug, bedding and accessories. Lovely and fresh.
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5 years agoE D
5 years agoI really like all these articles on Houzz and in home magazines, on- and off- line, depicting fantastic dramatic looking rooms with dark and even darker walls.
I love the amazing looking dark painted rooms in the inspo photos (thanks Resh!) and the mockups of our bedroom in dark green (thanks celery girl!).
But (and it may not be very trendy) I keep naturally getting drawn to photos of bed- and other rooms that are light and airy.
I’ve been looking at Ulla by Little Greene
And even Farrow and Ball’s French Gray which is much more of a green than I always thought. But may already be a little too dark(?).
I also very much like the walls’ colour in this home (not sure what it is):
I would love some more (concrete) light green colour suggestions from you guys!Sonia
5 years agoE D your choice is actually very on trend you know! So many designers are using green. That is such a lovely green from Little Greene (!). Have a look at F&B Mizzle and Cromarty for green with a touch of grey. They are a very soft and forgiving green. I also love LG’s Aquamarine and Tracery II. Here’s a reminder of the Cromarty I used in my sitting room.
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5 years agoE D
5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
Emily
5 years agoI was looking forward to seeing a dark green and white based bedroom! But I’m sure it will be fab which ever route you take ED :)
A S
5 years agoE D,
I cam across this image and thought the green would work very well with the green rug, etc in your room and compliment timeless nicely also. I think it strikes a good balance between the light and dark shades.
Also, if you opt for the light shade, I'd be tempted to use it in the full room as opposed to one wall.
All the best, hope you will keep us updated on progress
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5 years agoED - light green is a lovely bedroom shade (we have a mid olive in the nursery and it is very calming). great for a botanical look. just in case you change your mind and go all moody, have a pic of our living room, and the nursery... :)
E D
5 years agoE D
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHaven’t decided yet on definitive green but I quite like this one from Dulux and used their app again:
I think it works with the rug.
What do you guys think?E D
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoBella Tanner
5 years agoI prefer the lighter green and would do it all over as it’s really calming. Have you looked at Jurassic stone from Dulux? I didn’t think it was going to be the soft green I was after but I used it in my green lounge and it looks fab
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5 years agoI did a Google reverse image search; it showed the colour to be Dulux Domain (S18D5); I don't think it's an off the shelf colour, so you'd have to get it mixed at a trades/decorator centre.
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5 years agoThank you Claire, I had discounted Jurassic Stone before because in the Dulux app it looked rather blue.
Shows you can’t rely on this app really. It looks lovely in your room (and in other photos).I will definitely consider it now.
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