help! not liking inchyra blue hall
Naomi Clarke
5 years ago
Just come home to newly painted inchyra blue hallway, seen in photo half painted. It’s so dark green, and showing up horrible switches and white paint everywhere. I wanted an interesting warm vibe in this north facing part of hall but actually looking like 80’s pub! Doesn’t help that flooring and other bits not down yet, and need artwork and ceiling lights (currently hideous white spotlights!) I like a retro contemporary look. Now wondering if this paint colour is a mistake and tomorrow our living room is going to be Hague blue!! Does anyone have any advice? I.e ceiling lights? Also what colour should we paint all the orange pine? Should it be the same as the other woodwork which will be old white (as advised by f&b)any ideas advice gratefully received. Wish I’d stuck with dark grey now!!
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Jonathan
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Comments (3)I agree the grey-green colour is lovely, and it's quite restful so I don't think it would be too much if you wanted to do the whole lot in that colour. Also it would go very nicely with the parquet. However if you want to break it up, you could consider installing a dado rail and have colour under the dado and white/neutral above, or vice versa. You could even install panelling up to dado height. I don't know whether panelling or dado rails are strictly authentic for 1930s, you would have to check that, but I think it would look ok even if not authentic, as long as the style is simple. One more thought, are you going to carpet the stairs? (They look lovely bare but will be very noisy I imagine). If so I would advise choosing carpet first and then paint to go with the carpet - much easier than trying to match carpet to paint!...See MoreHallways/stairs colour- Help!
Comments (14)I’m reluctant to paint the bannisters anything but white and varnish as that’s what they’ve always been and I like the smoothness of hundreds of hands touching them (it’s my grandmothers house and the house my mother was born in...) but am keen to paint the stairs. The bottom stairs currently have FB light blue on them which is nice but I was hoping to go a little darker without darkening too much- maybe Oval Room blue? And my other question is about skirting boards- I’d be inclined to do them white but would that look strange on the stairs if I have painted stairs, white skirtings and then painted walls up to dado height? Thanks again for help... painting really is the hardest bit...!...See MoreLight or darker blue feature wall in hallway?!
Comments (8)Thank you everyone, lots of food for thought @honeypoppet - I never knew this design technique existed, I’m worried it would look a bit too funky for my simple house and I think the radiator would get in the way of the beautiful ombré effect @yasminchopin - I never thought to use a piece of art, I thought to put up pictures but actually the art would bring the colours together. The radiator issue, and now that you’ve mentioned it, it really does stick out like a sore thumb but I could almost see past it with the wall half painted. And the more I stare at it the more it does seem to take away from the balance of the wall even with something hung above it @minnie & grouse - I never thought of that, it would have been a great idea! we’ve just repainted the bannisters from a dark mahogany stained colour to all white, I didn’t think to change the handrails, I might have to see how far time and budget allow as the carpets are going in next week As the walls are half painted I might complete it in a colour just to get a full visual and appease my soul that I took the right decision! then finally decide either way, but please do keep any last minute ideas coming, I’m certainly learning a thing or two along the way...See MoreHelp on deciding on a colour for the hallway!
Comments (5)Have a look at Farrow & Ball Pigeon. It is a mid range green but it can took quite dark in a hall with little light, but in a brighter hall it can look stunning....See MoreNaomi Clarke
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5 years agoOk this is what it looks like in harsh spotlight at night. Downstairs we are getting new flooring (parquet style light Karndean) - second coat is due on today, I am tempted to stop them and repaint next week
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5 years agoI like inchya blue. I have it in my cafe. I painted all the walls, door and ceiling in a windowless space. I have a mid toned timber look plank herringbone vinyl on the floor. The artifcial lighting is low in that space too. And I like it.
In your space, I think it looks good by itself, but the white doors and bits and pieces stand out too much. The doors cut into the dark paint and making it discordant. If you went lighter, your not going to get that issue against the white woodwork and doors. If I was you, and you still loved the shade but can't see how it could work on your space, I'd consider painting the doors on the same colour (of course that will make the space darker). Or maybe a darker shade. If painting the doors is out, use the inchya as a feature and paint the walls with lots of doors a warm white.
Or yeah just paint it all a nice pale shade as you will also have a dark lounge room.
Not a great image but the inchya blue is in the back space.
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5 years agoAt first glance of the first pic I thought it was a pro designed image with the dark blue green against the stair wall of pink with an orange painted bannister and thought it was great! Think this could definitely be styled out to look good for example some retro posters with great colour, but whatever you do don’t let your confidence be knocked for trying different brave colours in the future.
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