Do I go to the dark side??

6 years ago

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I have a Victorian terrace and was about to paint my living room Inchyra blue but do I go to the dark side

with all 4 walls or mix it up with lighter walls too, the room is approx 13ft x 11ft and has period features with original fireplace and alcoves.

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Patrina

6 years ago

Love that colour, F&B has a beautiful example of a room painted in Inchyra Blue, Railings and Ammonite and It looks great. The more expert Houzzers on here will talk to you about light, what way the room faces and what colours go well together etc. I've attached the pic for inspiration

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AMB
6 years ago
Paint it all! If you want a light ceiling I think this might be tricky without coving to help the transition so maybe go for an off-white.
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It's your choice, but I honestly think a grey-white combination is elegant and classic. Black is cool too, but you need very strong, crisp colours around it, so it wouldn't dominate and that is an often hard thing to achieve. Example: I like the interior below a lot, not for its pieces, but the perfect combination&proportion of colours. That is a strong red - it actually seem to dominate more than the black! There's minimal white in the room, mostly a clay grey - also the colour of the ceiling and armchairs... with all that you almost not even notice the colour of the table or floors. The room looks actually smaller than yours; there are no great pieces or furniture or even art (although the fireplace surround is superb!); what makes it stinking though is the colour combination and proportion and that's what I meant about a hard to achieve look (lecture finished :))
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Wow, that's a lucky find! It's like finding gold under your floorboards, people pay thousands of pounds to have original looking parquet flooring in their home. Looking at your photos, the flooring looks like is is in good condition and has been well preserved. I say keep it as it is and give it a light sand and seal. There are companies around that can do this professionaly for you or you can hire a sander and do it yourself.
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Your place is lovely and welcoming. I would suggest putting a large mirror above the sofa facing the garden to reflect back in some light and the lovely garden. Your TV wall looks great (accent wallpaper could be indeed a lovely add on but I wouldn’t hand anything) and I agree with you putting a table between the sofas (round and height of chair arms taking up the full space) with a nice table lamp in the corner would be lovely. People can put their cups and glasses on it. If I might suggest a colour that’s not wood such as red or white it would break up the wood and make everything pop. Great job, really nice 👍
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Thx all of you for all your comments! And help!really love beih able to get ideas and help from all of you out there as sometimes I end up having a mind blank and you don't know what the room needs! I think adding another shelf might look too cluttered/overpowering, just don't want t to look too busy! I might live with it like it is ATM.... see if I can get a nice fruit bowl for the island ....and maybe see if in a few weeks I want to add any artwork. I'll keep you posted! Have a great weekend everyone and thanks again for all your helpὠ1
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Emma Cordell
6 years ago
In my living room, I went with Dulux Sapphire Salute on 3 walls but painted the fireplace wall Polished Pebble. Ceiling is white. I really like the 'feature wall' being the pale wall.
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Sonia
6 years ago
Inchyra Blue is such a lovely shade. I did one wall in my sunny kitchen deep blue (Little Greene’s Woad) and I haven’t regretted it. I would paint your fireplace wall, all of it, to start with in the Inchyra Blue, and then paint the rest if you feel it needs it. I think deep colours look better if there is some pale colours to balance it. Love the colours you have used in your room,
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Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
This article may help. It shows Inchyra Blue with other colours for detailing and looks superb.

http://sallyfazeli.com/2018/06/transforming-our-living-room-with-farrow-ball.html
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6 years ago
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I think the colour would look beautiful with all four walls painted especially this time of the year, you really do have to take into consideration which way the room is facing though as natural light can make the colour look even darker than its suppose to if it's coming from the wrong direction.

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