Colour advice - blues and greys for a bedroom

4 years ago

We have fallen in love with the Farrow and Ball colour De Nimes which we want to use on the back wall. The duvet is a very similar colour. The old bedroom pine furniture is going to be repainted in a shade of grey. That dilemma again - which shade? We love the warm tones and are drawn towards Worsted or Purbeck Stone. Will these colours go with the gorgeous De Nimes, which is a blue/grey?

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rinked

4 years ago

Are you sure you're painting (all) your wood grey? I really like the warmth of it's brown/orange with De Nimes!

This looks a bit like Purbeck Stone with De Nimes and it looks a little dreary for a bedroom:

I do like Light Blue #22 combined with #299.

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Sarah U-S
4 years ago
Goodness - I’m weirdly in the exact same position as you For our guest room - we even went and bought the paint tonight!!!

I too have some pine furniture that I intend to paint but can’t make my mind up. I’m half tempted to go really dark - Annie Sloan graphite kind of colour.

By the way, what colour are your other walls? Our room has just been plastered and white washed - so tempted to keep 3 walls white...
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Sarah U-S
4 years ago
Victoria - my daughter’s room is Purbeck Stone. I’ve just taking a sample of the de Nimes in on a piece of paper and they looked nice together.
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Hi, Could you provide a little more information about the room and style you are ofter, for instance the aspect of the room as this will determine how the greys appear; if it's a North facing room a blue tone will be accentuated, making the room feel a little drab; do you have any furniture such as bedside tables, bed, wardrobes you want to incorporate into the scheme, would it be possible to upload an image of the prints, maybe there's a colour on there you could pick out for the walls (or a complementary colour)? I think you could go for dark walls but I wouldn't go for overly dark walls, such that the black frames of the prints are hidden. I would go for a light or mid-sole grey with a green undertone. You don't have an ideasbook set up so I'm not sure if this is the look you're after but Here are some inspiration pictures! All the Best!
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Paintforme
4 years ago
Hi Victoria,

Great colours! Sarah asked important question - what colour on other walls, the carpet, woodwork and ceiling?

Kind Regards,

Paintforme
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Juliet Docherty
4 years ago
I agree with rinq. One thing that is certain with Farrow and Ball is that they are very canny at selling colours, however any colour is only ever seen in conjunction with other elements and certainly in the De Nimes images, the wood is what makes it work.
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Sarah U-S
4 years ago
Rinq- I agree about the warmth of the wood, but my issue is the variety of wood tones!!! I’ve inherited an old oak bed from a relative that I can’t touch. I then have solid nicely shaped bedside cabinets that are pale waxed pine, plus some other multifunctional furniture in yet another shade. How can I make it all gel???
E D
4 years ago
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Perhaps choose carefully which furniture to paint and which to keep natural.

Staining (some of) the wood could be an option too.

Some photos of your room and furniture would help to help. :)
rinked
4 years ago
What ED says :)
Victoria
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4 years ago
Thank you everyone for starting this thread! Sarah, I am AMAZED that you are doing exactly the same as us at the moment! We have set our heart on De Nimes on the back wall where the bed and large wardrobe will be and the other three walls will be in white - a contemporary feel. My son would like a blue/grey look. It is a 1930's house so we will be keeping the stripped skirting boards, picture rails and pitch pine door. We have a free standing wardrobe to paint which will be against the De Nimes wall. Our predicament is that we are unsure about how to paint the wardrobe (and large chest of drawers but this is on the other side against a white wall) and are wondering if the Worsted is too tonally similar and a little too dark or should we go for the Purbeck Stone on the wardrobe, but will it be too pale? It is for a teenage boy's room but am trying to make it grown up for him. He has progressed from a space rocket duvet to stars with matching curtains. Time for a change at his age!
Victoria
Original Author
4 years ago
My husband has managed to do a rendering. It is just an idea as the furniture and bed will be different. Picture at top is with Worsted and picture at the bottom is with Purbeck Stone. Obviously, they look quite different on the screen!
Sarah U-S
4 years ago
Victoria - how funny!!!!
Ours is the back bedroom of a Victorian terrace. We’re doing 3 walls white and 1 in the de Nimes - the same one as you, behind the headboard!
Although I like the Purbeck Stone and the Worsted, I think it’s maybe too muted and a different / more traditional feel against the crisp white. (Although i’m absolutely no expert!!!).
I think we’re going to keep our inherited oak bed as it is and then possible go darker on the painted bits. We might even go completely opposite and head whiter....
Ours is just a spare room, so not particularly important or with any need to impress a teenage boy!!!
On a slightly related matter, my son converted to a grown up room a few years ago and we kept it quite simple with Lamp Room Grey walls and white furniture. Keeping it simple has stood the test of time. My daughter (with the Purbeck Stone) had her room done about a year ago with more muted colours, including painted furniture. She announced last week that she already wants to change it!!
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Victoria
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4 years ago
Thanks for your advice - it's funny how choosing paints consumes you completely. I even commented on a colleague's coat colour today and told her that it was close to the colour I had chosen on my back wall. Not sure it sounded complimentary about her coat! I think girls are a little more "fickle and fussy"! My son will be happy with anything if he no longer has stars as a theme. I was also thinking of going paler but then we lose the blue grey feel. Would really dark be more contemporary? He certainly doesn't want a traditional feel. Let's see what the other paint experts think about the colour combo! Thanks again. BTW You must keep the oak bed - it will look stunning against De Nimes!!
Sarah U-S
4 years ago
The oak bed is a bit of an issue. It’s more 1950’s in a not so mid-century chic kind of way! My husband won’t allow it to go, so I need to learn to embrace it. I think de nimes is a great colour for the the wood, so hoping it might look a little better!!!
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Paintforme
4 years ago
Hi Victoria,

It would work well if all the furniture is in one colour. Ask the boy which colour he likes most;)

Good luck!

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