Colour advice for lounge please
Time, under lockdown, to personalise our lounge, having moved in 18 months ago. We have opened up the fireplace, for decoration purposes only, and will be sealing the brickwork and ordering a log basket and a black honed slate hearth the width of the wooden surround. There is a lot of white woodwork which we will keep but the walls, throughout the apartment, are currently Dulux Trade Gardenia which is basically Magnolia with a yellowish hue!
The fire surround needs painting, possibly the same colour as the chimney breast? I have also seen appealing examples where the alcoves are painted in a darker colour, helping to 'hide' the TV. The two sofas are black/brown fabric with brown and cream back cushions, the tub chair is black and the carpet, for the time being at least, is beige. We're thinking the speakers need to be replaced with a sound bar soon!
Currently, we're leaning towards F&B Moles Breath for the alcoves and possibly Skimming Stone for the rest of the room and fire surround? It's a long time since we've decorated anywhere and there are so many great ideas on here that I would really value others input. The room is light and warm with very high ceilings, the latter making it quite important to get the colours right first time!
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Comments (7)Hi. Did you manage to look at their curtains? I think pattern for cushions is fine and plain linen curtains would look fab. I'm not sure if I preferred your previous layout (Although it may be the camera angle making the tv the focus!). Have you tried the chair next to the tv with maybe a floor lamp? The wall colour is meant to be something like F&B oval room blue or F&B suggest inchrya blue with your walls. Just thinking it brings the fire more into the focus? You could paint the unit the same colour and just varnish the mantel. If in budget I would consider a glass coffee table (with a shelf for books underneath) to complement your mirror and move your teal jars and flowers on there? I'd hang your art behind the small sofa and maybe a smaller piece for behind the chair. Not sure what you think though?...See Morelounge decor - advice please!!
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Comments (19)I still love the dirty yellow colour, do you know what colour it is? The blue is very strong and it brings out the orange in the fireplace in a very contrasting way. Complementary colours exaggerate each other and if both are strong they clash, if one is more muted then they look more balanced. Analogous colour schemes look harmonious as you don't get the strong contrast of opposite colours. Its personal taste. I love the ochre and I would paint it in the alcoves as long as it worked wiht the carpet. Probably not what you wanted to hear......See MoreMarylee H
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Keeping walls door and trim to the same colour, only introducing different sheens, again introduces depth & interest through the play of tone rather than the contrast of colour.
It doesn’t appeal to everyone but it’s certainly worth considering in a room such as yours.
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3 years agoI like the colours together, would be good to see a tester against the carpet and know which way the room faces. I’d be tempted to do this
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So Skimming Stone is very close to Ammonite in terms of Value (lightness) but it is more colourful than Ammonite, as it has a bump more Chroma. Increase in Chroma can help towards combating gloominess in a space. Lower Chroma colours are much more influenced by the changes in light.
Pointing is the lightest of all the colours you have mentioned, but sits in between both Ammonite & Skimming Stone in terms of Chroma. That quantity of Chroma is still likely to help keep the trim looking crisp as the skirting is likely to have less Chroma.
Because of it’s location on the Color Wheel & the fact it has low Chroma, there is a chance it might shift blue in imbalanced light. It doesn’t mean it will happen in your space, but it may. So again, testing on moveable lining paper is helpful. It’s in those dimmer spots where colour shift may happen.Marylee H
3 years ago
Strong White is not as light as Pointing But lighter than Skimming Stone. It is the most neutral of all the colours, which may possibly mean it might not have enough difference in Chroma next to the trim, so you would need to double check that. It also has less than half of Pointing’s potential sense of greenness.
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