Thoughts on a dark green bedroom.
Think that this is the correct forum to post this.
I am interested from 'people in the know' what their thoughts are on having a dark green bedroom. Good idea, bad idea, good karma, good for relaxation etc etc.
We have a large bedroom so I think that it could be carried off, but just need conformation before going all out on it.
At the moment the colour has remained the same since we moved in 3+ years ago, so we both agree that it could do with a bit of a freshen up.
(apologies for the mess, pics quickly taken before leaving for the day)
All pictures taken from the 4 corners of the room, then a few of the hallway in. At the moment it's pretty bare and all the furniture will be replaced (apart from the bed as that's a new Super King as a standard double just looked ridiculously lost in there). I don't like the wall lights so they'll be removed for 'normal' lighting. Bed Side cabinets, sidelights etc to be purchased..
The colour that I REALLY want is something called Jotun 5489, but I can't find that here in the UK as it's Swedish I think. I may ask for a colour swab of it then try and get it matched. The inside of the arch, and window frames to be in Jotun 'curious mind'
Exactly like this actually:
Do you think that the room can carry it ??
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Tim Summers
3 years agoThanks for the replies, it's given me a lot of food-for-thought.
I'll try and address a few things - Low Ceilings. Our bedroom does not have what anyone would consider to be low ceilings - yes they're not double height Victorian, but they're what I would call standard height. I'm 6ft 2 and can just touch them with the tips of my fingers with outstretched arms. It must be the camera doing something funny. The house was built in the 1980's I think, so it's just a normal estate house.
Everything in the room (apart from the bed) will be replaced. The wardrobes that we're looking at are
With bedside a draw unit and bedside tables the same
Then I want pendant lighting over the bed similar to this
I also noticed that in my photos we have the horrible grey rug at the end of the bed - this is not a thing in our bedroom - This belongs in the wifes massage therapy room, but due to Covid (and cleaning) it's been removed, and our room was the only one that we could get it flat rather than rolling it up.
Glad someone mentioned the skirting boards - yes these will be changed. I have a thing for skirting boards and we're gradually making our way through the house replacing them with double height nice tall ones.
The carpet at the moment maybe could be described as old/faded green/blue - I don't know what colour it's 'supposed' to be as I guess it was laid many many years ago. Anyway - yeah, that'll go, and no doubt be replaced by some vanilla beige one.
I'm going to pop into the F&B shop on the way home from work and get some testers and see what happens.
Oh, and it's a definite YES to getting rid of the textured ceilings !!!! I think that this is the only room in the house that now has it left - all the others we've had skimmed and re-painted when we've attacked that specific room.
Thanks again to everyoneTim Summers
3 years agoOh, just had a thought. I've zoopla'd (is that even a word) our house to see if there are any old stock photos on any previous listings. Maybe these would have been taken with an actual 'camera' rather than an iPhone so may come out better. Does this show that it's a 'normal' room better :)
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One wall done with one coat, I must admit that I was very sceptical before, and also during, but it’s a grower for sure. Not sure what to do with the skirting boards though, leave ‘wood’ (probably not), paint gloss white, or I’m also kinda pondering if I should go green as well. Let’s see what happens. I’m going to to another wall when I get
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3 years agoThanks everyone. Just to answer a couple of specifics: no to painting the radiator, it’s a pet hate of mine having radiators non-white, I don’t know why this is, but I never think that a painted radiator looks nice, besides the wall lights (which I hate, but are keeping for the time being), bedside tables, windows, sills etc are all going to be white, plus the ‘nets’ that we have (not oap nets) are white. I think it’ll all come together when we start bringing things in. The accent colour is going to be pink FYI. Let’s see what that looks like.
upcycle the dresser: great idea, but not really my game if I’m being honest, we’re buying new and moving the dresser into one of the spare rooms. Also, in the wife’s dressing room we have lovely ‘champagne’ colour furniture which we’ll be bringing in, and ordering a 3 size wardrobe. it’ll all match.
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The third wall is done,
We were going to do the corridor that leads to the en-suite green, but I’m glad that we’ve decided against it as that would be really gloomy, so we’re stopping the green on the bedroom side and going around the arch.
having a day off tomorrow.Tim Summers
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3 years agoCongratulations for choosing to have a dark painted bedroom. We had the same dilemma last year and decided to jump right in. We love it and have actually found our quality of sleep has improved too with the darkened room.
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3 years agoI love green, and it the most utilised colour in our house, although not in our bedroom, which is rose pink with dark green accents. Below you can see a green living room, dark green kitchen - and I even painted the living room stove dark green! Very calming.
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3 years agoLooks great Tim!! I tend to shy away from dark colours as we've got small rooms but your bedroom can certainly handle it and it looking very sleek especially with the skirting painted the same colour.
With regards to the wall lights, You could switch them out for a brass/copper sconce or wall light that will give out more light and make them a feature in the room. Brass/copper, pink and dark green go quite well together.
How would you feel about a (modern) traditional style radiator in a dark colour? Your current one really stands out against the wall colour. People tend to paint them the same colour as the wall for that reason, but since that's a bugbear, you could change further down the road. Just a suggestion!
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3 years agoFor some reason a previous post didn't 'post' so here is a condensed version as I can't be bothered to write it all again - apologies if it does finally post, but you'll have two versions.
Semi dressed one wall of the room last night to see how it looks.
Really pleased with what it looks like - yes it's only thrown together, but you get the idea. Really pleased I've not touched the radiators, with all the white stuff in the room then I'm more than happy with them staying white.Tim Summers
3 years agoWardrobe has been ordered - saying dispatched, so hopefully it'll arrive within the next few days. That'll make a massive difference.
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3 years agoThe wifes "Oh, just move the chest of draws into the garage and I'll do it" has turned into another job for me. But it's all stripped down, and now just waiting on the chalk paint/brushes/wax to be delivered then all will (hopefully) be upcycled to match:
Before (zoomed in and cropped photo as I forgot to take one)
Getting there:
Tim Summers
3 years agoAs I've done such a good job with the chest of draws, mysteriously a blanket chest has made it's way into the garage to "Do the same to this next"
I'm hesitant as this was given to me about 10/15 years ago from my grandparents house when they died, and I can always remember them having it whilst I was growing up, so it's kinda old.
But neither of us really like it, so if it doesn't get painted and then moved into our room, then it will be taken to the tip and disposed of, which I don't want to happen. So, IMO painting it and subsequently keeping it would be best.
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3 years agoThe up cycling of the manky old chest of draws has come up a treat. Dead happy with the result !!
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