holiday cottage painting dilemma
HU-169995131
3 years ago
Should I paint to the top of the ceiling over the two boxed piped areaAt the moment I’ve only painted the Alcove to the boxed area.
There is going to be one shelve on each side, with tv one build in cupboard and lamp on the other side inbuilt on top of cupboard.
Would appreciate your ideas. Just concerned I’m making the walls look like a dentists notice board.
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Comments (10)Sorry, didn't realise you wanted to pain the units, thought you wanted to paint the walls. You'll need to get a colour that goes with the floor tiles, which I think are grey. Matching two greys together isn't easy. It's only really made possible by either taking a floor tile to the shop and picking out colour cards that you think will go with it, or just collecting the cards and taking them home. The rug on the floor won't be helping in the kitchen as it sucks the light. The dining area is lovely, albeit for me, there's just too many things in there. For instance, the objects on the table, two urns, a candelabra, two further candles and a votive glass? One object only is enough, the urn or the candelabra. Why also the need for a bench behind the table? It's nice to have things placed just so, but too many make a room look crowded. Your eye should be drawn to an object or two. I think a little de-clutter at both ends would help open up both rooms. Placing too many objects around and not keeping surfaces clear also sucks light from a room. Try clearing the kitchen out so that you get a proper sense of the space and then it may be easier to decide upon a colour. The worktop can't really be seen, but you need to take the colour of that in to the decision making also. . I'd also remove the blind as that doesn't help with light. I notice that you only have 3 spotlights in the kitchen. If that's not enough and it's still dark in the day when you've removed some of the stuff on the walls, then you could consider extra lighting with daylight bulbs. We have those as we're north facing and live in an old cottage with low ceilings....See More
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