As I mentioned, I'm starting to think about finally working on the bedroom. I mentioned that this room doesn't get a lot of natural light (not that these photos do a lot to confirm that), but I have been trying to decide on a wall color. While I was at the Home Depot, picking up my spray painting supplies over the weekend, I also picked up a ton of paint chips, which I taped to our bedroom wall. I know that I should have picked up actual samples to paint on there, but it felt like too much work... and I was sick... my new excuse for everything... so these paint chips will have to do.
Right now, the entire apartment (except the dining room which I already painted) is a dirty looking off-white color. It's not creme, it's not taupe, or sand, or desert wind, or any other fancy name - the only way to describe this color is off-white... it's "off" and it makes the lack of direct sunlight in our bedroom very depressing.
I've decided on something in the "tan" color family for several reasons - while a dark color would make this room purposely cozy, it will inevitably be so difficult to paint back over when we move out. This was a valuable lesson I learned in past apartments. I will NEVER do that again - no matter how awesome navy, or a dark mink color would look :-)
Looking at these on the wall, I've already decided that the bottom four are out - they are too light, and too similar to the disgusting wall color we currently have - even though they do have a bit more yellow, and they are overall brighter, I'm looking for more contrast against the crown molding. In this light, I really like the darkest one - it's second from the right in the middle grouping - however at night, it looks dark... really dark... and I'm worried it will give the room a cave-like feeling on cloudy days.
**As a side note, doesn't our new rug look fabulous in the hallway?! I don't think I've ever photographed it in our house - pretty awesome. It's the indoor/outdoor Saybrook Runner from Ballard Designs - it is an insanely good deal and I am so happy with it**
I really like the one at the very top, along with the one farthest to the right in the middle. I'm going to give it a few more days to make a decision.
The other thing I was thinking was to paint three of the walls a lighter color like the paint chip farthest on the left in the middle row, and painting the wall behind our bed the darkest color. Is that weird? Should I stay consistent on all the walls? Maybe Kris will have something brilliant to say on the matter...
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