October just gone I stripped the carpet and sanded my bedroom floor...
It was a dirty, tiring and lengthy process... I'm still finding wood dust in places! The task was empowering though and it's lovely walking over my handy work, but it has made me a little DIY shy... as what appears to be a simple task can end up being a lot more complicated!
This year I would really like to paint my walls, the problem is that I have that dreadful woodchip wall paper. Simple! I hear you cry, just strip the walls... but this would mean a lot more cost, and the possibility of discovering hidden problems as invariably woodchip is used to disguise uneven surfaces and I really don't want to cause any damage. So I'm strongly considering biting the bullet and just painting. My pink bedroom and grey living room are not at all inspiring. As for the pink tiles as the sink splash back... I'm really not keen.
Now just what colour to paint it all. I really would like an eau de nil or soft green for my bedroom, with maybe a mural on one wall (which would have to be painted on a large piece of plywood as I doubt a mural would work on woodchip, alternatively a screen would work). Have you seen "Bright Young Things"? I love Nina's house in it...
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| The only pic I could find, but that tree mural would be amazing as a mural or dressing screen! |
This bedroom looks fab too...
The thing is I've tried the green on the main walls out out that is said is used in this room and it came out a little dirty looking, I like these sorts of green but am unsure if they'd be a little cold...
I found the mood chart it on the web but no clue as to what colour to look for in paint... does anyone know of a paint that can look like this?
Have just found this pic from "Upstairs Downstairs"... this green is great too. What is it? Pistachio? Mint? Seafoam?!
Have just found this pic from "Upstairs Downstairs"... this green is great too. What is it? Pistachio? Mint? Seafoam?!
Twas thinking of yellow for the hall and living room.. I love this colour...
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But think it's a bit too bright for my little place. Would it work if I had it (professionally) watered it down with white? I just love how sunny it looks.
Does anyone have any ideas? I would really love to stick with a 30s look as my flat was built in 1935. just want to give it some oomph and glamour. Overall I'd like a gorgeous and sophisticated boudoir and a sunny
hall, living room and kitchen. The colours used in "Upstairs Downstairs" this Christmas were amazing, but I fear too OTT for such a small space.
hall, living room and kitchen. The colours used in "Upstairs Downstairs" this Christmas were amazing, but I fear too OTT for such a small space.
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
G xx
8 comments:
oh I know the problems with woodchip, you've seem my office I would love to have stripped it but honestly for the office I couldn't be bothered!
You liked the colour in my office didn't you, it was Moorland Magic from Dulux, you can get it darker of lighter I got it quite light, hope that helps
Lisa had paint mixed to match the lid on the Pond's cold cream pot, so maybe speak to her. Green would be luverly.xxx
Oh, I love that bedroom, which is almost more of a pistachio green? I wish I could send you a swatch of this 30s green lace gown I have on my office wall--if I were painting a bedroom, I'd get paint in that exact color! Actually, we've got green walls around the kitchen (didn't paint it ourselves, but it's very much my taste). We have yellow walls in our stair and hallways similar to the color you've shown and I LOVE it! Instead of a mural, I'd go for a glorious dressing screen (I've been longing for one for ages). Less permanent than something actually on the wall? Anyway, you look beyond adorable in that first pic. Those are the cutest renovation slippers I've ever seen :)
What a lovely lellow!!! So brigh and sunny - I think it would be perfect in the hallway. I think it is bright enough to lift it, as opposed to making it feel enclosed.
Bedroom wise? How divine is that bed with the mirror's? I am a lover of all things sage green. Or olive. Or khaki. Green basically. We recently painted our fireplace wall dark green and I adore it (you can see it in the pics on my "In the Bleak Midwinter" post)
Also - I know you were tired with a lungful of dust, but, boy do you look cute in the 1st pic. And a little "who's-bloody-idea-was-this-sanding-malark?!?!?".
The kitchen in our last house was that yellow and I LOVED it. It had high shine navy blue tiles which went perfectly. I have a yellow kitchen here too but more of a custard yellow.
Woodchip is a freaking nightmare to remove and as you say is often used to cover disasters underneth.
I would say if you can get yourself to a big DIY store like B&Q or Focus you will find as many paint charts as you can shake a stick at. They will even mix exact colours up for you.
hmmmm, I love the thrill of decorating, we are midway through our latest revamp! We have a lovely pale gold on the walls in our lounge, its from laura ashley and is a nice warm colour, In the dining room we have a combo of duck egg blue and eau de nil with ivory on the woodwork. also laura ashley! (there is a lot of laura ashley in our house) we had woodchip in our bedroom which took an age to take off but was worth it! we did not paint it but wallpapered instead, also in green check out my ladies mantle post and you will get a glimpse... good luck!
Farrow and Ball make lovely paint colours, you can get them in the DIY chain stores these days too. As do Laura Ashley...and I am pretty sure that Crown do a vintage range, but they call it period colours or similar?
Generally I keep bold colours for rooms we don't use that much. It can be quite tiring sitting in a red or yellow room, I think.
Our dining room in our flat was a pale green, and I was just saying to his Lordship I want to do something in our dining room, we haven't touched it since we moved in three years ago.
I think in England-- so often grey and overcast--- that intense yellow could be really cheering and stimulating, whereas in a hot climate (such as Texas, where I live) it would seem brash and overpowering (and possibly make one feel physically too warm, as colors can do).
There is that astonishing new Farrow & Ball wall color-- an extremely hot and synthetic-looking persimmon-orange, hearkening to the 50's, which again, would seem wonderfully inviting in a cool or overcast climate. As much as I love this color, during a Texas august it would seem wa-a-y-y to hot and overpowering.
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