The walls are currently an off white and the trim is white. What do you think would be a good wall colour for this space?

Thanks for your input!

Vanessa

Heheheh we lived with our Tillie in a crate for a couple of years. She has finally decided her upside down four poster bed will work. As in a little drop leaf table for her hide away.

What colors do you like and feel good in? Or I should say having around you. I am a green and purple person. Every one has their own colors that rock their boat. I would say whatever you do paint it will have to be all one color the way your ceiling is.

AND I just have to comment I had the exact same dresser. I had to sell it to make room in our last small house.:^(((

Chris

We actually don't have that comforter anymore and I'm not too picky on the colour scheme but I'm thinking a relaxing spa type colour. I am itching to buy new draperies and a duvet/duvet cover but am holding off until I choose the wall colour. The rest of the house was painted a really light green by the previous owner which reminds me of a spa.

I saw BM Woodlawn Blue that I thought would be a nice tranquil colour for this space, but wanted some other ideas since I'm not too in touch with interior design!! lol
Possible colours that I see in the space are blues, greens, beiges/browns, etc.

I want to share something which I hope you all will pass to
friends and maybe use for your work.

I 've discovered that when you want to effect a change to a
room there's one key method to follow. Just as when searching
for an answer in science we use, what's called,the scientific
method there is a method required to get the best results
when making changes in the environment that you live or
work in.

Take photographs and work from them.

I don't know how the human mind can overlook things when it
lives or habituates in the same place day by day. But as
it's easy, usually, for a friend to jump in and help you
pick up when you hate to do it yourself it's the same kind
of effect when you take a photo and see clearly for the first
time what a room or area really looks like.

So take plenty of digital photos from the vantage point of
the places dear to you. If you're sitting down and want the
area to look nice then take some photos where you see in
the camera thesame scene you see with your eyes when sitting.

Now in the above photo the first thought that came to me is
this:
You have a unique ceiling and corner. It might benefit by
just lighting it from below with various types of light.
I think it will open up the ceiling since it already slopes
away from you the lighting will dramatically increase the
apparant size of your ceiling.

I doubt that you need this next idea but consider it.
For $25 up to hundreds you can buy a wall washer of light.
This usually, now, is made of LEDs in 3 colors and is
settable as to the intensity and color. Nearly any color
or changing colors can be made. I should think that a
pale blue might be comforting.

I know its possible to set some types of this kind of
lighting to simulate the rising and setting Sun. The
setting Sun's colors are the most invigorating to me.
The deep brown/red/orange/golden colors at sunset are
those I will remember best in my lifetime.

HEre's a few links to the type of product I mentioned.

Enjoy the fun of taking a photo and making changes to
then shoot it again.

This link takes you to google images:
http://images.google.com/images?client=opera&rls=en&q=wall+washer+ligh t+OR+lamp&sourceid=opera&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

The rectangular device is for home use and ranges from
$50 to $200 (about) I buy from China and get good service.
Ebay seller from China are reputable just check their feedback.

Look for
wall washer*
(include the * Asterisk)

Or if that's too many hits of expensive items I found one seller listing this way for $100

L.E.D. WALL WASHER FLOOD LIGHT

They were in NY and their name is
dennphil
with 800 feedback and an amazing 100% satisfaction.
price is $117 shipped or consider making him an offer although ebay doesn't provide that
link. Sellers aren't unhappy if you're interested. Consider 10% or if you're very serious tell
him and offer 20% less but find some way to make him happy. Consider looking at other
items to buy or see what he's bought and if you can offer him something he's bought in
the past offer it to him. Or ask him if he has a website. HE can avoid ebay fees if you buy
from the website but don't ever mention that. Ebay looks for that kind of talk and threatens
sellers. Just simply ask for a website where there might be a different price or different
item at a different price.
Also ask him if he has a video somewhere like youtube. IF so that shows you have a distinct interest
in his products.

Good luck! I love paint - it is so easy to do, and can make such a difference in a space.
~Missy

But I also love the soft green of my bedroom. I painted my ceiling the same color so the room would look larger.

Both BM colors: Palladium Blue and Van Alen Green:

Here are some more pics of the upstairs rooms (which are identical but flipped around) and the hallway/stairs when we first moved in last November. The area has changed quite a bit since then in terms of furnishing but the wall colours are the same.

Spare room

Hallway facing my bedroom

Hallway facing the other direction

Stairs (hard to fit anything up them)

The colour is BM Labrador Blue.

That door on the right is a replacement. I haven't changed the door on the left so I don't know how original it is, but I like the old handle on it.

Loretta, you can modify flat doors so they look like panel doors by getting creative with molding. You basically make a 'picture frame' (or two or three depending on how many you want) with the molding, and glue that on to the flat door, and then paint it all all the same colour. If you use caulking to fill any cracks before you paint it should give you a nice finished look.

I couldn't find a tutorial for doors, but I found one for putting 'cheater panels' on walls. If you searched longer, you may be able to find an online tutorial.

~Missy

Upstairs are two bedrooms which no one stays in, but one is called The Girls' Room, the other is Sister Anna's room when she comes to visit us from the convent. In between is a small bathroom. I painted both rooms Behr's THREADED GOLD, a very pale earthy ochre kind of yellow. I've even put it in an 8x9 study in my old house, over a white base coat I rag rolled one coat on, and honestly the walls sort of DISAPPEAR with this uneven paint treatment! Rolled or brushed on smoothly, it is like filling your room with molten sunshine. Nothing about it is a harsh yellow. In a semigloss enamel version, it is a great yellow for a kitchen. I also painted only one wall in a small bedroom a soft lavender, the wall opposite the windows, and a tint of it bounces back on the other surfaces.

Sorry to say that for me, blue is nice for others, but for me it seems to eat up the light in a room, and can be very depressing. Green is okay if you find the right way to make it appear neutral. I like my greens in living plants. In our Alabama cottage, I painted Kilz over the avocado green in the front bedroom, and even with no further effort the room is much more cheerful and larger. Soon I will finish with the color coat, probably FRESH PRALINE since hubby dearly LOVES that color.

I might have to try some of the Benjamin Moore colors being shown in this thread, because they do look great. Tiny bottles of paint samples are worth the price to test.
I'm hoping I can upload photos of a painted room from hubby's home in Massachusetts (he is from there, I am from Alabama, we are married only 3 years now). Bringing that Cape Cod cottage into the modern era is a challenge I relish.
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I was going to do the door molding project at our last house and even saved the frames from behind the door mirrors I buy often and cut up for my mosaic. But alas we moved just in time to save me the effort and out roods here have a design already on them. I am considring it for our hallway. It is such a long hall and I thin it might make it look shorter.

Loretta isn't it you that has the great chair rail in your bedroom? Was it hard to do? I was thinking chair rail with boxes /frames below.

Chris

Chris, yes I have chairrail in both bedrooms and my living room. The hardest part was when I had to do a miter cut on the 15' wall. The corners were easy because I used the corner blocks.

Putting the molding below the chair rail is probably better if you wish to ever rethink the upper wall decor placement. In the family room that is 34' long, hubby put the moldings above the chair rail, without any placement being centered opposite the fireplace or windows on the fireplace wall, which is opposite. In placing framed art in the rectangular moldings (there are 5 of them) I had to consider their shapes...and ended up choosing some great classic travel posters. In between the molding frames, I mounted a series of 5 swing arm wall lamps which are plugged into the outlets controlled by a wall switch. (Why do contractors think that is a good idea. I HATE IT)....

So what I am getting at is, put the series of molding "frames" below the chair rail, especially if you have little space for any furniture to block the view.

The study is a combination of LILTING LAUGHTER on top
and FRESH PRALINE below, with woodwork in ULTRAPUREWHITE, all Behr

LILTING LAUGHTER Behr in the sunroom is very delicate.

The 34' long family room has Behr ONLY NATURAL above chair rail, and MELTED CHOCOLATE satin below but it is barely visible here. Note the moldings along the walls above chair rail. Bundles of Bellawood ash hardwood "seasoning" before installation. I'm almost done with the paint job.

Enjoy your "new" BR.