The couch still looks more like a charcoal color which i think works with the wall color. You have already gotten great decorating advice.
I am staring at it right now and I honestly cannot tell you if I think it's charcoal or navy. Maybe I'm the color blind one.
Either way, I think it is neutral enough not to clash with the wall color. If your couch had been bright red, it would probably have been too many bold colors in one room.
I'd look at West Elm - that palette has been pretty heavy with them. These could be a good foundation:
I love this pillow!
You’ve gotten some good suggestions. If you really wanted to be on trend, you could do mauve accents like this. I think it would look nice with the gold frames and white fireplace.
LOL, bugmeetsworld. I almost suggested mauve or millennial pink myself but figured there'd be a fair number of haters. I think it's a little trickier to pull off than yellow as an accent but it can be really pretty!
I love those West elm pillows too. Really, your couch is reading as a neutral and the fireplace and flooring are neutrals, too, so all you need to coordinate with is the teal walls. They are pretty bright and darker than I’d prefer, but they are trendy and I’m sure you can find a lot to go with them. If you love the pillow, get it as your inspiration piece and work the rest of the room around that palette.
Post by peachdragon on Feb 17, 2018 14:55:23 GMT -5
I color adjusted it. Is this a more accurate rep of what the colors are? I would have to paint the fireplace a much darker color. TBH, I'm with you. Not a fan of this color.
I color adjusted it. Is this a more accurate rep of what the colors are? I would have to paint the fireplace a much darker color. TBH, I'm with you. Not a fan of this color.
Yes! It looks like this to me. And, I'm with you. Hate it.
If you hate it, I would just repaint it. We painted an accent wall in our living room a similar color. I was trying to be trendy. I *hated* it and I spent so much money trying to accessorize to make it work. But the color was just too bold for me, it actually gave me almost like anxiety whenever I was in the room. We eventually repainted it a light green and I love it so much better. It was calming to me. I wish I had repainted it sooner.
Based on the pic, I don’t like it and I couldn’t live with it.
I color adjusted it. Is this a more accurate rep of what the colors are? I would have to paint the fireplace a much darker color. TBH, I'm with you. Not a fan of this color.
Post by aprilsails on Feb 17, 2018 20:28:18 GMT -5
I love that colour of blue with a red toned coral as an accent. Not so much blush, peach or orange. Like an almost red. I would also want to repaint the fireplace whiter. That may be more trouble than it is worth though.
Post by pantsparty on Feb 17, 2018 20:39:30 GMT -5
Well, my office is that blue. However, I have white furniture, a wood floor, and grey, white and gold furniture/accents. Also no kid toys, LOL. I think it would probably look better with a grey couch, but that's a ridiculous thing to suggest just to make a wall work, LOL.
I would try some gold/blue accented pillows and see if that helps. I think orange would also look really good. I think part of the issue with really bright colors is you have to stick to a more sophisticated style, if you will, for them not to look a little child-like. Unfortunately I think having the kids' toys in the room pulls a bit of a childish vibe, and of course you have kids, so I wouldn't be moving shit around just to make this wall work.
If you hate it, I would just repaint it. We painted an accent wall in our living room a similar color. I was trying to be trendy. I *hated* it and I spent so much money trying to accessorize to make it work. But the color was just too bold for me, it actually gave me almost like anxiety whenever I was in the room. We eventually repainted it a light green and I love it so much better. It was calming to me. I wish I had repainted it sooner.
Based on the pic, I don’t like it and I couldn’t live with it.
Ugh THANK YOU. I can't relax in there. I swear it's assaulting me.
The problem is that my husband is totally in love with it and wants to keep it and thinks the rest of the house, painted in neutrals and lighter colors, is "like a grandma house." Idk what to say, because I think his taste is like a little kid's. 😤 I can't dominate the whole house and I do appreciate a decorating challenge, so I don't think we will re paint for now, but I really really want to. I honestly find the color to be embarassing.
Ugh, that sucks! I totally get it and I think it is kind of a personality thing. Bold colors don’t bother my H either but luckily he defers to me for decorating stuff. I’ve actually ended up repainting our entire house over the years and all the rooms are either light green, beige or grey. So he’d probably think my house is grandma’s house too! But it is a weird thing I can’t always describe to other people. I need calming colors for my sanity.
One thing that might help is a really big, neutral colored painting. If you cover up a bunch of the wall, it might tone it down a bit! Maybe like a seascape or something would go really nice with the blue, but bring in a lot of lighter colors to help balance it.
Next time he's out of town, hire painters to paint the wall a muted version of this color, like a deep teal, hang some new curtains, and when he asks what's different, say the different curtains must have changed the lighting, which changed the look of the paint color.
I couldn’t live with that color, especially not in my living room! You shouldn’t have to live with it if you truly hate it. Can you compromise on a different color?
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
I also couldn’t live with that color and agree the couch isn’t the problem. You’re a much kinder wife than I, because I would put my foot down here.
Any way you can compromise? Can he pick a room color he hates and you both shift through 1000 paint samples until you find something new you both agree on? In general it does seem you have two very different styles, but maybe you can play up how on trend a nice gray can be to make him feel like the house looks more youthful?
I actually think the problem is the carpeting. It is just too warm of a shade for that wall. But I can’t imagine you could change the flooring just to match the wall so really the only solution is to change the wall. I can picture how it would look with that sofa and that wall with some hardwood floors for example. But obviously that is not a solution.
Post by aliciaflorrick on Feb 18, 2018 8:39:03 GMT -5
The carpet color is the issue for me as well. I would get a large rug in a lighter white color and use a large picture to diffuse the brightness of the wall. Something like the picture below. Lighter throw pillows with accents of the wall color would pull it together.
The carpet color is the issue for me as well. I would get a large rug in a lighter white color and use a large picture to diffuse the brightness of the wall. Something like the picture below. Lighter throw pillows with accents of the wall color would pull it together.
Yes, do this! Then everyone will be distracted by the vagina on your wall and won't even notice the wall color.
I was going to say I thought pantsparty painted her office a similar color and it looks great! But I thought it was a touch deeper. And a more modern, kid-free decorating style.
The carpet color is the issue for me as well. I would get a large rug in a lighter white color and use a large picture to diffuse the brightness of the wall. Something like the picture below. Lighter throw pillows with accents of the wall color would pull it together.
Yes, do this! Then everyone will be distracted by the vagina on your wall and won't even notice the wall color.
I think the brightness of the white fireplace works with the wall ( although I am also not a fan of that color) and couch colors, but the carpet is throwing it off.
I'm guessing there isn't hardwood under it?
The West Elm color suggestions are good ones to work with what you have. I love color and would agree that coral would work too.
Having seen the color corrected version, I think greens could also work. I'd have a lot of plants and white in the room, along with gold accents. If it really makes you anxious, you should tell your H. But if it's more that you don't like it/it's outside of your comfort zone I'd probably just live with it for a year or two. You might become more accustomed to it than you realize and I still think it's workable.
If it makes you feel better, my H LOVES bright colors and feels really sad around muted ones. Right now we're split on the color for the outside of our house - it's slate blue and it was that way when we bought it. It needs to be resided and he wants to keep it blue. I want a more neutral color. Did I mention it's a Tudor elevation, LOL? Every single contractor (male) who comes to the house agrees with him, even though they are selling siding that doesn't even COME in that color.
Next time he's out of town, hire painters to paint the wall a muted version of this color, like a deep teal, hang some new curtains, and when he asks what's different, say the different curtains must have changed the lighting, which changed the look of the paint color.
I redecorated our living room while my H was at a conference.
My husband decorated our nursery for our first child BY HIMSELF while I was away for a weekend. He did it as a gift to me so even though I hated it I couldn’t be (too) mad at him. But he chose neon teal and that shit had to go. I repainted a pretty soft robin egg color. I mean, I still had the yellow stripes he painted on the top half of the walls to contend with, but it came together ok. I told him to never EVER do it again!
The carpet color is the issue for me as well. I would get a large rug in a lighter white color and use a large picture to diffuse the brightness of the wall. Something like the picture below. Lighter throw pillows with accents of the wall color would pull it together.
Yes, do this! Then everyone will be distracted by the vagina on your wall and won't even notice the wall color.
Lol there's a crochet blanket pattern I found that I almost picked to make for the new baby and I was like "dammit, ML. Now all I see is vagina."
Would he be open to painting it another bright blue color? Each picture looks different on my screen, and I'd have to see it in person to know for sure, but I'm not sure I could live with that. I love bright paint, but something about that particular shade feels off to me. I think you could probably find a different shade of blue that would still be bright and vibrant like he likes, but more sophisticated, which you like. Take a picture of the room and use Sherwin Williams' app to try different colors.
If that exact shade must stay, I'd look for the largest piece of art that the wall could hold. Not to try and hide the color, but to break up the color and draw your eye to the art. Doing an assortment of frames and items will draw your eye to the entire wall, including the color. The right oversized piece of art will help balance the color, I think.
If you like that second pillow from West Elm, buy that and work from there! If your H also likes it, you may be able to convince him to paint the walls the color of the blue in the pillow. Win-win!
I redecorated our living room while my H was at a conference.
I did this to the bedroom and he doesn't like my choices, so now I'm paying the price.
I win most decorating arguments by reminding him that he had a pool table in the living room when we met. I'm in interior design too, so he usually agrees with me.