mint green and gold guest room? ETA: and grey?

[grey56]

DH is renovating our finished basement, and we'll be putting the guest room down there (don't have guests often). I'm oddly drawn to a gold and mint green combo, similar to this:



Good? Bad?

I like the idea of white bedding but with a dog, cat, and baby....no. Is gold bedding too 80s?

Any other ideas for me? Thanks!

[ohjessica]

Love the idea of mint green and gold. I'm partial to white bedding with that color combo though. Gold bedding just doesn't appeal to me.

[grey56]

I definitely want it to keep the bright and fresh look since it will be in a basement!

I was eyeing this cheapie Target bedding.
www.target.com/p/springmaid-lindsay-sage-brush-duvet-cover-set/-/A-13859663#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink

[bleubook]

I think it's lovely.

[heygrey]

Love the color combo and I like that bedding!

Eta: I would add a bit of white in other areas that won't attract animal hair. I love gold, but too much isn't good. I might go for white and mint with accents of gold.

[lemondrop]

I like the color combo. Would you actually let your pets and LO into that room often?

I also wouldn't go for a ton of gold. It could get too cheap looking quickly.

[grey56]

Dec 8, 2012 11:00:07 GMT -5 lemondrop said:

I like the color combo. Would you actually let your pets and LO into that room often?

I also wouldn't go for a ton of gold. It could get too cheap looking quickly.

This is my biggest concern!

My animals and LO would probably not be in this room often, you're right. I think I am just used to that way of thinking!

Thanks for the feedback!

[katie4253]

I think it is beautiful, thought it isn't my style. I'd love to stay in that room as a guest thought!

[boiler717]

When I read your subject line I wasn't too sure, but I love the inspiration pic! I don't think the sage green bedding goes with mint, however.

[katie4253]

Good lord. I just realized my phone autocorrected to thought twice. I meant though

[lemondrop]

Dec 8, 2012 12:19:48 GMT -5 grey56 said:

Dec 8, 2012 11:00:07 GMT -5 lemondrop said:

I like the color combo. Would you actually let your pets and LO into that room often?

I also wouldn't go for a ton of gold. It could get too cheap looking quickly.

This is my biggest concern!

My animals and LO would probably not be in this room often, you're right. I think I am just used to that way of thinking!

Thanks for the feedback!

I think pp are spot on with how to handle the gold with just some accents.

Assuming you can shut the door and make it a no pet and no kid room, I think you should do white bedding. It would look so good with a nice white bedspread/coverlet/whatever with some trim added like in your inspiration and some cute patterned pillows.

[grey56]

What would you all think about adding grey into this mix. So it would be mint green, gold, white, and grey.

I ask b/c we have this Ikea dresser that I would love to use in there.


Mint green: walls
Gold: SMALL touches (trim on lampshades, thin gold frames on walls for art, trim on throw pillows, etc.)
White: trim/moulding, large mats for framed art, bedding.
Grey: rug, Ikea dresser?

Yay or nay? I'm trying to use what we have and well, we have a lot of grey.

Thanks again!

[lemondrop]

I can't quite picture it, but I don't think gray would look good. You can always paint the furniture white!

[simpsongal]

Some of you probably recall that our living room is mint green - so you know I love the combo!

Mint looks great with gold, white/cream, and taupe. I'd lean towards taupe over charcoal.

[Susie]

My guest room is sort of those colors. The walls are yellow-er, which I actually plan to change in the new year. We have this bedding (now discontinued from Macy's):


Once I tweak the wall color, I think it's going to be good. I have always liked the bedding.

[simpsongal]

That's funny, that picture looks quite a bit like my dining room and living room scheme (the wallpaper and colors).
Ignore the curtains in the shot, I didn't end up using those. But you can see how taupe mixes pretty well with those colors. Sorry for the poor lighting in the shot.