XP What do think of these colors?

[cjeanette]

Thinking about a deep blue or navy for my stairwell. I can't decide if it is too much? Including the current builder beige for reference

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[tulips]

I think it would look great! Maybe change the picture frames to white?

[cjeanette]

For reference I am the girl who painted her living room black.

[kategm]

I'd do it. My mom had a navy blue stairwell for years, and it was so pretty! I'd definitely do white or light gray pictures frames.

[whitemerlot]

It's too dark for me too.

[achi]

I personally am a big fan of navy. But I would not pick the darkest shade of navy.

[cjeanette]

My 2 story foyer isn't far and brings in a good amount of light plus there is decent lighting. The foyer is going to be white so choppy isn't an issue. The only wall that really faces the foyer will have wallpaper to tie the two colors together. Not that that stops me. My main level has like 6 colors.

[cjeanette]

Better?

Color is hard in such a tall space.

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[cjeanette]

Or I could match it to the formal dining room that you can see to the right in the bottom flight of stairs.

This app is addicting. I need to find a hot pink to mess with H and convince him I REALLY want it that color.

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[drloretta]

It depends on what colors are coming off of it. It can work, but you have to be careful with light and accents.

I've done navy in a small bathroom, but there was a lot of white and light gray accents to break it up

[cjeanette]

I think I would add more gold frames if I did blue. And hire a painter. Otherwise I might be tempted to push H off the scaffold before we are done.

[cherry1111]

Oct 12, 2015 22:35:00 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

Hard to tell in the pics, but I do looooove navy. Our DR is navy (color is BM Washington blue).

Old pic but decent pic of the wall color:

What color is your gray wall?

[lilac05]

I like the second color you posted. The first reads purple, at least on my screen. I love bold colors when there is good lighting, but would definitely pay a painter!

No green. I'm sure you have made it look good in the dining room, but I don't like it in that space.

[cjeanette]

Going down the rabbit hole of testing on the hall...which is hard.

My hot pink choice didn't phase H
Or PowerCat Purple.

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[cjeanette]

Oct 12, 2015 22:45:17 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

Oct 12, 2015 22:43:10 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

What color is your gray wall?

BM silver song, which I also love. We had it in our old place and now it's in our LR and DS1's room.

Our bedroom is a silver grey. I think the color would be great for us.

[lilac05]

Would you be willing to paint your banister white? I think that would add some nice contrast if you went with a really deep wall.

We're looking at doing a light/dark blue combo in our entry/stairway/upstairs hallway, but I think we're going to do the darkest color only in the hallway (open to the entry with lots of natural light).

[cjeanette]

Oct 12, 2015 23:01:08 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

Would you be willing to paint your banister white? I think that would add some nice contrast if you went with a really deep wall.

We're looking at doing a light/dark blue combo in our entry/stairway/upstairs hallway, but I think we're going to do the darkest color only in the hallway (open to the entry with lots of natural light).

Not a bad idea.

[KaraOrNot]

I painted my kitchen navy and I love it! I prefer your second picture and like the color that @this posted).

[aspentosh]

It's hard to tell in the pics, but they almost look devoid of color and more black.

We painted our bedroom a dark navy (similar to mrswindycity's dining room) and really love the moodiness of it. So I think navy can work, assuming it gets enough light, but it nights to be a true navy.

[namasteak]

I love th second blue!