Painting One Wall a Different Color

RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post By Ingrid (Guest Post) (07/15/2008) I just painted my kitchen and living room a stratosphere blue (Olympic paints) and I plan on painting an adjoining wall a Pony tail (Olympic paints) "Similiar to golden brown. This room is full of windows and a fireplace. The blue looks great with antique white trim and the fireplace trim is white. I tested the adjoining wall and feel that the Pony Tail is a bit to dark. Should I paint it a lighter shade of Pony Tail or do you think the dark contrast will be OK. This room has alot of light from all the windows. Help. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post By judy (Guest Post) (06/10/2008) My family room and kitchen are open rooms. I painted my kitchen a dark gold, but since the walls meet, the gold doesn't go with the taupe color in my family room. I thought about painting the wall in my family room that touches the wall in the kitchen a red color. Any ideas. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post By Lisa Decker (Guest Post) (06/20/2007) I am thinking about painting my daughters bedroom Illini colors, which is navy and orange, which walls should i paint navy? Report Spam or Abuse On the wood trim in the corner... Post by Hey! It's me again... (9) | (09/27/2006) Profile | Contact Lowes has wood trims with engravings (these would be neat painted white with your crimson color painted in the smally engraved lines!) , or swirled 'semi-columns' that are really pretty white too. Let us know what you do! Hey! It's me again. Hillbilly in Missouri and proud of it! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post By Jackie (Guest Post) (09/20/2006) just used Behr Paint in my family room. The room is 14 x 25. Long and narrow. The farthest wall has a fireplace in the middle. I painted the ceiling a bright ceiling white (it was very dull before) and used a color called "haze" on three of the walls. I used "crimson" on the wall where the fireplace is. The mantle and fireplace are white so this looks spectacular, with a large roman wall clock above the fireplace. Unfortunately it took me several coats of primer and topcoat to bring it to the "crimson" but it now looks beautiful. I have one question..... where the light walls meet the darker wall.... I had trouble keeping a straight line. Used a straight-edge but because it is not 'perfect' in those corners, it didn't work very well. I bought a thin strip of wood to put in the corner but still haven't done it. I really didn't want to put the wood up to "block" the imperfect paint job. Any suggestions? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post by KJP (33) | (08/21/2006) Contact The main thing to remember is to always keep your ceilings white or light cream. It is having the ceiling painted a colour - any colour - that dramatically optically shrinks the size of a room. Other than that - your colour scheme sounds fab! Enjoy your project! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post By nan (Guest Post) (08/21/2006) many years ago I did one wall in my bedroom (behind my headboard) a beautiful blue with the other three walls in white. My bedspread and drapes were the color of the blue wall and I used dusty rose and white pillows (in various patterns) as accents. It was really pretty and I got a lot of compliments.I love the 'peanut butter and green colors you chose but I'm not feeling that red bedspread so much (might be too strong-depends on the shade) . What counts though is you and if you love it then I would suggest using some multicolored and multipatterned (in greens, reds and and peanut butter colored) pillows on the bed that pull the colors together. Throughout the room I would also use a couple of small red accent pieces to tie the red into the other colors. Keep the red accents subtle since the bedspread is a big piece. Good luck. Love to see the results. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post By Aline (Guest Post) (08/20/2006) I just painted my daughter's old room. One wall is an eggplant color and the other three walls are light,bright green.....it is fabulous! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post By Jean (Guest Post) (08/20/2006) I think it sounds gorgeous!! Those are my favorite colors. Go fo it - it's only paint. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting One Wall a Different Color Post by Hey! It's me again... (9) | (08/20/2006) Profile | Contact I've been thinking about how I'm going to repaint some rooms in my house. I've thought about the wall farthest from the door painting a darker color to give more depth to the room. This may make the room look longer but put in some lighter colors in the darker so it won't look so stark, like ragging or something. Or lighter accents on the dark wall, like pictures or shelves or something. What do you think? I think the tan and olive would look good. Maybe alternate 3 inch stripes of the tan and olive on the olive wall. I had a friend who did this in a white room alternating 3 inch medium green stripes with the white on one wall and it was gorgeous. I loved it. The red spread would jump at me, kind of like when I colored my hair red and everytime I walked by and looked in the mirror I jumped, just couldn't get used to it. I think cream is pretty with olive; maybe cream with burgundy touches...I have a light mint satin comforter and cream and burgundy pillows on it are really pretty. Report Spam or Abuse