WIBU to paint our bedroom orange?

[matildasquared]

We got a bit of wall replastered in our bedroom and now we're getting ready to paint over the boring, dingy magnolia. I'm going to sew new curtains too, and there's a neutral rug.

To give a bit of context, I love to paint. Since we've moved in I've painted the living room coral/peach, the kitchen teal, the basement yellow, and the bathroom seafoam green. It's a dark terraced house so we try to make things bright.

At first my husband said I had free rein for the bedroom so I was thinking sky blue... lilac... But then this morning he confessed he really really wants...orange.

Orange. Orange. He wants zig-zaggy orangey curtains too.

I can't get my head round it. Orange bedroom? I can tell he really wants it but orange.

Could an orange bedroom work?

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Yes!

Remember all those lovely orange candlewick bedspreads and polyester eiderdowns!

[LaurieFairyCake]

Not sure

I think bedrooms should be calm places you want to shag in

So maybe if you toned it with grassy colours to make it 70's lite - as opposed to fucking in an orange

[matildasquared]

No, he showed me some of the tones he had in mind. It would be more like fucking in an overripe pumpkin.

[matildasquared]

Oh dear god, I thought maybe having retro orange wallpaper on one of the walls would make it better. I had a look at the designs out there.

I think we'll be fucking on the set of the Monkees.

[Deathraystare]

Not a good place to have orange, seriously, as like red it is a high energy colour which will zap your strength, NOT relaxing at all. Not sure about now but fast food outlets had orange chairs for that reason, a higher turnover.

You will wake up exhausted!!

Or ange would be better in a kitchen I guess.

[ajandjjmum]

We have orange and yellow, and I think it's lovely and sunny. The furniture and floor are a light wood, which tones it all down.

Fortunately I close my eyes when I sleep, so don't wake up exhausted Deathraystare!!

[matildasquared]

I actually saw some orange fabric in a Moroccan lattice pattern. I thought, ah, that gives it a calm, desert sort of feel.

So maybe we can compromise on orange if I get to pick the Moroccan-y curtains (we have curtains covering the wardrobe too so it's a big part of the room).

[Skivvywoman]

My friends bedroom is bright orange with black accessories it's actually really nice

[KirstyJC]

Our youngest's room is orange and yellow. Looks brilliant - really bright and sunny.

Could you try for a darker orange, like terracota? You could do that on one or two walls only, and team it with light blue to create a Moroccan style, and also to tone down the brightness of the orange?

Would you be changing the bedding too? That could be pale/neutral. And hang a really big picture or mirror on the wall - that way it's mostly covered up anyway so you won't see it much!

[KirstyJC]

Check out these pics - could still look calm even with orange!

www.pinterest.com/pin/538039486703334051/
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[matildasquared]

Thank you, I might be getting used to the idea...

[KirstyJC]

Actually, looking that those photos it looks rather nice........

[matildasquared]

Oh Kirsty just saw the links! Now we'll be shagging on the set of Aladdin!

But no, I take your point about the blues and dusty oranges. I might be able to gently lead my husband away from Groovy Tangerine Dream over to Desert Hideaway.

[matildasquared]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Moroccan-Lattice-Cobalt-1-2-yard-100-cotton-/290957784517?pt=US_Fabric&hash=item43be6f75c5

or

www.pinterest.com/pin/51439620716263660/

Yes, either of these with soft orange walls? That would actually be quite lovely. Thanks for the ideas!

[WyrdByrd]

How about neutral walls (maybe one feature wall) and lots of orange soft furnishings and accessories.

[HappyAgainOneDay]

We still have an orange, shag pile carpet in one of our bedrooms ......

[WorraLiberty]

We used to have a kind of burnt orange colour on our walls about 15yrs ago and it looked really nice.

It wasn't really bright either.

[jamaisjedors]

How about some of these:

www.houzz.com/photos/bedroom/wall-color--orange

The Carmel Valley one is quite nice?

[jamaisjedors]

Which way is the room facing?

Our bedroom was bright orange/yellow for ages (previous owners) we are only changing it now because it's actually full of light and gets hot so a cooler colour would be better (it's south-facing).

[Morgause]

I had an orange bedroom in the 60s. It was fab.

[ICanSeeTheSun]

I think it will work, as long as not everything is orange.

[stripeyblacksocks]

When we redecorated the dc got to choose paint colours. Girls room is sunshine yellow with orange and black accessories, the boys chose lime green with matching accessories. Dh chose a dark red with black accessories for our room.

It's growing on me (and a fair trade off as I chose the colours for the rest of the house)

[redexpat]

My teenage bedroom was yellow on top, orange on the bottom. V warmand sunny and lovely.