About to renovate living room - it's the last project! 70s house, the rest of it is white/wood/colour, quite kooky, a bit retro, pops of mismatching colour sort of thing. The kitchen and hallway/stairs are just PBW and up till now I just assumed we'd carry it into the living room, but it is VERY bright in the kitchen and I think we need something a bit calmer! Also our colourful elements in the living room are slightly (!) more muted.
Living room will have light wood floor, soft turquoise armchair, neutral sofas and this rug (which we already have and LOVE). For the windows I'm thinking of picking out a colour from the rug for roller blinds and framing with neutral curtains. If I wasn't doing that I'd use F+B Skimming Stone on the walls, which we have in our bedroom, but I don't really want neutral curtains against neutral walls. So back to white, but I think something a bit softer than PBW? The white bits on the rug aren't really white but cream/stone.
Ooh and another question - I'm going to be very good and try to avoid any more colour on the main walls, but we're having built in bookshelves and I quite like the idea of a coloured wall behind them. Too much? Which colour?
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Another white paint thread - need a white that is relaxing but fresh and NOT cold looking - or any other ideas?
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IHeartKingThistle · 05/01/2014 15:05
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