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What colour shall I paint this wall?

37 replies

Gardenwalldilema · 04/06/2021 11:10

As per title Grin
The garden is small, so I'm after a colour to make the wall appear further away. Not keen on white as it'll be a lot of work to keep it looking smart.
What colour would be good, I'm feeling bold so open to any suggestions. Thanks.

What colour shall I paint this wall?
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starpatch · 04/06/2021 11:56

Garden actually looks quite big in the picture, so maybe stick with a fairly light non obtrusive colour if you don't want to draw attention to the boundary.

FuzzyPuffling · 04/06/2021 12:56

I'd paint it something like dark grey and then grow lots of climbers up it.

parietal · 04/06/2021 16:01

a dark colour - grey or even navy (currently fashionable for kitchens) and then have lots of plants in front.

Londonmummy66 · 04/06/2021 16:08

Grey or even the sludgy green that is fashionable at the moment. That would look good with dark green trellis for climbers. Putting mirrors on can also give the illusion of distance if you have a reasonable amount of planting in front of them. One of my neighbours has a row of smallish birch trees in front of mirrors on her back wall and it really looks as if the garden is a lot longer than it is.

CovidCorvid · 04/06/2021 16:29

A greeny blue....or a grey blue? Something like farrow and ball Parma Gray.

WeAreTheHeroes · 04/06/2021 16:31

Sage green.

Stickytreacle · 04/06/2021 16:47

Everyone has green now, I'd be bold and go for black!

Bluntness100 · 04/06/2021 16:49

Not dark, it’s not that kind of chic trendy space. I’d also go for a pale sage green. Cuprinol do some great ones.

MarshaBradyo · 04/06/2021 16:49

Very dark grey, almost black then lots of plants against it

Greenbks · 04/06/2021 16:50

I’d go for a light cream. Bright and you can grow climbers next to it that will bring out the colours of the flowers more

FuzzyPuffling · 04/06/2021 18:15

Or get some of that willow screening stuff.
(Bluntly, I'm guessing you're not much of a plantswoman?)

Viggohytten · 04/06/2021 18:22

Terracotta, Bright and happy. Who cares what’s in fashion.

(Not necessarily with the black and white patterns)

What colour shall I paint this wall?
AdaColeman · 04/06/2021 18:29

Moroccan blue, have a look at Yves St Laurent's garden for inspiration.

Aquamarine1029 · 04/06/2021 18:31

Black or very dark grey would be gorgeous.

PickAChew · 04/06/2021 18:35

I painted a scruffy rendered wall in a shade of sky blue that really opened up the space.

Gardenwalldilema · 04/06/2021 19:41

Thank you all so much.
I really should have said in OP that I'm not looking to grow anything at the minute, we rehomed the climbers that were there previously and I've completely given over the garden to the dc for the next few years. Ferrol little buggers.
I think maybe terracotta would marry in with the fences and make the garden look wider, which would be grand. Or a sky blue might be the cheesiest thing I've ever seen.
Not so sure about greys or sludge as the kitchen window looks out to the wall, and on a miserable wi term day it might be the straw tha breaks me you know.
Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions.

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Gardenwalldilema · 04/06/2021 19:43

Gaaargh typos! The blue would be cheery not cheesy, wi term is winter Blush

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tentosix · 04/06/2021 19:58

Fuchsia pink. Bright and bold!

SpeedRunParent · 04/06/2021 20:00

@AdaColeman

Moroccan blue, have a look at Yves St Laurent's garden for inspiration.
That's what I was going to say.
Smolgoose · 05/06/2021 20:10

What about a cornflower blue? This kind of colour www.colorhexa.com/6495ed
There's a garden I walk past with walls this colour and it looks amazing, and when it starts to wear it just looks kind of medditeranean rather than scruffy

cushioncovers · 06/06/2021 08:46

Something pale otherwise you'll feel hemmed in. Dark colours make you very aware of boundaries and how small a space is.

waltzingparrot · 06/06/2021 16:31

Bright blue with orange containers looks good.

What colour shall I paint this wall?
Stickytreacle · 06/06/2021 17:57

Dark colours in a garden actually push boundaries back, they can make a space seem larger. www.houzz.com/magazine/make-your-garden-fences-disappear-with-this-surprising-color-stsetivw-vs~79462335

WellTidy · 06/06/2021 18:02

A really deep purple, like an aubergine colour. It sounds odd, I know, but I remember years and years ago Diarmuid (sp?) Gavin putting in a massive purple garden sculpture (I think a painted clmcrete) when he did a garden makeover, and it was absolutely amazing. It has really stayed with me.

colouringindoors · 06/06/2021 18:05

If you want it to look further away, choose a cooler colour - most blues would work, many greens (just not ones with lots of yellow in). A sky blue would look lovely.