I'm currently sitting in my livingroom surrounded by wallpaper samples and painted bits of lining paper trying to decide what to do.
We have a west facing livingroom/diner, about 18ft by 10ft. The house is Victorian with lots of period features but this room is a modern conversion so is a bit lacking on that front. It's west facing, but because there's houses directly opposite and quite close (mews street) we don't get much direct light at all - the roofs opposite block the sun by about 3 most days.
Has anyone braved going dark in a room like this? I'm not scared of colour (the kitchen is a bold teal, hallway is a purple colour) but I've always tried to maks this room light and I feel like it's a losing battle. For 7 years it's been various shades of cream, taupe etc, currently with a pale duck egg on the end wall and it just looks utterly meh.
I'm looking at a large sample of dulux Azure Fusion 1 and I really like it. I'm seriously considering putting it either all over, or on 3 walls with a paper on the end wall but one which is the same colour of background. Has anyone gone dark in a room like this?
I feel like maybe I should stop fighting the darkness and go for making it really cosy and luxurious instead?