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Do my walls and carpet clash?

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Overtiredagain · 14/07/2023 21:48

I spent a fortune on getting my walls painted and carpet on the stairs and now I think it clashes. The walls are pink/purple and the stairs is dark grey. Any ideas anyone?

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Overtiredagain · 15/07/2023 13:27

Just thinking, I could paint the walls the light cream colour at the end of this picture, the window doors?

Do my walls and carpet clash?
Do my walls and carpet clash?
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ThereIsOnlyOne · 15/07/2023 13:28

You should be able to get the carpet turned into a runner - the carpet shop should be able to remove, cut it and then "whip" the edges.

Colour wise I am crap (I painted my house trade white throughout). But I would do white or some version of.

I would hold off painting the banister until you have done this.

So
Runner the carpet
Paint the wall white
Take a breath.

You should then find everything back in harmony. At the moment, as PP said, you have wood (floorboards and bannister) and white and beige and lilac and gray.....all too much. White/grey/wood - lovely.

ThereIsOnlyOne · 15/07/2023 13:28

Yep - the cream (if the same as the hall) would work

Floralnomad · 15/07/2023 13:30

Definitely paint the walls cream / white to match anything else in the hall .

ftyh · 15/07/2023 13:33

I'm sorry op, I don't like it. From your latest photos it's a gorgeous space but the carpet just doesn't go.

I think the pink would have worked had you got a pale runner on the stairs.

If the carpet is staying you need to paint over the pink with the cream colour.

biscuits777 · 16/07/2023 00:52

The carpet is fine. It's neutral. Without the walls you'd never even notice it. You're noticing it because you have pink walls.
Pink walls are pink walls.

Greengrassoh · 16/07/2023 00:57

I think that colour combo looks 1980s. The carpet is giving shag pile vibes.

Greengrassoh · 16/07/2023 00:58

The light cream would definitely look much better

Mirabai · 16/07/2023 01:14

As it’s a period house I would both paint the walls cream and ditch the carpet.
It’s a particularly cheap nylony looking one unfortunately.

Herringbone carpet would link the cream paint with the wood floor.

Do my walls and carpet clash?
Do my walls and carpet clash?
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Overtiredagain · 16/07/2023 09:47

Thanks everyone. I'm going to paint the walls light cream. Then @Mirabai when I have the energy, I'll change it to that lovely herringbone. The whole thing has been very depressing.

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Notellinganyone · 17/07/2023 10:36

OP - the pink is great - cream is dull. Just ditch the carpet and it’ll be fine. Roger Oates has beautiful- though pricey- runners.

LibertyLily · 17/07/2023 10:53

Notellinganyone · 17/07/2023 10:36

OP - the pink is great - cream is dull. Just ditch the carpet and it’ll be fine. Roger Oates has beautiful- though pricey- runners.

Agree that Roger Oates runners are gorgeous. The one we had (in my pic above) was from them and it wasn't just the quality that was great - the style was too.

Some of the colours/designs they do are stunning and if you wanted to keep your pinky/mauve walls you might find something that coordinates with them there.

I've got my eye on a very bright Roger Oates runner for our current stairs 😍

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Overtiredagain · 18/07/2023 08:55

Oh god. I had just made my peace with the cream. We had light grey walls before the arrival of the pink/mauve and yes, I hated them, they were very boring. The whole thing is a mess.

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Mirabai · 18/07/2023 09:07

Cream isn’t dull at all, my sitting room is F&B Pointing and it looks great. It’s my favourite neutral as it always looks sunny. Grey has so jumped the shark.

Also - It’s not a nice pink and the rest of the hall is already cream.

Peridot1 · 18/07/2023 09:07

Soul destroying to feel you have gotten it so wrong. Sympathy.

which was more expensive? The carpet or having the walls painted? I think I would change whatever was cheapest to do.

Although I have to say I’m really not keen on the pink/lilac. It seems more suitable for a child’s bedroom.

I think a lighter more neutral colour would go better with the carpet. If you are worried it will look boring you could get some nice bright pictures or prints to put on that wall going up the stairs.

piedbeauty · 18/07/2023 09:25

I like the wall colour! Goes well with the carpet.

Snoken · 18/07/2023 11:40

OP it's not a complete mess. It's the carpet that is messing it up though. It doesn't go with the style of property, it's too shiny and shaggy. You need natural material to go with the wood. Especially since you have exposed wood above and below the stairs, the carpet just sticks out as something from the 90's when the rest looks 100 years older.

I think the wall colour is a little cold, but if you had a more classic looking runner on the stairs it might just be OK.

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Overtiredagain · 23/07/2023 10:36

The questions here are great but my answers are depressing. The carpet cost more but, let's face it, the carpet is more out-of- keeping with the house.
This thread has been good for me. It's like I've acknowledged the mistake, and now that i know this, I will change it but not right now. It feels like too much of a waste of money to change it only because of style.

I think I'll have it repainted cream next year, then the year after that, get a nice runner like the ones shown above.
It's been such a depressing experience. I asked loads of friends/ family for help but everyone was distracted and nobody advised me. I've always been crap at colours.

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Mirabai · 23/07/2023 14:21

Don’t feel bad OP even professional designers get colours wrong. A friend of mine who’s an interior designer wanted a bold bespoke colour for her new kitchen units and ended up having the whole lot resprayed, she then changed her mind about the walls and had them repainted too.

Greengrassoh · 24/07/2023 00:38

im really good at this sort of thing, but the other year painted my flat coral. It turned out a sort of hideous 1980s terracotta, and I painted it back to cream a week later.

some people however insist on living with their mistakes, as some kind of self punishment or flagellation, so at least you’ve acknowledged the issue and have made plans to fix it.

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Overtiredagain · 24/07/2023 00:52

Aww thanks @Mirabai and @Greengrassoh , that makes me feel better. Maybe I'll change them a little sooner.

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Bonfire23 · 24/07/2023 01:13

Instagram is good for house browsing stuff especially people doing up houses, just search for decorating, renovation, that type of thing

I love putting stuff together but it's your preferences too - mine is towards grey because I find it calming but I know people hate it!

This woman has been doing her stairs recently
https://instagram.com/diaryofmyhomelife?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Lilyargin · 24/07/2023 08:32

Do NOT paint the skirting board the same colour, that is terrible advice. Good luck, it's so disheartening when a decorating project doesn't come off.

BatheInTheLight · 24/07/2023 08:43

We paid for the first time to get our kitchen painted, absolutely hated the colour and I had to re-do it immediately it was so bad!!! Everyone gets it wrong sometimes!

I'd sooner paint the walls then change the new carpet to be honest. A more neutral colour wouldn't be so jarring on the eyes. Paint the wood white. Jobs a good 'un.

ImDoingThisNow · 24/07/2023 09:16

I think the carpet is fine - my friend had similar and it was nicer in real life.

Houses are to be lived in, not show homes. If it feels nice for the children, then great. We have hard flooring everywhere and it’s nice to have somewhere softer.

The cream - or other neutral - would tie things in together more for now - does boring really matter? Make a statement elsewhere - art or some such.