What colours go with charcoal grey please?

[trinni]

I have just one week (next week) DD is away and I want to decorate her bedroom.

She insists on one feature wall in graphite and the rest in a pale neutral off white sort of thing. It's Ok with me but not very feminine IMO. She will not hear of pink in any shade but doesn't mind purple - I don't like purple myself.

Any ideas to make it a bit girly? I was thinking silver mirror, lamp and a nice large deep pile rug but where's the colour? Help!

A strong light blue or orange?

A strong bright jewel colour, I reckon. Like orange or teal or a cerise or even purple. :)

A nice turquoise? A sky blue? A soft green or a bright fresh leaf green? Or orange?

I think orange would look very, very nice - I'd never have thought of that....but how to incorporate it? Honestly, I'm OK up to a point but the final flourishes are NOT my strong point!

Ruby - yes teal is lovely but ds has it in his room, along with a graphite feature wall (which is why dd likes it).

Please inspire me!

Does she want it girly, though? I still remember going away on holiday and my mum kindly painting my minimalist white room a pale pink, 'to warm it up a bit'. I never had the heart to say I hated the colour

How about yellow, grey and teal - there are some ideas here: www.designsponge.com/2008/07/inspiration-yellow-and-grey.html

No, no she isn't girly and what I really meant was do distinguish between a boy's/girl's room.

If I painted her room pink - I'd be a gonner - she's almost 13!

I'll have a look at the link, thanks

Why must it be girly/feminine at all?

Have a look at some images for inspiration:

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It's definitely a burnt orange, I've made up my mind and it will look lovely.

Neutral, graphite, some silver bits and and orange.

I won't be able to sleep now with the ideas popping into my head!

Thank you all so much! x

Charlotte Locks by FandB that's your chap. It's beautiful.

Charlotte Locks is absolutely gorgeous! Perfect!

Our bathroom is graphite and white, and for our towels/accent colour we chose celadon, which is a pale greeny teal. Looks lovely (though I say it myself)!

I'd give her what she's asked for, with maybe the rug in orange if you insist
she obviously has a strong sense of her own style

Burnt orange lovely. A warm buttery yellow would also look good. Or lime green. Or olive.

She does have her very own sense of style which is why I'd like to add a few orange touches that can be removed if she hates it...

I very much doubt she will though.

hester, I did consider lime or some other green shade. Seems it's far easier to accessorise in green rather than orange.

An olive colour would look lovely too