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Painting the Box room (nursery) help!

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TwittleBee · 06/02/2019 13:14

Hello,

We are in the process of doing our box room up into a nursery.

We have found a colour we love and have put it on one wall to see the colour in the light and really do like it BUT we are unsure if we should do all the walls in this colour or just one / two / three walls?

( FYI, I really do not want to use another colour, we really like this shade)

Attached is a floor plan and what the room looks like currently (a mess)

Painting the Box room (nursery) help!
Painting the Box room (nursery) help!
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moreismore · 06/02/2019 13:16

GReat colour! Do the whole room definitely.

justthecat · 06/02/2019 13:17

How about paper on one wall and the rest painted

TwittleBee · 06/02/2019 13:18

oh should add that any suggestions of how to organise the layout would be greatly appreciated too!

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wineymummy · 06/02/2019 15:36

Definitely paint all the walls.

TwittleBee · 06/02/2019 15:37

okay so 2 for all the walls and 1 for all walls and some wallpaper!

I really am not keen on wallpaper (think it stems from having to remove the stuff for too long!)

So paint all 4 walls it is!

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ForTheLoveOfDoughnuts · 06/02/2019 15:46

@TwittleBee going through the same process at the moment. Our baby room is the same size. Radiator in under the window and we have a fitted wardrobe on the same wall as the door. So very limited to wear we can put any furniture.

ForTheLoveOfDoughnuts · 06/02/2019 15:47

I love the colour. I'd have it on all the walls.

TwittleBee · 06/02/2019 15:51

Thank you ForTheLoveOfDoughnuts ! Yeah we had fitted wardrobes there too actually but we ripped them out as they were in a very poor state. We were undecided whether to put something new back there or maybe elsewhere!

Such a limiting space isn't it!

(tbf though my sister and I used to share a room not much bigger than that and coped just fine as kids so not sure why I am now being awkward about it!)

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Kescilly · 06/02/2019 15:54

This might sound weird, but I’d consider painting all three walls except the one with the window. I think leaving that one white could make the window (and room) feel bigger and brighter.

TwittleBee · 06/02/2019 16:12

Kescilly doesn't sound weird at all! That was something I had suggested to DH and then wondered if it was worth leaving the wall with the door white too!

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CinnamonToaster · 06/02/2019 16:29

I'd be tempted to leave the window wall white too. Not the door wall IMO. In a boxroom it might make it a bit corridor-y. Personally.

All 4 is more the done thing these days though.

TwittleBee · 06/02/2019 16:52

okay we shall paint the 3 walls that colour and leave the window wall white to see what it looks like. If it looks odd we can always then paint it!

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AlbertWinestein · 06/02/2019 17:08

I’d go with all 4 walls and then white-ish curtains/blind to give a similar vibe to leaving the window wall white but making it more polished iygwim.

JasperKarat · 06/02/2019 19:37

Our nursery is similarly petite add we've painted all four walls the same, I think breaking it up can make it look smaller, that shade is darker than the one we used though so that may have it's own down side, I'd go all four though.

Hilly2019 · 06/02/2019 20:11

Looks nice. What specific paint / colour is it if you don't mind me asking?

TwittleBee · 06/02/2019 20:28

Painting the rest of the room tomorrow so will upload result. Won't have curtains just yet though, need to wait till DH does some Extra Shifts.

Hilly2019 I'll let you know tomorrow, in bed already, soooo tired

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goldpendant · 06/02/2019 23:29

Lovely colour! I'd do all 4 walls

TwittleBee · 07/02/2019 07:25

@Hilly2019 here is the paint

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