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Help - paint colour !

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Itsbeenalongoldday · 18/01/2025 23:02

Getting our bedroom repainted and just lost with what colour to paint it !
midnight blue fitted shaker style wardrobes on one wall with brushed brass knobs, dark wood floor - Victorian house, high ceilings / picture rail - 2 big windows opposite the bed wall so fairly good light and fireplace on wall opposite the where the wardrobe will be.
would like warm but timeless feel
i initially thought a warm neutral but not getting inspired ! Tried elephants breath sample - uninspiring.
our taste is generally contemporary but have a lot of white elsewhere with pops of colour from furniture and accessories. Somehow feel white is not for this space though !
Any ideas really welcome
wardrobes similar to this

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BettyBardMacDonald · 19/01/2025 03:05

Sage green.

username299 · 19/01/2025 03:15

My bedroom, also Victorian with high ceilings, is Tranquil Dawn. Dark blue goes really nicely with it.

NigelHarmansNewWife · 19/01/2025 05:58

Pale pink? Pink is calming too.

How about something like F&B Borrowed Light which is a pale blue with slight grey tones? It's a soothing colour. I have it in my home office colour matched in Johnstone's trade paint.

Itsbeenalongoldday · 19/01/2025 08:57

Thanks everyone.
@NigelHarmansNewWife I loved the idea of pink sadly a losing battle with Dh!
please keep the ideas coming !

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WhenTheyComeForYou · 19/01/2025 09:01

Strong white from F&B.

I would keep them neutral. Pinks etc will look scruffy and crap within 6 months and more chance you’ll go off it.

neutral decor, colour in the accessories.

JessyCarr · 19/01/2025 09:32

Little Greene have lovely warm neutrals. I recommend getting half a dozen samples to try in your space. Maybe look at Lute, Clay, Mushroom, Bath Stone among others. After a lot of samples and a “wrong” first coat, we chose their Stone Pale Warm for a hallway, which we almost didn’t even sample as it looked almost apricot online. In our space it’s come out as a gorgeous soft warm honeyed biscuity shade.

yomellamoHelly · 19/01/2025 10:03

We've just done trench coat which would meet your warm neutral criteria. Looks like a golden coloured cream. Quite light by day, cosier by night / lamplight.

NigelHarmansNewWife · 19/01/2025 12:03

We've got Trench Coat in our north facing hall and downstairs cloakroom. It is a good, warm neutral. Definitely a beige!

Why on earth would pink look scruffy after six months @WhenTheyComeForYou ?

NigelHarmansNewWife · 19/01/2025 12:04

Itsbeenalongoldday · 19/01/2025 08:57

Thanks everyone.
@NigelHarmansNewWife I loved the idea of pink sadly a losing battle with Dh!
please keep the ideas coming !

Yeah, DP would veto that too!

CatStoleMyChocolate · 19/01/2025 12:08

I would also go a pale to warm pink, or something like Farrow and Ball’s Setting Plaster. We have pink in our living room (with a blue sofa and two kids), and it looks great after two years, not scuffed at all.

Dragonsbe · 19/01/2025 14:07

I would also go a neutral...what about Dimnity? Don't mention pink to him...it doesn't look pink in my north facing room, just warm

Itsbeenalongoldday · 19/01/2025 16:51

What does anyone think about f&b elephants breath or ceviche - little greene?

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JessyCarr · 20/01/2025 08:54

@Itsbeenalongoldday I like Elephant’s Breath and have used it successfully in the past, but have wanted to move away from grey more recently. I haven’t used Ceviche, but if these are the colours you are looking at you may also like Little Greene’s French Grey family of colours.

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