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Do your bedrooms share a paint colour, and should en-suites match?

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7238SM · 12/03/2026 15:06

Are all your bedrooms the same paint colour or different? If you have en-suites, do they match the bedroom colour? I have no idea what is a current look.

When we bought the house, it had garish colours in each bedroom. After much renovation, we are ready for paint- mainly neutrals and possibly very pale green or blue in the bedrooms. DH thinks each room should be different, I think differently. Any tips appreciated.

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itsthetea · 12/03/2026 18:16

We have a couple of bold rooms and the rest is calm

LibertyLily · 12/03/2026 18:19

7238SM · 12/03/2026 18:15

@LibertyLily I'd love to be bolder with colours so shall look through your choices, thank you. I'm just worried about it looking as manic as when we bought it.

Our colours do sound a bit manic when typed out, so possibly what you're trying to get away from. Imo, they look better in real life, but admit they wouldn't be everyone's taste!

ImImmortalNowBabyDoll · 12/03/2026 19:06

AllJoyAndNoFun · 12/03/2026 17:42

Yes but DS is 16 and DGAF so long as his playstation is there and DD is an insta interiors addict with a weirdly precocious love of warm neutrals so what can I do? 😂 I also have quite a lot of "big art" so I'm thinking if I just paint everywhere neutral it gives me more flex on where all that can go and the furniture will all just go with everything.

In that case I'd let DD have her neutrals and leave DS's as whatever it already is?

I'm not a fan of neutral interiors, I spent too long living in rented accommodation, and I have a lifelong hatred of grey. But if DD eventually decides she loves the oatmeal-to-camel range then that's what she'll have. If she doesn't care, I guess the mermaids will accompany through her A-levels until she moves out.

ImImmortalNowBabyDoll · 12/03/2026 19:09

7238SM · 12/03/2026 17:38

@ImImmortalNowBabyDoll Do people not live in the bedrooms?

No one lives in the other bedrooms as I already said up thread. Not the point of this thread, but we bought this house whilst I was still having rounds of IVF and assumed/hoped we'd have a child or 2. Sadly, we have no living children and never will, so other than guests staying, its just DH and myself here.

I'm sorry to hear that. I'd want to have a bit of fun if I had spare rooms. I might do each one a different Taylor Swift Era or themed around a different country or time period.

Tupster · 12/03/2026 19:14

For me, all the same "neutral" colour shouts basic rental or pile 'em high, sell it cheap kind of builder property. Even if you are a big fan of the pale neutral, I think using different in each bedroom looks much better. I would blend the decor of an ensuite with the room it's off though. Not necessarily a total match, but something that flows through nicely.

AllJoyAndNoFun · 12/03/2026 19:53

Tupster · 12/03/2026 19:14

For me, all the same "neutral" colour shouts basic rental or pile 'em high, sell it cheap kind of builder property. Even if you are a big fan of the pale neutral, I think using different in each bedroom looks much better. I would blend the decor of an ensuite with the room it's off though. Not necessarily a total match, but something that flows through nicely.

Ooh I dunno- I feel like done well they can give really good continuity and then you can use fabrics and bedding/ rugs and art etc to differentiate. Then you've got more flexibility to change things up.

I've been following Rita thingy on her interiors and all her really bold themes look amazing but I think it needs a talent for interiors (and possibly also a size of house) that I just don't have.

user593 · 12/03/2026 20:00

Our whole house is the same colour, ceilings, cornice, walls and skirting. It makes dressing each room easy and is lovely and calming.

DelphiniumBlue · 14/03/2026 12:26

3 out of 4 of our bedrooms are a pale warm slightly mauvish blue with cream woodwork. This is because following a loft conversion, DH & I moved bedrooms, and I loved the colour of the first room so repeated it upstairs. We painted the smallest room the same colour because that's what we had leftover. The other bedroom is a warm cream colour, at the request of the occupant ( who as a young teenager had chosen red and orange for his bedroom).
The rooms with carpet all have the same beige carpet which runs throughout the house. The bathrooms are different colours again, but they are not ensuite.
The hall is yellow, which doesn't link with the bedrooms or bathrooms at all, but I like it.
I do like colour, I wouldn't be happy with whites/neutrals.

Wingingitbestican · 14/03/2026 14:37

We live in a bungalow just me and DH now. All rooms painted the same colour (cotton white) and carpets all match (dark grey)We like a neutral wall and add colour through pictures and other furnishings

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