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Bedroom Color Ideas: Paint Schemes and Palette Mood Board

Wall Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Steel Wool 2121-20.

For more grey bedroom design ideas have a look at my mood board here: Grey Bedroom Ideas, Decorating Tips, and Pictures

Wall Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Hampshire Taupe 990 (some people say this modern color ends up a bit darker than in the photo)

Wall Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Brandon Beige 977

Wall Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Southwest Pottery 048

Wall Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Templeton Grey HC-161

Wall Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Woodlawn Blue HC-147

For a Bohemian style bedroom, go with a dark hue like the Newburg Green HC-158 seen above – or go with white/cream walls. For design ideas have a look at my mood board here: The Free Spirit: Bohemian Bedroom Ideas.

Wall Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Steel Wool 2121-20 (The photo makes the walls look blue, when the paint is more grey)

A really popular bedroom color choice is black and white. For more design ideas have a look at my post here: Black and White Bedroom Designs and Decor Ideas.

Wall Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Linen White 912

For purple bedroom designs and ideas have a look at my mood board here.

For orange bedroom ideas, check out this mood board.

For pure black bedroom design ideas, check out this mood board.

For black and gold bedroom ideas, have a look here.

For all white bedroom room designs and ideas, have a look here.

For red bedroom design and ideas, have a look here.

For red and black bedroom ideas, look at my mood board here.

For green ideas, have a look here.

For blue bedroom ideas, have a look here.

For pink ideas, have a look here.

And for teal bedrooms, check out this mood board.

In the color palettes above, you can see that the color scheme of the room is not just made up of the paint color on the walls. Everything, from the furniture and floors to the art pieces and bedding, is taken when creating the color palette. So think about this when choosing the color of your room. Will the color of the furniture clash with the new color of your walls. If you really want to style your bedroom with one main color, say blue, then will you need to take out decor pieces that go against this (like an orange pillow, or red art piece)?

Dark vs Light

Choosing between dark or light bedroom color ideas will really make a difference in how the room feels. A dark wall color will make the space feel intimate, romantic, secluded and cozy – which is ideal for a bedroom. A light color choice will make the bedroom feel bright and spacious – ideal for a small bedroom. It is all a matter of personal taste.

Wall Choices

Another thing that is a matter of personal taste is how much color you want in a bedroom. Some people would love to have all of their walls painted in purple. For others, they might find it overwhelming. Here are some options you have when painting and styling a bedroom with a color:

Paint all the wall in the color you want
Paint only one wall with the color you want. This will be your feature wall. In the bedroom this is usually where the headboard is. The rest of the walls are then painted in a neutral color (white, off white, cream, grey)
Have all the walls painted in white or a neutral color. This creates a blank canvas for you to decorate the bedroom with the color you want (through the bedding, pillows, curtains, area rugs, paintings, etc.)

Master Bedroom Color Ideas

There is no right or wrong color when it comes to master bedrooms – it is all a matter of personal taste. If you have a small room and want to make it feel large, then go with a light color. If you want a more luxurious feel to the room – then a darker color will work best. Have a look at my mood board here for other design ideas: Room Guide: Master Bedroom Ideas and Designs.

Guest Bedroom Paint Colors

For a guest bedroom, sticking to a light color would be a good way to go. It’ll make the space feel bright and welcoming.

Bedroom Paint Ideas for Kids

For a boys bedroom, a dark color works well. Just like the deep blue in the picture below. Remember you have the painting options mentioned above. If you think having all of the walls in a deep shade will be overwhelming, then paint one feature wall and have the rest in a more neutral color like white.

Wall Paint Color: Adriatic Sea CSP-660

For a girls bedroom, bright pastel shades will look good. Think shabby chic – mint, pastel yellow/orange, or pink. The same applies here too – paint all of the walls in a color or create a feature wall.

Wall Paint Color: Turquoise Mist 695

For more kids bedroom color scheme ideas, have a look at my post here: Color Schemes: Kids Room Paint Ideas.

In The Real World
Be carefully when choosing your bedroom wall colors. The pictures you see above, and anywhere else online, are great for inspiration. But solely relying on the images and paint colors online can be a big mistake. For starters, different computer screens show colors differently. Also a paint color will look different on different surfaces and in different light. So it is best to go out and get paint samples of the colors you like and see online. Take them home and see how they look in your bedroom. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12

January 26, 2014 in Bedroom

Ideas for Living Room Colors: Paint Palettes and Color Schemes

Wall Paint Color: Abingdon Putty HC-99

Wall Paint Color: Shale 861

Wall Paint Color: Iceberg 2122-50

Wall Paint Color: Autumn Purple 2073-20

For purple living room ideas and styling tips, have a look at my post here.

Wall Paint Color: Milano Red 1313

My post here is a mood board of red living room styling ideas

Wall Paint Color: Mesa Verde Tan AC-33

Grey is a popular living room color. For more grey color ideas and how to style the room check out my post here: Color Choices: Grey Living Room Ideas and Designs.

Wall Paint Color: Abalone 2108-60

For white living room ideas, check out my mood board here.
Grey
Blue
Red
Purple
Black
Black and White

Choosing Your Living Room Colors

Everything in the living room will have a role in the color scheme of the space. If you look at the pictures of the living rooms above, you’ll notice that the color palette is also made up of other colors in the room, not just the walls. The decor pieces, the furniture, even the color of the floor.

So keep this in mind when you are looking at living room color ideas. Look around your living room and see what colors you already have. What color is your couch, your coffee table. You don’t want it to clash with your new paint color. Or if you are completely redoing your living room, then you’ll want to plan out the whole color scheme of the room (wall color, furniture, flooring, cabinets, etc.).

Wall Options

In all my specific color related posts, I talk about how you have 3 options when it comes to painting the walls:

The first option is to paint all the walls in the color you want, let’s say purple.
Option two is for people who want that specific color, purple, but feel having all the walls purple would be overwhelming. Here you can paint one wall in purple and have the rest in a neutral color like white, tan, or grey. This one purple wall will really stand out in the room and be a focal point.
For me, the best living room colors are neutral. Option three is to create a blank canvas, meaning paint the walls in a neutral color. If you want that purple styled living room, now you have a blank space to play with. Use purple pillows, purple curtains, purple art pieces. You still create a purple color scheme, but you leave out the walls creating a more toned down style.

Spacious vs Cozy

One last thing to think about when choosing your living room color scheme, is whether you want to create an open airy and spacious feeling room or a cozy and secluded space. A light color scheme creates a spacious feeling room, while a darker color scheme creates a cozy, romantic and intimate feeling space.

See It In The Real World

It is hard to tell the true color of paint colors online. Different screens show different colors. Also the paint looks different on different surfaces and in different light. The pictures and color palettes above are for inspiration in choosing a color scheme. It is best to get samples before buying paint to see how it looks in the real world. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7

January 11, 2014 in Living Room

DIY Chalkboard Paint Decor Ideas for the Home

The Globe: Our first venture in using chalkboard paint was to create a desk globe, which turned into a weekly to-do calendar as seen in picture (1). See how the DIY project went here: DIY Chalkboard Globe: Anthropologie Soapstone Knock Off.

Planters and Storage: Keep things organized by slapping some chalkboard paint onto plant pots (2) or even jars (3) and write what’s in them – awesome!

The Great Wall: A kitchen wall (4) covered in chalkboard paint can be used as a family command center (Ideas for Setting up a Family Command Center in the Kitchen), or have one painted in the playroom, kids room, or living room for the kids to draw on (5).

A Wall Calendar: As seen by the playroom chalk wall, the base color doesn’t have to always be black. How about creating a calendar with different colored blocks as seen in picture (6)? This would be useful for the kitchen command center or in a home office.

Wall Decor: Create your own art pieces with a great mural (7) or how about using a decorative frame to hang up a quote or drawing (8). See our post here on turning an IKEA BILLY Door into a framed chalkboard quote stand.

Serving: Other creative chalkboard paint ideas include decorating mugs (9) and serving trays (10) to label what’s what and who’s who. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10