Bed and bath colors

[seamonster]

Help another stranger paint? We just bought a house and are holding off on painting the downstairs. But we want to repaint the bedrooms.

DS's room will be sherwin williams Capri blue on 3 walls and the existing grey on the forth leading to his bathroom (same dark grey). Ceiling and trim are white.

I need help with our room. We like sherwin williams mosque blue, but I'm thinking instead of an accent wall and then a lighter blue on the other walls to do 3 walls in the dark blue and the forth in a lighter blue and do the bathroom the same color. Keep ceiling white (should I refresh the ceiling paint?). Other suggestions?

Our furniture is dark wood.

[rvasc]

Mosque blue is quite... bold. Are you going to be able to sleep in that?

[ShtsNGiggles]

I agree with Scout. No accent wall needed.

I'd suggest a fresh coat of paint on the ceiling. It makes a big difference if the room hasn't been painted in a while.

[seamonster]

Dec 14, 2016 16:17:34 GMT -5 rvasc said:

Mosque blue is quite... bold. Are you going to be able to sleep in that?

Yes. H and I both really like the color. Our bedding is grey and white.

[seamonster]

Here are cropped images of the room (not our stuff in there). Apologises if huge.

PDQ

[rvasc]

Dec 14, 2016 16:35:39 GMT -5 seamonster said:

Dec 14, 2016 16:17:34 GMT -5 rvasc said:

Mosque blue is quite... bold. Are you going to be able to sleep in that?

Yes. H and I both really like the color. Our bedding is grey and white.

I love a blue, and I love bold. I do think with such a bold color, I'd not do accent walls.

[rvasc]

With blue mosque, I'd go a few steps down and do the bathroom in that.

[rvasc]

Like this:



That is quench blue.

[rvasc]

You could also do the bathroom gray.

[seamonster]

I was looking at the quench blue and I like the way it looks in that photo. I was afraid to end up with it looking too baby blue on the bathroom. I was also considering the Icelandic blue.

[Cherhorowitz]

I'm a fan of soothing colors where you sleep and I'm not a fan of accent walls. But if you're set on this color, I would just keep it simple and do the whole room in mosque blue:



I would not do the bathroom in the same blue. I would do a lighter color in there.

[Cherhorowitz]

I like blue. My whole house is pretty much painted some shade of blue, except a few grays and one sage room. My blues range from deep navy to pale ice blue. It's so important to put it up on the wall and see how it looks in various lights. We painted our entire bedroom a baby blue, which ended up being way too blue in the morning light. I didn't want to wake up to that every day, it was repainted a lighter blue in 24 hours.

All this to say, go to the paint store, ask for some suggestions, buy some samples, put them up on your wall and let them sit for a week before you make a decision.

[emmyg65]

Our bedroom is navy and I love it. I might choose a tone slightly less bright than that blue, just because I like bedrooms to be a bit more peaceful. No to accent walls.

I love color, so for the bathroom, I'd do a light, bright green or something else sea-glassy.