Master bedroom furniture is traditional dark brown (new), what color can I paint walls?
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Bedroom furniture consits of King size bed, two night stands and nine draw dresser. Considering to have 50″ TV over dresser, sitting area and include small kitchenette.
travel pillow
Bedroom furniture consits of King size bed, two night stands and nine draw dresser. Considering to have 50″ TV over dresser, sitting area and include small kitchenette.
travel pillow
September 30th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Pretty much any earth tone… lighter shades of brown, yellow, gold, orange, and green.
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
a nice maroon
October 5th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Dark red or cream
October 6th, 2008 at 2:59 am
Whatever color suits your use for the space and the available light, but you might want to consider whether your furniture is a warm brown or a cooler brown, and go from there.
I live in a damp maritime climate with a lot of grey days — a light yellow or peach looks good on walls around here. That might look horrible with desert light. Bring home some paint chips and try out the colors. When you think you’ve got a good color, buy a gallon of paint and roll on a good swath of color in the middle of a wall or two, and see if it’s something you can live with. If not, choose another color. Paint’s cheap!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:05 am
The furniture color is not that critical to your wall color, as you can blend your furniture with the wall color through your accents: bedding, curtains, pictures, rugs, and accessories.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
creams, light yellows. Get some colour charts and stick them on the walls and leave them there a few days and see which ones you like.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Hi!
Brown is a neutral color, so basically, you can paint any color under the rainbow with it… it all depends on what you like. There are a few things to remember though, and I have a few suggestions… Hope this helps:
To have complete color harmony in any room, you need to have 3 colors: 1 dominant color (usually the walls), 1 medium color (usually the trim, molding, ceiling, furniture, etc.) and 1 accent color (usually decorative accents such as cushions, vases, throws, etc.). You can use the same color as your funiture as you do on an accent wall or all the walls… it depends on lots of things like your lighting, but we’ll get to that later.
In decorating, black and white are not considered colors. White is the absence of all color. That’s why you can match it with any color under the rainbow. Black is the mixture of all colors. That’s why it too, can be mixed with any color under the rainbow. It’s not necessary to have any white in a room, but it is very important that you have at least one black item: a vase, a picture frame, a throw rug, a cushion, a curtain rod, a lamp, etc…. you get the idea). The black will ground ALL of your colors together. So don’t forget to add something black in your room.
What color of brown is your furniture: Black-brown (as in very dark espresso coffee), dark chocolate brown, etc. Since you didn’t say, here are some color schemes that work with different types of brown furniture. The way to use them is for the 1st color = dominant 2nd color = medium and 3rd color = accent. Of course, you can use them in any other way you like, thought the ones listed here are best together in just this way. (after, you’ll get some links to some nice color inspiration).
Chocolate brown & Terra-cotta & Taupe
Chocolate brown & Metallic Gold & Neutral bisque
Chocolate brown & Delicate teal & Teal blue
Chocolate brown & Teal blue & Gernaium red
Chocolate brown & Brick red & Sky blue
Espresso brown & Soft Orange & Coffee with cream
Espresso brown & Aquamarine & Silver
Espresso brown & Blushing Pink & Silver
Espresso brown & Hot pink and Icy Silver
Espresso brown & Candy apple red & Graphite gray
Espresso brown & Cinnamon & Pale sky blue
Light purple & Teal Blue & Geranium red
Cream & Earthy green & Cinnamon
Gold & Copper & Brownish Taupe
Coral brown & Cream & Rich brown
Brilliant yellow & Lavender & Light brown
Orange & Burnt Orange & Brown
Gray brown & Red & Cream
Orange & Dark brown & Metallic gold
Golden yellow & Sky blue & Velvety brown
Aquamarine & Butterscotch gold & dark brown
Cinnamon & Dark brown & Sky blue
This part would have been easier if you would have given us the style of furniture you have, but the pics should help for color inspiration… I hope you enjoy this, because I certainly enjoyed doing the research for this. I LOVE doing this !!!!
So… hope that was fun…
The best and most trusted way to find the color for any room, is to take an accessory or decorative item that will be going into that room: the duvet cover, the curtains, a painting, a rug, blinds, shutters, upholstered furniture, a lamp… you get the idea). Choose the item with passion. Make it something that you ABSOLUTELY LOVE, perhaps it was handed down by your great-grandmother or a cherished item you worked hard for. Or make it something that just SCREAMED out your name when you were shopping, so you knew you had to have it! Choose your color pattern from that item. And take it from there.
Keep in mind too, that color is an amazing thing! There’s psychology behind color - it can make you have wonderful, relaxing dreams… or it can keep you from falling asleep, especially if you’re already a wound-up 6 year old little boy! It can make you feel warm and comfortable, or hot and stifled. It can make you feel nice, fresh and cool - or it can make you feel like parts of you are going to freeze off. Color can be your friend or your enemy. And really, the earth can “shed some light” on us to help decide every color scheme. Here’s how:
What direction does your room face - North, South, East or West? It makes a difference. If you’ve got the sun pounding down on your bedroom window, you’ll want to stay away from warm colors, such as reds, yellows, oranges, etc. They’ll make you feel too hot. Opt for cooler colors, such as blues, turquoise, cool creams… think mediterranean beach style here. In a room facing North, that doesn’t get much light, you’ll opt more for warmer colors and brighter colors: yellow, bright pinks, golden hues. Here’s a most interesting link about how color affects us psychologicallly:
That’s all I guess… Hope I helped you choose your color
You’re always welcome to email and I’d enjoy knowing what color scheme you chose…!
October 13th, 2008 at 1:36 am
you should play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find something you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the “painted” rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:
I think an orange like “tango” (# 6649) would look fabulous.