Colour
Colour is a funny thing. Subjective, subliminal, emotional and not really there when the light goes off.
Selecting paint colours for the flat is hard work. Who knew there were so many shades of grey? Pinky-grey, greeny-grey, blue-grey, brown-grey, French grey, pigeon grey, battleship grey... ad nauseum.
But we've selected the brand of paint were going for and now we are working our way through the tester pots in their architectural two range.
At the moment Wattle III is the front runner.
The more observant amongst you will notice my tester papers are on my new old pine TV cupboard (formerly a dresser base). It's now undercoated in matte chalky white and from the samples above I shall pick a top coat colour.
M said yesterday he felt like he was in a an episode of "Change That!" - does anyone else remember watching that while they were meant to be writing essays at Uni?
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Snags - Good choice, I have some bedding in the same colour. Sort of between pale aqua and silver grey.
We are liking all things 'greige' here - pale latte beige crossed with cool grey.
Ah, choosing colours! It's so much work, but endless fun at the same time. I feel like doing some re-painting at home...
Lovely colour schemes you've chosen as well.
I've not heard of P&P before... but they have some gorgeous colours - we have 3 tester pots for the colour of the wall behind our bed. I haven't gotten around to painting squares on the wall just yet though.
In my first house, I created a feature wall of the chimney breast in my bedroom with a whole host of tester pots... something I will do in another house one day.
We're having our hallway done in Dulux Simply Pearl - it's a kind of grey with the smallest hint of dusky pink/mauve.
Tove - thanks hon, I am very inspired at the moment to get some lovely colours on our walls. I think I have found some good ones!
RG - P&P are a bit like Farrow and Ball in that they do historical and heritage colours with a good level of colour pigment so the colours are really saturated. But because they have lots of ranges which are shades of the same colour (like Lead I-V) they are very matchable to wallpaper and furnishings unlike F&B which are single colours. They are not cheap but you get what you pay for I guess and we want to do the house justice.
Don't do colour swatches direct on the wall. A painter friend of mine (and funnily enough P&P again) told me always do tests on large sheets of white paper or bits of white plasterboard. Then pin up in the desired area. That way if you choose a lighter colour in the end you aren't left with one darker splodge where you did the original sample test that is never covered properly.
I've always done them direct on the wall, but then I've also had to do a few coats cos I've been painting over some hideous lilac or yellow shade.. so it's all ended up the same. We're painting over blue walls this time - ones we did, to go with the rug that is no longer in our room!
We're going to be picking carpets next, which will be fun - although we want something pretty plain as it's going in our room, the spare room (which is pink) and down the stairs, so has to go with pink, duck egg and simply pearl!
Our next house is going to be more of the sort that requires planning - this house has just been about painting the odd wall in an accent colour... I'm looking forward to planning a scheme and doing mood boards!
Carpet is difficult RG, I would personally hate having to chose one as I loathe carpet. I should imagine selecting just the right wood flooring is equally tiring... can't wait to get rid of the carpet in this house.
Suiting those three wall colours might be difficult if they are not tonally the same (ie. a bright clear pink, with a muted 'dirty' blue and a mid cool grey) so I'd go with a 'dirty' neutral like a linen colour. Personally I'd find it hard to move in anywhere and not do the planning. I couldn't save up all my dreams for 'the next one', I have to live in the now, you have admirably restraint! (NB. is your house a modern one?) The most successful colour schemes do have a plan but are not too matcy matchy, be elclectic.
I have a midnight blue wall in my bedroom - painted plaster. It looks naff because it's not been painted very well and spiders are making webs and dust is collecting on them. I think I will have to cover it in wallpaper.