Tuesday, March 16, 2010

What color to paint daughter's room?

I would like to paint my 4 year old daughters bedroom, but am having a hard time deciding on a color. I do NOT want pink though. Here is her bed set..Hannah Montana.


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What color to paint daughter's room?
http://kidsthemebedrooms.com/music/rock-鈥?/a>What color to paint daughter's room?
It looks like the decorator (in the picture) picked something more of a lavender color -- they did a 2 tone treatment (same color 1 lighter/1 darker). You might try that. If you don't have chair rail molding like they have in the picture, you can get the same result by using blue painter's tape and measuring from the floor, tape off at a height you choose. Typically, you put the darker color on the bottom -- otherwise, it looks like the wall is falling toward you. Or, you could add chair rail molding. Get a thin strip of wood and attach it on the wall at the same height all around the room. It will add an additional architectural accent as well. You can paint it two tone (as mentioned above), or you can paint it all one color.
play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find colors that 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 %26amp; color name, the ';painted'; rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:


http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/





I think a blue like ';still water'; (# 6223) might be a good choice.





You can also take a photo of your house %26amp; upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:


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You can get color suggestions %26amp; for $5 they'll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.
Why not go with something in a complimentary fashion vs. a 'matching' one? With a lot of pink/purple tones, I like greens and yellows. (Think of flowers).





You could, for example, chose a soft, warm yellow for the walls. With that, you might want to use something with a pattern for curtains -- curtains that have green in them for a change of color pace, but also with a color found in the bedding:


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(I realize this example is a tad 'formal,' but you get the idea).





Include green/yellow throw pillows on the bed so things 'tie in' together.





Many times, we O.D. on the colors we love and it seemingly leaves us little room to use other colors. If you think about the room in a different sense, though, (like I said, compliment vs. match), you'll create a well-rounded space color-wise.





Hope this was helpful.
If you notice in the picture in the link the walls are a pretty lavender color. That would be really pretty for a 4 year old. I have seen it done and you could perhaps accent it with a nice light shade of green or you could contrast it with a dark and light shade of purple with the crown molding splitting the colors (like the picture).
Either the Blue or Purple found on the comforter would be cool- or do one wall blue and the rest purple- o9r the opposite. You can also go a few shades lighter or darker than what is actually the colour on the comforter. Pink accents would be good - just a few little items around the rooms...
i would say the blue definitaley......but maybe do each wall a different color becuase the dark might be ablie to use as an accent wall





one wall blue, one wall cream, one wall pink, one wall purple


that would be fun for a little girl too
you could paint it lilac/mauve just like the pillow of the bedding set and this picture that I'm sending you .





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I think you're smart to go with blue. Check out ';Balmy'; or ';Snowdrop'; from this site:


http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

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