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Post by Robert not Bobby on Jul 24, 2015 14:29:09 GMT -5
Ok, I have ZERO decorating skills. My house except a couple bedrooms that I got "crazy" in and painted brown and green is all off white. My 5 year old is going to be gone for 6 days and I'm thinking of surprising him by painting his bedroom. Painting it something I never would normally pick! Like colors. ROFL He wants blue and green. I've been playing around with the Sherwin Williams room color changer thing. How horrible is this? He has a small room and one wall is probably 14 feet tall (vaulted ceilings). The one end wall is taken up a lot with window and the other has the closet door, so I was thinking the three walls in green and the tall wall in blue. Then Minion decals on the green over his bunk bed and cubbies, so they have blue shorts. Would this look horrible? Maybe I should stick with lighter colors or earth tones. He is five years old, he will love the blue and green. But don't go crazy coloring every room a different color...a house should have some uniformity and flow.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jul 24, 2015 14:35:53 GMT -5
Hey now! Don't be knocking the different colors for different rooms <<Marley looks around at her red kitchen, carmel dinning and living room, blue bath, tan bedroom and muraled DS's room suspiciously>>
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 14:36:26 GMT -5
The dark beige/brown/tan wall would be fine for a sports theme (like you are showing). if you're going to roll with the minions, it should be lighter (like the straw color behind the minions in your initial post). Go back and look at those colors - especially the wall and the pillows. I was kind of going with the anything goes with tan idea. They look good on brown here, but I think this is lighter.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 14:38:10 GMT -5
But don't go crazy coloring every room a different color...a house should have some uniformity and flow. No worries there! This is torture for me. I'll paint all day long, but picking colors? Ugh.
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 24, 2015 14:38:48 GMT -5
Hey now! Don't be knocking the different colors for different rooms <<Marley looks around at her red kitchen, carmel dinning and living room, blue bath, tan bedroom and muraled DS's room suspiciously>> Couldn't agree more! A house does not need to be all matchy-matchy. Of course you want to have SOME harmony in the public areas of the house, but bedrooms are the best place to let the occupant's personality shine through . If parents are defining the lifestyle of the home, it's great for kids to have a little piece to call their own .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 14:40:58 GMT -5
Minions on green. This is the pic that originally got me thinking of doing some bright green.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 24, 2015 14:41:29 GMT -5
The dark beige/brown/tan wall would be fine for a sports theme (like you are showing). if you're going to roll with the minions, it should be lighter (like the straw color behind the minions in your initial post). Go back and look at those colors - especially the wall and the pillows. I was kind of going with the anything goes with tan idea. They look good on brown here, but I think this is lighter. No kid lives in that room. It's too tidy. Or organized. Or something. <Beth wanders off to mutter to herself about the mess in the kids room and their desire to get new paint and/or new rooms.>
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 24, 2015 14:42:34 GMT -5
But don't go crazy coloring every room a different color...a house should have some uniformity and flow. No worries there! This is torture for me. I'll paint all day long, but picking colors? Ugh. you can always ask him. That it's completed can be the surprise, not the color. And that's not coming out very well, sorry. ETA I'm sorry but that lime green - No. Just no.
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 24, 2015 14:42:39 GMT -5
Well FWIW, I think the beige/tan would be fine! It should just be a lighter shade/tone. It's really hard to tell from those online paint-selector-thingies what color it actually will be. It looked dark to me. Just off the top, lighter is better. JMHO
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 24, 2015 14:44:20 GMT -5
I agree to at least ask DS - it's his room and he has to live in it for a few years. He might surprise you!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 14:45:12 GMT -5
No worries there! This is torture for me. I'll paint all day long, but picking colors? Ugh. you can always ask him. That it's completed can be the surprise, not the color. And that's not coming out very well, sorry. ETA I'm sorry but that lime green - No. Just no. Which lime? The one in the OP or the one with the Minions? I asked him and he said blue. Then green. Then red. Then blue again. Maybe I'll show him the pictures.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jul 24, 2015 14:46:55 GMT -5
Minions on green. This is the pic that originally got me thinking of doing some bright green. I vote Minions green for three wall and the wall around the windows Minions Pants blue. The heck with matching sheets and comforters. From one non-decorator to another. But then my motto has always been "if the kid likes it, why not!" ETA: since the green is lighter than the blue, you can always cover two more walls in green if it is too much for you/DS. The other way around (dark → light will be much harder)
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 24, 2015 14:47:03 GMT -5
So basically, he'll like anything you'd do.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 24, 2015 14:49:11 GMT -5
you can always ask him. That it's completed can be the surprise, not the color. And that's not coming out very well, sorry. ETA I'm sorry but that lime green - No. Just no. Which lime? The one in the OP or the one with the Minions? I asked him and he said blue. Then green. Then red. Then blue again. Maybe I'll show him the pictures. The bright green with the minions is the no go. Yeah, my DD wants either pink and purple; pink and red or purple and red. It's 2 of those colors at any rate.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 24, 2015 14:51:41 GMT -5
I recently done my bathroom in a greenish blue called Opal Silk, it looks awesome. I done the trim all in white.
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Post by Robert not Bobby on Jul 24, 2015 14:54:55 GMT -5
Hey now! Don't be knocking the different colors for different rooms <<Marley looks around at her red kitchen, carmel dinning and living room, blue bath, tan bedroom and muraled DS's room suspiciously>> LOL When I bought my second house I painted my living room candy apple red...it was the thing at the time. Ever time I sat in there I felt my blood temperature rise...so I redid it in a relaxing tan (kind of softer gold). I have nothing against bold colors. But...not for everyone.
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 24, 2015 14:57:27 GMT -5
Minions on green. This is the pic that originally got me thinking of doing some bright green. I vote Minions green for three wall and the wall around the windows Minions Pants blue. The heck with matching sheets and comforters. From one non-decorator to another. But then my motto has always been "if the kid likes it, why not!" ETA: since the green is lighter than the blue, you can always cover two more walls in green if it is too much for you/DS. The other way around (dark → light will be much harder) I agree. Paint can be the "unifier." If you only 'decorate' with minions (photos, wall stickies, pillows), they can easily be swapped out when he gets tired of them. So roll (pun intended ) with a paint color that will "survive" the minions craze. Pick colors that hopefully can and will go with his next phase (whatever that is, sports? animals? posters of half-naked surfer girls? ).
I'm not a fan of the whole matchy-matchy sheets-comforter-decorator pillows either. BUT if a kid REALLY has his (or her) heart set on a theme - why not just buy the pillowcases? Again, they act only as an accent and it will save you a ton of money by not springing for the entire set. Just a thought. It gives the kid the theme he wants but saves you a ton of $$ - especially if you're trying to work a budget with more than one kid's room.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 15:06:04 GMT -5
Besides paint, I only intend to spend about $20 on decals and maybe a throw pillow and I'm not sure about the drapes. I was thinking just navy blue panels to match the blue wall rather than something with minions all over them. I don't want this to cost me more than $100...hopefully less. I'm not sure what paint is going for these days.
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 24, 2015 15:18:12 GMT -5
Sounds like you have a plan. Good luck and post some pictures!
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Post by debthaven on Jul 24, 2015 15:48:36 GMT -5
I would go with either green paint or blue paint but not both. I think it's "too busy" and as he gets older he will want his room to be a place where he can rest and work, and not just play. In my experience kids hate having rooms that are too "babyish" as they get older, so that's something I always kept in mind because I wasn't going to redo them every couple of years. ;-)
The advantage of having 3 neutral walls and an accent wall is that you can repaint just the accent wall / change the decals in a couple of years when he gets tired of it / outgrows it, without having to repaint the whole room.
JMO of course! :-)
I think the pillowcases are a great idea!
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 24, 2015 17:55:24 GMT -5
Green will look good, I'm wondering if the blue will be too dark for that space.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 18:09:14 GMT -5
Green will look good, I'm wondering if the blue will be too dark for that space. Yeah, I worry about that too. It's a pretty small room and even though it has that huge window, it's north facing so it doesn't get a lot of light.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 24, 2015 18:10:17 GMT -5
Do a lighter greenish blue on it then, with a green yellow other wall.
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Post by Malarky on Jul 24, 2015 18:12:03 GMT -5
I like the original picture with the (NOT LIME!!!) green accent wall, the rest being royal (ish) but not too dark blue. They are fun colors and will go well with the woodwork in the room. And you can change out the theme to minions, trains, cars, sports...whatever takes his fancy. The neutral tan screams boring adult to me. If you want boring...you already have that. And you would only have to paint the one wall down the road to make the room more mature looking. From the person with the pumpkin mudroom, moss green bath, yellow kitchen, camel dining and living room, sage hallway etc...
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 24, 2015 18:31:42 GMT -5
I am think with the tan and blue colors, you have a warm and cool color contrast. To me, a bit confusing in feeling. Stick with all warm or all cool. And because the room is north facing (window), I would go with warm(er) colors.
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 24, 2015 18:34:18 GMT -5
Looking at your photos, I agree with Malarky and Sugilite. The medium dark blue is beautiful but it will be too dark for that room. If you're going to go with minions as a theme, I'd stick to a rich-in-tone-but-light-in-shade grass green (your original photo), a light camel or a rich straw color. Again - look at the colors in the second picture in your original post - sez me, those are the best (the camel, cream, light gold). They all go well with the natural wood and can easily remain to become the basis for other "themes" when he is tired of minions. If you pick a blue, stick with a light/medium tone.
With the type of décor you are planning, all you'd have to do would be to switch out to new decals and a few other new touches and you'd have a whole new room for a child who's finally outgrown minions. Oh - and since the room is small, I wouldn't even paint an accent wall - - but that's just me.
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Post by taz157 on Jul 24, 2015 18:54:43 GMT -5
Hey now! Don't be knocking the different colors for different rooms <<Marley looks around at her red kitchen, carmel dinning and living room, blue bath, tan bedroom and muraled DS's room suspiciously>> LOL When I bought my second house I painted my living room candy apple red...it was the thing at the time. Ever time I sat in there I felt my blood temperature rise...so I redid it in a relaxing tan (kind of softer gold). I have nothing against bold colors. But...not for everyone. My DH and mine 2nd house had a maroon red color in the family room and kitchen (open concept). We HATED it and painted it a light yellowish/beige and it immediately changed the feel of the rooms. The rooms also felt much better. FWIW, the prior owner was a realtor hand had other interesting color combinations that we eventually changed before we sold it 2 years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 20:15:08 GMT -5
I asked DS and he said GREEN! And maybe some yellow. I told him we had to be very careful to not make it look like a Green Bay Packers room! The paint filler thing didn't work to great on my room pics, but the blue doesn't look as bad as I thought. These are the colors from the first post.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 24, 2015 21:02:53 GMT -5
Go with a lighter tone of that exact shade of blue and you'll have a winner.
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