Redecorated my room last weekend! (update #36: new colors for the "kitty room"!)

[Kirsten]

Thanks!

Some people are just afraid of color. Our master bedroom is charcoal.. And I love it! People's mouths hit the floor when I mention it and I just smile.

That is true! Most people I know chose only light colors for their walls, and often enough, it looks boring. I saw a charcoal colored wallpaper at the do-it-yourself-store the other day, and actually it looked cool. Combined with interesting deco elements, it's simply stunning!

Kirsten

[Seravieve]

Thanks!

That is true! Most people I know chose only light colors for their walls, and often enough, it looks boring. I saw a charcoal colored wallpaper at the do-it-yourself-store the other day, and actually it looked cool. Combined with interesting deco elements, it's simply stunning!

Kirsten

Our room is Charcoal walls, with a 6 inch white [paint] border around the top. Dark red curtains, bedding, black furniture, a red upholstered chair and red knick knacks. I think it looks really rich and comfortable. And the carpet is white, so that makes it look not soo dark and dreary. Hopefully some day we can replace the OLD white plush -yuck!- carpet and then replace the baseboards with nicely painted white ones. That would really finish off the room.

I looked through your pics again... I really like the different colors on the walls. I wish I had a room with different angels like that to do it in.. all our rooms are simple 4 wall rooms.

[Sonia59]

Do you have pics of the charcoal room? I am interested to see it. I am among the persons who prefer very light colors, and I don't dare having too strong or dark colors. But I am searching new ideas too.

[Seravieve]

Not trying to hijack the thread... But since Sonia59 asked, here's two pics of our master bedroom.
Looks like my lens is a little dirty, so disregard the water spots... Must have gotten sprayed while in the frog room.

The ceiling fan light seems to have made the quilt look kind of orangy-bittersweet colored, but its really red. Just had to have that light on because its dark and rainy here today.





I highly recommend painting rooms a rich [darker than you'd think...] color. Our kitchen and office are a medium-dark green, our extra bathroom is chocolate brown, & other bath is a dark golden color. I just finished painting my mom's master a dark olive green and she LOVES it. It's just paint.. so it can always be redone! =)

[gini]

I love your color scheme, but it is the "accessories" that make the room