Need help with paint colors for my room!

[popcornbird]

PERSONALLY, I would go with either white, off-white, or beige. I like white, off-white, or beige colored walls, with a nice wallpaper border to add personal taste to the room. I'm actually planning on getting a nice border for my room. My walls are off-white, and I like it that way. I usually don't like 'colored walls'. There are exceptions, of course, but I 'usually' don't like bright or different colored walls. I like murals sometimes...if they're really nice, but not one plain color. If its going to be plain, it has to be white, off-white, or beige for me. That way, you can also have any colored furniture, bedding, rugs, etc. and it will all match. If you paint your room a certain color and later get new furniture or rugs or bedding, etc. you're going to have to paint it all over again or it won't look good.

[Lillycat]

very true pcb.....my bedroom, fairly recently painted is a deep mauve shade.....and i love it.....but it is hard to find an oriental rug for.......now i nearly wish i had painted it off-white, although the trim is white and i do like that......still looking for the rug tho!

[mina'smomma]

A good place to try is homedepot.com They have an array of colors to chose from.


Samantha's Puppy a light purple or a yellow looks good with lavender.

[Miranda_Rae]

Well I don't have any suggestions , but my room (when I get around to painting it) it will be four different colors! I will have one wall a pastel green, another a pastel blue, another a pastel pink, and another a pastel orange! I am so excited! It will be so pretty. I like bright colors because then when you go in your room its bright and cheery. Good luck!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Originally posted by Kfamr
If it were me, i'd chose purples, oranges, and greens.. bright colors.

My friends sister painted her room in these colors, it looked great

[DogLover9501]

Thanks everyone

PCB- I never thought of having to change my bed spread and everything , I do like the white/off white idea.
I remember before we painted my room the first time, when it was all white(with plaster ) I really liked how bright it looked and also clean!

Thanks again

[RottiMommy49]

When I'm stuck I look for a wallpaper, cushions , bedding and choose from the colors i like in those items. But you have to allow for the light conditions of the room. What looks good in a bright room may not even come close in a darker room. I love dark colors or soft medium tones, nothing bright or cold looking. Love wines, sage greens, burgundies, taupes and they all flow well together. Everyone has such different tastes when it comes to decorating. I just love warm, cozy looking rooms and lean towards the victorian or country look. I'm trying to figure out right now what to do with our family room. We have stripped the old wallpaper off and it looks like crap right now. The thought's of wallpapering again makes me sick so am trying to think of paint colors for a big, dark room but it has to be compatible with Christmas decorating too. Likely some taupe, wine and warm, off white for the trim.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by KBlaix
My friends sister painted her room in these colors, it looked great

My friend just painted her room checkered in the first green color and the purple. It looks awesome.

[catnapper]

I forgot to tell you... the HomeDeopt stores that have the uodated paint departments have a secontion where you can plauy with the colors is a computer. They have "typical" rooms and you can choose the one that is closest to yours, and apply the different colors to see how you like the colors and combinations.

That way you can try to see if you like the brights/darks/whites.

[dukedogsmom]

I can't stand plain white walls. That's what I've got now but I have a color picked out if I can ever get organised to remove furniture and paint it. It's a really pretty medium lavender color. I want to get a rug to go with it, too. Probably with flowers on it. I'm going to have satin curtains/home made pillows with beaded fringe. Just don't know when!!