Dark paint inspiration
We have a house that only has white painted walls. Partly because of the style of house but mostly because my partner thinks coloured paint makes rooms look smaller (?!?!)
We bought a painting we first saw lit on a dark wall, brought it home and, against the white wall, it has lost some of its magic.
i would like to paint the wall the painting is hung on Farrow and Ball Vardo to pick up on one of the colours in the painting and to make it appear to recede into the green hedge that runs parallel to the room as there are 4 floor to ceiling windows on that wall. The rest of the walls and ceiling will be white and there is a wide patio door on the adjacent wall.
To try to persuade my partner, I'm hoping to find some photos where a dark paint has been used walls beside uncurtained windows against a garden backdrop. Does anybody have photos they could share please?
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Juliet Docherty
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoVardo is lovely, but it is very bright. Inchyra Blue is similar but slightly less saturated. Inchyra Blue looks good with lots of other colours, Skimming Stone particularly as a neutral on other walls looks less harsh than white. I have Inchyra Blue on my TV wall to make it disappear!
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3 years agoWe are considering Vardo but suspect it'll be too bright. We have also looked at Craig and Rose Bowery Blue and French Turquoise (latter is a bit meh but probably a safer option :))
Little Greene Canton and Marine Blue might also warrant tester pots!
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3 years agothis is my room with downpipe and ammonite. it's a north facing room and works really well. We painted the wall when we got the sofa as didn't don't look as good against the white walls.. there are french doors to left.
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3 years agoI’m afraid I don’t agree KK1000. We have other works by the same artist with a much narrower frame and a white mount in the room (and unframed in other rooms). We saw it presented boldly and I think we are doing it a disservice currently.
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3 years agoHere is a photo of our perfectly fine but plain room and a couple after that I hope help you convince your husband that dark colours don’t shrink a room, photo with our art too.
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3 years agoIt’s only the front garden through the window so not all THAT leafy, but hopefully it gives an idea. Our walls are a very very dark green and I do tend to have lamps on during the day to make it feel cosy as the room doesn’t get the sun until late afternoon. I love it and it hasn’t made the room feel small, though there’s no denying that it’s darker than when it was pale yellow. Personally I like it, it’s a friendly dimness rather than a dingy darkness.
Sudhakar Patel
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoMonique
3 years agoHi,
We had the same dilemma as you. We wanted to frame the garden and add a touch of colour instead of all white walls. The large artwork was picked up in a charity shop, and we loved the colours. We opted for the blue within the picture with white walls which frames the garden and we call it our moving picture because the garden changes all the time. At Christmas the tree goes in front of the window which creates a stunnig back drop especially with navy blue baubles. My husband said no at first, until it was it done and then he loved it. We agreed its only paint and if he really didn't like it we'd change it. We're 2 years on now and still love it.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHere are some images of Vardo next to a window with a mini garden. The property is very different from yours so might not do the job in terms of convincing him... but it is a good example of combining light and rich colours to keep it from being overwhelming.
The key here is that if you combine a bolder colour with a neutral, make sure the neutral has a compatible undertone to it - i.e. a light grey with a hint of pink will usually sit uncomfortably next to a teal wall. Shown here is Strong White as a neutral.
Also - on the 'colour makes a room smaller' issue - we've written briefly about why that isn't always true in this post on decorating with white (see the white lies paragraph); https://absoluteprojectmanagement.com/50-shades-of-white/
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