The sitting room mark four! We both agreed that we couldn’t live with the last colour for even a few days. It was totally wrong. We both really disliked it and wanted to change it as soon as possible. It reminded us of a not so great pub! It’s a good job we are not busy at the moment.
We have made more work for ourselves because painting a lighter colour over a bold colour would need two coats. We decided to mix our own and add a little bit of the bold colour to the previous colour meaning we didn’t need to spend any more money. We felt this would make the previous shade a little warmer without risking another colour that we may not like.
Different shades of paint
The paint pot on the right was the previous colour, the pot on the left was the offending bold colour and the little pot in the middle was our trial mix. It’s only a subtle change but we didn’t want to mix too much and risk not liking it and having to do it yet again. We both agreed that this needed to be the last time for now.
The bureau has been in and out of the alcove like a yo yo! It’s fortunate that we don’t have carpet and have been able to slide it along the floor boards.
The difference between the two colours
I started on the fiddly radiator
A wall of each colour
T.V. corner
Opposite wall
The finished room
Curtains closed
We are so much happier with the room now. Steve (eldest son), you will probably say it doesn’t look any different in the photos to the time before the bold paint job, but we can see the subtle difference. You can see it for yourself on your next visit to us.
We feel that there is now enough of a contrast between the shade above and below the dado rail and it has satisfied us that a bolder shade is not for us! We don’t want to repaint this room for a very long time! We are feeling much happier with it now.
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Looks very nice.
We are so relieved to have it back to a colour we like. We absolutely hated that last colour!
It is very pretty and welcoming and peaceful!
Oh, thank you. We like it but we like an old style. It’s an Edwardian house with lots of old wood and we have furnished it from antique shops. The chair in front of the window, we always refer to as “Grannies chair” as it came to us through my husband’s family.