wallpaper dilemma

5 år siden

Hi! I have a room that has been used by my son as a playroom but that I am about to repossess and turn it into my office. It will have a wooden upright piano in it and an oak desk and also quite low ceilings with beams. That said it’s quite a sunny bright room. I’ve bought some wallpaper which I love, although am not usually wallpaper person. I’m going to put it just on one wall but I can’t decide what colour to paint the others! Can’t decide whether to go for a mid pink sort of colour or a darkish green, or something else entirely! Suggestions gratefully received...x

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rinked

5 år siden

Another idea. Bold. Wallpaper on nearly every wall.

Start with a fresh offwhite ceiling and a band under the beams to create the sense of height. Then a thin slath in gold. Paper, height depending on the pattern. Again gold trim. Bottom part any classic green you'd like. And on the window wall and chimney breast a pale pink instead of the paper.

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J Hen
5 år siden
I’m not an expert but from first glance I’d be looking to go with the background colour of the paper - the mid pink?

I think the green would be too much. Lovely paper though.

Good luck
Tani H-S
5 år siden
Lovely wallpaper! I would go the palest of pinks to match the wallpaper but even lighter. Or a creamy warm light sand perhaps to mirror the gold geometrics
PRO
May Interiors
5 år siden
I think with the darker furniture pieces and the beams I’d go light. Looking at the wall paper print the gold lines almost fade into a warm cream colour at the lower right corner. That would be perfect - maybe with a shimmer to I keep with the paper. I think that would keep the room bright, not draw from the wallpaper and still allow for the darker furniture with being over whelming.
rinked
5 år siden
Depending on what flooring and the layout of the room, I'd say gold paint (doesn't need to be shiny), would be fun though. Maybe pink on the bottom half, a slath in the color of your other trim/baseboards, then gold on the upper half. Or the entire room pink bottom, thin gold slath, paper upper half. Again, all depends on the space and furniture.

Note: I have a similar pale pink on my lvingroom ceiling (walls offwhite).
rinked
5 år siden
A matching green bookcase or desk would be great!
Juliet Docherty
5 år siden
I wouldn't go for pink or green but the pale caramel colour. Sometimes called 'nude' it can look good with pink.
rinked
5 år siden
And what about the pale pink from the bird? Looks great with every shade of wood, gold, black, white, green, etc.
laura_0
5 år siden
Such gorgeous wallpaper! Can I ask what it's called?
I agree with the others and would go for a pale cream/pink to tie in with the background colour. Or maybe wallpaper the whole room?
Justine Kenny
Forfatter
5 år siden
Thank you all so much! I’m a bit torn. One of my friends also suggested a dark blue.. the paper is by Holden decor and it’s called Akello. They do it in a few different colours. :)
E D
5 år siden
Can you share some photos of the room? That will help people to help you even better.
A B
5 år siden
I would match the darkest green from the leaves. Could also go for a neutral though
rachelmidlands
5 år siden
Funky wallpaper! I’ve seen the darker version a few times on furniture and it looks really jazzy. Sticking with the Art Deco style I might go for a pale jade or mint green which I think would look lovely in a bright room (sort of Miami style). Some pics so you can see how the colours work together and included an image with olive green sofa just because I liked it (click pics to enlarge).
Justine Kenny
Forfatter
5 år siden
Adding a couple of photos of the room - excuse the mess!!
rachelmidlands
5 år siden
Wow that’s yellow! He he:) If you did decide on a pale minty blue or green then I might try to keep it quite pale and muted. Cromarty by F&B might be worth a tester. Although hard to say without seeing the colours in real life. If @forzaitalia sees this she might share some pics as she recently painted her lounge this colour and it’s lovely. Should go really well with the wallpaper I think.
E D
5 år siden
Lovely music-themed room!

Will you keep the black ‘panelling’ (with the guitar necks)?
Justine Kenny
Forfatter
5 år siden
Ha @rachelmidlands it is really yellow! Thanks if not seen Cromarty and it actually looks lovely. I shall invest in a tester...
Justine Kenny
Forfatter
5 år siden
The black panelling @E D is actually chalk paint and no it’s going!
rinked
5 år siden
What size is the pattern in the paper?
Sonia
5 år siden
I think the soft pale pink as suggested by Rachelmidland and others would be fabulous with your gorgeous wallpaper. Here is a pic of Cromarty on my sitting room walls and I have teamed it with pinky red cushions and a red Persian rug. It’s such a lovely soft sage green. Pink and green look so good together, just look at nature!
rinked
5 år siden
Justine Kenny
Forfatter
5 år siden
Omg @rinq how did you do this - it looks amazing!
Justine Kenny
Forfatter
5 år siden
@forzaitalia your room is gorg
rinked
5 år siden
Gimp made me do it!
E D
5 år siden
Forza, stop showing off your bookcase!

:-D

Still looking good tho. :)
Justine Kenny
Forfatter
5 år siden
This is really interesting @rinq thank you... I hadn’t thought of this sort of thing and I love the gold
AMB
5 år siden
I'm voting for pale green. It's restful for an office space and you can bring out the pink in accessories - I see you already have the chair ready and waiting!
Sonia
5 år siden
@ED I was just showing the Cromarty wall colour haha. Yes even I’m sick of my sitting room and bookcases.......:-)