We recently repainted under the dado rail in the sitting room to provide a bit more contrast between the shades above and below, see here. We said we would live with it for a while before deciding if it needed to be a bolder shade.
I liked the shade but knew my husband would like a bolder colour that would provide more of a contrast. I suggested we go for it and go for a much deeper shade this time. In the words of the late, great, Leonard Cohen “you want it darker” (his final album title). I used the swatch colour cards to match a shade to the curtains. We both agreed that this shade appeared to match the colour of the curtains.
My lovely husband started to paint. Gulp! That looks much bolder than I had expected. We told ourselves it would be okay when it dried.
Ooops, that shade is nothing like the curtains. I soon realised that trying to match the curtains was a mistake.
Repainting again
The first wall is done
The wall behind the settee
T.V. corner
The first wall with the furniture back in
Bureau corner
Curtains closed in the evening
The room in daylight the next morning
Message for eldest son Steve – you can’t say the photos don’t show the difference this time!
The colour is all wrong. It is too orange. I wanted the terracotta colour of the curtains, this colour is called jungle ginger. I think we will have to have “painting the sitting room mark four”. We did say that it is just a job that takes a few hours so we can redo it until we get it right.
I think we need a shade that is in between the last one and this one. Nothing ventured, nothing gained! We would always have wondered if a really bold colour would work. I feel sure that the next shade is going to be just right.
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Certainly looks different,a bit orrange.We painted our sitting room twice this year,
Iwanted a sunshine colour, It came out a bright yellow, we mixed a whole tin of white paint into the paint that was left, and painted it again. we lived with it for a few months
then decided we hated it, so bought some lemom white, now we are very happy with
it. So pleased we got it right in the end.
It is so difficult getting colour right which is why we have soft peach throughout (and above the dado rail in the sitting room). I know exactly what you mean about yellow too. At Wycombe Lane (our last home) we wanted a sunshine yellow in our bedroom. The shade we first tried came out more like a mustard colour. We hated it. Eventually we found a shade called soft primrose which was just perfect.
Watch this space tomorrow.