Bedroom and Bedroom Closet Paint Question

15 years ago

Did you paint your bedroom and bedroom closet the same color or different? What about the ceilings in the bedroom and closet?

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mcbird

15 years ago

We too have a large closet but painted it white. It is a very stark contrast as our walls are SW Ivorie with a tea color stain and are hand troweled. However, the white really does brighten the room which we wanted in the closet. The door to the closet is usually closed so the only time we notice it is when we go from the soft warm tones of the bedroom and bathroom into the brighter white.

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suero
15 years ago
My painter paints closet interiors ceiling white because he says that it makes the closet much brighter.
jaymielo
15 years ago
I think it might depend on the size of your closet. We painted our closets all white, with the exception of our master closet which is the same color as the master bedroom and bath. The closet is large and seemed more like a room than a closet. We felt white in here might have been too stark.
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carolyn53562
15 years ago
Ours is the same color as the master bedroom. We knew we would leave the door to the closet open most of the time, so had them match.
kellyeng
15 years ago
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flseadog
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kateskouros
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my closet is going to be very large, with three windows and while i would like it to go along with our MB, i'm not sure if i'll paint the same color. i'm starting to think about adding a chair rail and then doing the same color as the bedroom on the bottom and then a lighter tone on top. not sure of colors yet as we have yet to break ground but i want it to be my personal haven. whatever it is i don't want it to "work" with the adjoining spaces. GL!
brutuses
15 years ago
All my closets are painted the same color, an off white, ceiling and walls the same.

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