Great job posting the pics! Love the bedding, it's very cute! You could have your daughter pic two of her favorite colors, put up a chair rail. Do the lighter color on top and the darker color on the bottom. You don't have to go as dark as those shades, you could just use lighter versions of them.

I love green & turquoise and am not afraid of color. Here is an idea of what I'm talking about. Since I work at home and needed something to keep me awake I went bright for my office. The railing adds some whimsey and is just a decorative trim we found at Home Depot. Pictures of course are from when we were still working on it so forgive the mess (please)

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Thanks Lukkiirish. Your office looks lovely. I wish I could just lift the walls onto mine. I asked my 4 year old what color(s) she wanted in her room and her response was pink, black, purple, blue, yellow and red. So no help there. What shades of green and turquoise are those? Do you think they'll work with my bedding? I know you're good a photoshop pro, do you think you can help me visualize those colors in their room. Thanks a lot.

Chiommy, Thanks, I know it looks a little young for my age, but the reality is at 52, I still have a little bit of girl left in me. :c) Ha!

The colors are Behr Honeydew & Sweet Rhapsody. They are bright and the reason they work in the room is because I have incorporated a lot of white to help tone it down. If you go this bright, you may want to go 75-50% on the color. You could maybe ask funcolors or another color professional what the best option would be.

As far as the photoshop goes, thanks for the compliment but I'm definiately not a pro (barely know it really) but can give it a shot maybe later today or over the weekend if someone else doesn't jump in first :c)

My 8 year old daughter has the same set of bedding. She really wanted a bright color for the room, so with some reservations I finally painted it the bright turquoise background that is on the comforter and used white tab top curtains for her windows instead of the yellow/orange mix. She has 1960's soft yellow french provincial furniture. We added some black accents. It is bright but really looks cute! If I have time I will snap a picture to show when I get home from work. Marciag

Thanks Marciag. I'll look forward to the pictures. Their new bedroom furniture will be cherry wood bed, a chest and a nightstand. I didn't even think of turquoise till I posted on this forum and read the suggestions. Thanks for all your suggestions.

Lukkiirish, Marciag, funcolors and others, do you think turquoise and pink would be a good combination for the room? TIA

love your office colors, lukkiirish!

That's really fun bedding - what great colors! Since the room is small and will have so much color/pattern with two beds/bedding/curtains, I lean towards doing something more subdued on the walls like in the advertisement pictures so the bedding really pops. I did a similar green in the nursery for both my girls (two different houses but the same color - Ben Moore Sweet Caroline). The lighting is weird in the second pic. Sweet Caroline is "brighter" and closer in color to the first pic.

DD1's nursery:

DD2's nursery:

Thanks Mom2reese. The room is actually going to have only one bed. The bedding has two sides to it, hence the two beds in the picture. You could make your bed either with the turquoise and green side of the comforter showing or with the orange and pink side showing.

How cute! Mind if I steal this for DD1's room? She's now 5 and has a bunkbed, and I'm loving the idea of doing the flipped-flopped comforters on the two beds. She has pink walls and a hot-pink rug so I wouldn't have to repaint, either :)

Steal away mom2reese. I fell in love with the bedding since the first time I laid eyes on it and my feelings haven't changed. I just need to find the right wall color

chiommy: Using the sample picture with the bedding, I put some samples together for you. All the colors used are benjamin moore. I did some in the more intense colors so you could see the differences between that and the lighter versions.

I personally don't care much for the curtain & valance, if it were me, I'd probably just put white shears on the window and then put polk a dots on the upper portion of the walls by tracing a paper plate. I'd then paint them in the same color I used under the rail. Hope this helps!

Deco Rose & Sour Apple

Apple Time Cocktail & Robins Nest

Coastal Paradise & Deco Rose

Crowns Hill Yellow & Deco Rose

Sour Apple & Calming Green

It's pretty, little girls love color. I love that pretty green color on the walls. What's the name of the paint, do you know?

I went antiquing at the yard sale that goes from Alabama to Ohio and bought my great niece a little table and chairs for a tea party. She already has the bed that I gave her mother when she was five. So, I think her bedroom should look adorable as well.

Oooh, I really like that Deco Rose & Sour Apple combo lukkiirish mocked up!

The Deco Rose and Sour Apple is my favorite too...love that combination!

thanks! I like it too...I wonder if the OP is going to come back to see it. And thanks too Mom2reese for the compliment on my colors, they really are not everyone's cup of tea, but we love that room.

Lukkiirish, you rock. Thanks a zillion. DH and I have been oohing and aahing at the different mock ups. I love the decor rose at the bottom and I love the two apples but I'm leaning towards the sour apple and decor rose. I can't wait to get started. Thank you all for making my problems your own.

chiommy, that's the nicest thank you I've ever gotten, thanks! Glad it helped! Don't forget to post pictures when it's done!

Lukkiirish and others. I'm back again. We're getting ready to paint the room and I'm thinking that the 32" standard height for chair rails (from google searches) might be too low. It's a small 10 X 8 room and almost all the wall will be covered with furniture, bed, dresser, nightstand, laundry hamper. Can the chair rail height be raised and if yes, to what height would be good? Does the chair rail have to be white? Their furniture is cherry wood. I'm also going to incorporate your idea of polka dots on the wall with paper plates. Thanks again.

Sour Apple and Deco Rose is first choice because I think the SA will be softer on the eye. I think it picks up the light green nicely and the DR is bold without being distracting.

Costal Paradise and Deco Rose is second choice if you want to be bolder.

I did a dark lime green on bottom and bright yellow on top with a room that had purple border with yellow and green. It was very cheery. Then we did barbie pink with purple on bottom before that. Very barbie but still fun for a little girl.

Wow, you know I'm not so sure about your question regarding the chair rail. Of course typical height from what I understand is 32-36 inches depending on chair height and such, but for this situation, that's a good question. The concern I would have about putting it too much higher would be a matter of proportion and how pleasing to the eye that would be. If 36 inches is still too low, you may want to consider doing a separate thread and asking what heights other people ended up with when doing something similar.

In regards to color for the rail, that is totally up to you, but I wouldn't worry about matching it to the furniture. I would want to match the rail with the trim and doors because it looks more cohesive.

Glad you like the polk-a-dot idea, just keep them sparce, it won't take a lot to give it that fun look.

chiommy - I just noticed too that the paint in the girls' room right now is a higher gloss, are you going to use that same sheen for the new colors? Because a satin or egg shell may work better and tone down any glare.

I like choices 3 and 4 - but I must say, if the room is small and you are using busy patterns, it may be better to keep the walls more light and subdued to give an impression of space. I would probably use the Deco Rose on the bottom half of the walls, and a white or very pale yellow above.

I think BM Pear Green would look great with your bedding!
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Thanks Jen2006 and Kmcg85. I was leaning towards the 1st mock up but the more I look at the mock ups, the more I'm liking the third mock up. Crownhills yellow and decor rose

Another question on the chair rails, will it look nice 1/3 from the top instead of 1/3 from the bottom? If I do it that way, should the lighter color be on the top 1/3 or the bottom 2/3. Hope I'm making sense. TIA.