I thought about green also but my living room and hallway are green, so not sure I want my room green too. I may go comforter hunting first, like some of you suggest. Thanks.

ellendi, I really like that green. It's livelier than what I have in my bedroom now, a gray green. I see a painting weekend in my near future. :-)

Kathsgarden, I wouldn't be able to live with a purplish red bedroom for five minutes! Treat yourself to new bedding that you love and go from there.

My bedroom is off white. It's approximately the same color off white as in my former house, but I didn't paint this, it's wallpapered. The texture of the wallpaper almost hints of silk. And I'm terrified of it ;) I've put very little on the walls in there since moving in, I've only hung the mirrors over the two bachelors chests that are part of our bedroom set. The bed is 4 poster with top rails so that takes up some vertical space too, the room doesn't look completely blank. But I don't like to deal with wallpaper, either having it hung, removing it, preparing the walls again to paint, any of the process at all so I'm being very careful with the walls for now.

The comforter cover is a mix of taupe, off white, grey and the carpet is off white berber with flecks of brown and grey here and there so it all ties in. Lots of white pillows.

Ours is pale spruce. I love it. It goes with lots of colors. It's nice and cool. It's been this color for at least 10 years and I won't ever change it.

What color makes you feel relaxed and good? My bedroom is SW Slow Green with white trim. The attached bathroom is the next darker green on the color sheet, SW Kind Green. I love it because it is relaxing to me.

BM Lavender Blue with white trim and white bedding. The room faces west but has only one small window so it is very dark. The lavender shows up as a color but is still light with the white bedding. I love it. My adjacent bathroom is BM Quiet Moments. Very soothing, yet crisp.

Mine is called "warm blanket". It's a very pale, peachy color. Airy but warm feeling.

It's true that there are many different Navajo White's. What it is supposed to have is a mud brown under tone. Not reddish or blueish or yellowish, but brown. This tones down the bright whiteness of white, while keeping it very neutral to go with any furnishings. It's the color of millions of rental apartments because of that.

Free Advice: Once you've chosen a few possibles, get samples, or pints if they don't have samples, and paint large swatches on the wall. Big enough that the wall color doesn't creep into your perception of the new color. Paint them where the sun hits and around the corner, etc. Once they're dry, keep walking in at different times of day, and in different weather (sunny, overcast, rainy, etc.). There was this gorgeous heritage buff color we were going to paint the living room before moving in--untill I saw it on a gloomy day. In bright sun it was elegant and understated. In gloom it quite literally made me want to cry it was so dank and hopeless looking.

Good luck!

Be sure to buy the best quality primer available because the color that room is currently is going to be very hard to cover/kill.

My whole house including the bedroom is a pure white- white with all the tall baseboards and windows painted deep colonial colors. The bedroom's color is a deep navy blue.

I have the perfect light blue that has a tiny touch of greenish/gray. I mixed it myself then took my sample in for them to color match...I do not recommend doing that. I'm not sure what I did but it took them hours and multiple gallons of mis-mixes to get the color close enough. I bought like 10 sample paints previously and I couldn't get a color that looked good so I thought I'd just mess around until I got it right. 50 paint splotches on my wall later I did!

My living room, hallway and bedroom are painted the same colour - Happy Blue, a colour chosen by my painter when he painted my house after my Mom passed away. My bedroom decor fabrics - round table cloth, duvet cover, shams and valances are from Monet's Water Lily print.

Right now it is a pale creamy yellow since the room faces north and east and I need some sense of light in there (facing east here does not mean facing dawn -- it means facing a hillside which only gets lit for a couple winter months.)

In my build, the master bedroom will be a pale sage green. And, log on two walls.

I just moved in so it's still boring beige (there are good beiges out there, but this isn't one of those). Two lavender grey blues I am looking at are Sherwin Williams Meditative and Icelandic. They look so calming to me. Peaceful

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What direction does your bedroom face?

North-facing rooms usually need something 'warmer'. Our north-facing library is a glossy chocolate brown -- similar to a Hershey Chocolate Bar wrapper. (Whole house trim is White Linen.) I've had a peach themed bedroom that faced north.

Our north-west MBA is BM Antique White, which is actually pale pink/beige/rose (matches the tile). MBR is another of BM's "whites", which is actually pale yellow.

Guest bedroom faces south; it's a medium blue/green.

(Bedding wears out pretty fast. Do you have a favorite area rug or a painting, from which to draw your paint color?)

Purple. Not lilac. Not Barney Purple. It is purple like sleeping inside Grimace. I do NOT like it. I would rather burgundy for dark, or a bright shabby chic mix of antique green/chartreuse and antique white.

Dances.

Eggplant walls. Bedding is light gray and white. Accents are turquoise. Love it.

This house was built 10 years ago, still has the offwhite paint used by the builder..I use color in accessories.

plllog... It's the color of millions of rental apartments because of that.

That's builders beige. So called because millions of apartments are THAT color! :0) It has a pinkish undertone...

White, even Navajo white is not a good color for renters. Ask me how I know....:0)

Our rentals are small houses so a light color paint is best.

No, Nicole. It's Navajo White. I'm sure that builder's beige must exist for interiors (I've only seen it on exteriors), but my company has used paint labelled Navajo White for apartments for many decades. I believe you that you don't like it, and that the white you had to live with was bad, but long before the home decorators started talking Navajo White like it was something stylish and new, it was the joke amongst groups of large development landlords, because there was only one color that interior walls were ever painted: Navajo White. I can really only attest to tens of thousands, however, and came to millions by extension. Perhaps there's a geographic division where it slides to beige.

The other white, used less in rentals and more for white trim as a basic goes with anything, neutral undertone white, is Swiss Coffee.

I second plllog's account for SoCal. Navaho White everywhere for many years. The only time I longed for more NW was when we bought this house. The entire interior was painted builder's beige. That pinkish blech undertone--we could not cover it fast enough!

go in your closet and pick out your fave clothes and see what colors pop out...then think lighter if you don't get much light, and maybe more if you have good light...do you already have linens? look for the background colors...and remember! it's totally YOUR space now and you can do whatever you want...we went with a very pale beige with a ceiling white...but got crazy with the carpet (as none shows on the stairs) but with "pretty colors" (a green with blue overtones) it hasn't held up with time and shows every footstep, and dirt no matter how many times we've shampooed, it's showing it's age....i'd love to repaint again and keep the ceiling the wall color, and darken the walls...i'd rip out the carpeting, put down bamboo flooring and add faux silk Asian rugs...(think Costco's yearly rug sale)

I have no clue which direction my room faces. The sun is starting to set...so ummm looks like maybe North and East...windows on two walls. I have two small rugs from Turkey that are rolled up in my closet. I don't use them because of the dogs and the dog hair. I would love to use the off white/pale blue one. The other is mostly black. No art work.

previous color and furniture....

What is the light like in the room? Which way do the windows face? Morning sun? Afternoon? North-facing room?

My bedroom is blue, but I've just discovered an amazing ,very creamy white - Benjamin Moore Capitol White. It's a warm white, and I'm going to be painting my kitchen with it. It's bright and warm.

Our room is a very soft blue with white trim and I love love love how calming it is. We had painted the guest room the same color and liked it so much we used it in our room too. Here's a picture of the color in our guest room which faces north. (Hinting Blue/SW)

Lurkkish, that's about the color of the smallest bedroom in my house. I really like it but not sure I want a blue room.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/woodside-traditional-bedroom-san-francisco-phvw-vp~42095103

I really like this color, like the whole room

That is very pretty! If they don't come back with the paint color, save the picture and show it to the paint store. They should be able to match it, or at least close enough. Make sure to have them match the spot you like best.

Pretty room! I could enjoy that, love that soft color with the clean white woodwork.

Another thought is link it on the Home Decorating forum, there are some paint sharpies there who might just put a name on it for you....

Pretty! The paint color looks very much like what I have in my laundry room and attached powder room. It was called 'Buttermilk', but couldn't tell you the manufacturer. Lovely with a white for the trim.

I went to Lowes a little while ago and picked up some primer and 3 different sample pots of color. I wish I didn't have to prime the stupid wall first so I could see what they look like NOW!

Have fun! It will probably look better as soon as the first coat of primer is on! ;-)

Kathy, that is very pretty and I hope you have fun with your paint samples.

A couple of tips, because the current wall color is dark, it's likely to still bleed threw the white primer (especially colors with red) but if you have the paint store add 1 oz of black to make it gray, it will neutralize it and cover beautifully. It will also work as a good base for your new color. Don't ask me how I know :c)

Also, if you post that picture over on the decor forum, I'd be willing to bet someone there can give you some idea of what the wall color is.

My walls are grey. My sheets are deep red. My comforter and shams are snow white. My dresser is white, and my husbands is black.

I got Killz primer and two coats did the trick!

Are you going with the color from the picture you posted above? I like that color and think you will like it once you have it painted. My bedroom color is similar.

Charlee, I was going to. Can't seem to find the color, though. I found one, close, a peachy yellowish off white. I like it the best but it's darker than the picture. It's Valspar Sunset. The other two colors are basically off white, one that has a tint of green to it. I sent them to Lauren for her opinion and she hates the one I like best. lol...not that her say matters, it is my room. I think I'll wait for the sun to come up higher in the sky and see what they all look like then. I may go back to Lowes and pick a color slightly lighter than the one I like. The other two colors are Sunset Nude (the one that looks just off white) and the greenish tinted one: Sunbaked. I definately don't want plain off white or white.

Kathsgrdn, that looks just like what I painted my family room. Parmesan by Behr from Home Depot.

http://www.behr.com/consumer/ColorDetailView/340E-1

And here's Savage at Ponderosa.

If your bedroom does face NE, I'd stay away from 'cool' shades (light blue, green, grey or white with those tones). Dark shades can make the room 'cozy up'. Creamy whites will expand it. If you want some artwork or a rug, get those first; it's an awful chore to try to do this the other way around. What about your windows -- drapes, shades, shutters? I have fabric roman shades with blackout lining that I can just vacuum -- drapes are such dust collectors.

Just want to add that I am so pleased to see you doing something *for Kath*!

The greenish tint to the one color looks sickly to me. Right now there are just blinds on the windows. There are two small windows, one on two different walls. One of the blinds is bent in places from the dogs. I was thinking something very plain for the windows, solid color that blends in with the rest of the room.

We prefer neutral colors which allows you to decorate with any color drapes, bedspread, pillows and rugs. Easier to change those than paint the whole room again. I also find them easier to live with for a long time. We had Navajo White before we changed to our current colors. Our bedroom is Kelley Moore Graystone and the other 2 bedrooms are Oyster. Bathrooms are Sandtrap and kitchen/ breakfast room is Leafy Lettuce.

You could go with my sister's color palette who lives in southern Florida. A little too colorful for us.

Wild Colors

What the heck is up with sushipup's post?

Rhizo, I hypothesize an errant click. It's happened to me, where I think I've clicked one thread but it's a different one altogether, and since Sushi was just adding a link she probably went straight to the bottom and didn't scroll up. I'll go copy it to the Survivor thread, where it belongs.

So Kathy, how did your room turn out? Did you find a color you like?

I thought this thread died...but I guess not. ( : I went back to Lowes and tried two other peach-toned colors and still liked the Valspar sunbaked the best. So, I'm going with that I think. I'm thinking of buying a gallon and doing the tiny bathroom first, just to make sure I like the color. The bathroom has a small octagon shaped window and is a lot brighter than the bedroom is.

Kath, I just Googled Sunbaked to see what it looks like. Didn't you describe it as have a greenish tint? I don't see any green here, and Valspar describes it as an "earthy orange."

The Sunbaked I found

No that was Creme Brulee

Yeah it died, but I kept wondering...that color is really pretty. I used something similar once in my living room and the way the sun reflected off of it was gorgeous.