SW Repose grey- too dark and gloomy for a small room?
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Comments (24)Glad to hear you sound excited about the Caponata. 'Tis true that you can never tell what a paint color really looks like until it is actually up on the wall in the room to be painted and interacting with everything in there, including and especially the lighting. I also think painting swatches on a wall, even in the room to be painted, is useless. It's so deceived by the existing wall color surrounding it. I have found that, painting the swatch right up to any trim, coming from behind a fixture, like a sink, etc., really helps to get a good idea as to what the color will look like. Fortunately for you, the light in your powder room doesn't really change throughout the day, since you don't have a window, so you won't get any surprises, like in the morning it's great color, but in the afternoon, it goes blah, or whatever. Let us know what you decide and post pics when and if you're able!...See MoreRepose Gray is a lot darker than what I was expecting...help!
Comments (29)I’m a little late to this board, but we used Repose in our old house that we sold. We used It as a whole house color inside and it turned out very pretty. It does reflect a little different in each room bc of windows and lighting. That house was 1600 sq ft, the dining room was very small and it looked great in there, made the room look much larger. All of that said, we just finished painting our current dining room in Repose today. We covered red walls. The first coat I noticed a lot of green undertones, and the color looked much darker. We have the second coat on and it’s pretty, but I’m not feeling like it looks as grey as it did at the other house. Depending on where you stand in the room, it looks grey, greige, or more tannish looking, I don’t know if the mix was off a little or if it’s just the lighting of the room. It is north facing, which is apparently not the best place to put Repose. I’m going to see how it looks in a couple of days and may try another grey....See MoreIs Hale Navy too dark for an entire room?
Comments (41)If you’re keeping that rug, I don’t love navy for the walls. I don’t like it with the sage/orange colors. Also don’t like the black chairs against the navy wall. I do love your windows, however, so pretty! I would add add some additional lighting if possible. If you can’t get some hardwired sconces, then plug-in sconces with a clean covered cord still look fine. Or lamps on a sideboard or small table. The room is going to look very dark if you paint the walls dark and only have 4 bulbs overhead in a single chandelier. Even if you don’t paint the room dark, having some more levels of lighting will be nice and make the room feel cozier. I don’t know what the other walls in the room look like in terms of where to place a fixture, but your photos look like they could use more lighting to me....See MorePaint color advice! SW Light French grey with Mink or Peppercorn?
Comments (11)Lovely! thank you Kisa. The lighting will be poor this time of night, but I'll add photos in the morning. As we opened the kitchen into the living room by removing a wall, I plan on painting both rooms Light French Grey with Snowbound Trim. the far wall in the living room (opposite the kitchen) Will have a TV and art on it, and I'd like to make it appear to recede and add some drama to the room. We are getting new furniture, and only have chairs on order so far, with sofa decided, but not upholstery, so everything else is flexible, but going for lighter furnishings. I know we should wait to paint, but my husband may divorce me if we don't get paint on the wall. It's been months with patchy walls from our remodel! He works from home and the unfinished walls are driving him crazy...See MoreBarbara Griffith Designs
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