I am having the hardest time picking a paint color for our newly almost-finished attic master. It is relatively large room with a window at each end but still pretty dark overall due to the slanted ceiling and angles. To keep it light we chose natural birch built ins and trim. A light neutral carpet will be used. We want a clean more modern look. I was hoping to find bedding for inspiration but haven't found it yet. We always seem drawn to blues and my hubby wants blue or a color to contrast the wood. I have tried a couple blue/gray SW paints that were too dark. I am considering sampling SW North Star. Has anyone tried this? On the other hand I worry that a 'color' will lock us into one style or color palette, so was thinking a light neutral tan/beige would be best and add color with bedding, art, etc. Have tried a few samples and mixed my own but ended up being too gold/yellow. I really need advice regarding which direction to go and also specific colors to try. I prefer SW b/c they are in town but they say they can match BM too. Lowes is also close by. I'm very confused and any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks:)

Thanks for that link dekr8. I think we will have to try out a few colors to get a match with what my daughter wants for her room. I didn't see zipdee reference her wall color. As I read in another person aqua posting I will have to make sure it is the right blue/green combo for the room and lighting.

That's a very pretty paint color! I think it turned out nicely. I don't know what your other chair looks like, but I think the white one by the stairs would look nice in the corner with a dark teal throw. Just my two cents' worth.

Do you have any white paint lying around at home? Because what I'd do is paint the walls the aqua and paint the strip of ceiling white. Then if I didn't like that, for whatever reason, I'd take some of the leftover aqua paint and mix it with a bit of white, to tone it down a bit, and paint the ceiling with that. Then if I didn't like that look, I'd paint the ceiling full-strength aqua. Growing up in an 1880s Victorian, we all looked forward to moving up to the attic rooms when we were teens. All the rooms had sloping walls, with varying amounts of ceiling. My parents let us go a bit crazy with the paint. Just based on my experience, a tiny bit of white ceiling can look a bit odd if the wall color is dark. If the wall color is fairly light, the white ceiling doesn't stand out as much. If you want more than one color on the walls, you need to make the two colors very different colors, not shades of the same color. For example, one room was seafoam green on the slanted bits and dark faded red on the vertical bits and it actually looked pretty good. And there was the lime green and dark blue room, which again, looked better than you'd think. The darker color looks best on the vertical, with the lighter color on the sloped portions. Your daughter's room won't seem like an aqua cave if the floor, bedding, curtains and other accessories are different colors. Get some fun colors on the bed and floor and see what happens.