Sun room paint ideas
We are moving into a condo soon. The living room will be painted a light gray—probably BM Owl Gray, and leads into a sun room, currently painted yellow. I could paint the sun room the same gray color, but I have been considering using a really dark charcoal grey for the sunroom. Since it is mostly windows, i dont think it would come off as too dark, but I’m still not sure about it. Any thoughts or color suggestions? Sunroom faces west and windows in living room face south. (Furniture and furnishings are the previous owners.)
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roarah
last yearlast modified: last yearI have a dark charcoal painted living room connected to a slightly lighter but still deep blue/green sunroom. I found it much more soothing than the yellow my previous owners painted it. Yellow never feels natural to me however a green, blue or grey resembles nature (trees, sky and water) more accurately in my opinion. I prefer your room in grey better than the yellow for the grey helps bring the eyes to the outside sky and trees rather than competing with it.
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last yearIf you paint the walls & vaulted ceiling the same colour, the focus will be on the view through the windows.
Having a sharp contrast, between walls and ceiling as you do now, means that’s where eyes are first drawn. It actually detracts from the view.
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last yearlast modified: last yearI would go with the same color for airy feeling. Gray is out of style already.
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