Office Paint Color
Hi folks, we finished building our house last year but were at maximum decision fatigue and opted out of choosing a paint color for our office and just used the same paint that’s in our common spaces. I’m about to build our book shelves and desk for the space and need some ideas for a paint color with more umph. There is a big window facing southish, and a smaller one facing eastish. The room is 12x14.
All of our paints are Sherwin Williams, and this is what we have throughout the house:
Trim - Alabaster
Guest bathroom near the office - Waterloo
Guest bedroom - Niebla Azul
Master bedroom - Oyster Bay
Master bath - Sea Salt
Common spaces - Oyster White
Exterior - Riverway
The shelving will probably be oak, light or medium stained. The floor is a medium stain. I don’t have good pic because boxes, but the hallway has the same color and flooring. Our style is eclectic and we tend towards colorful art and blue greens (as you can tell by our colors so far!) Any ideas of what we could try? Thanks!
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Jilly
last yearlast modified: last yearI really like what I see of your house here! The floors, trim work, etc. And I like your paint color list.
Scroll down to my post on this thread — I shared a few blue/green office ideas I like and links and ideas to search for inspiration:
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6334992/design-suggestions-for-home-office
If I come across others today, I’ll share. Bumping this so others see it, too.
ETA: SW Rosemary looks great with Alabaster and would look great in the background past the blues in your art:
Maybe sample your Riverway in there? It’s lovely:
SW Deep Teal is beautiful, too.
This is another beautiful color:
meticulousmanda thanked Jilly
meticulousmanda
last yearThese are great suggestions! Thanks so much for the ideas and the link.
This is kind of the feel in the common spaces, so you can see we like color. I was thinking we probably needed to stick with the blues and green, but I didn’t know if that was overboard. Good to hear more opinions!
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Comments (17)The office and foyer look to have good natural light while the kitchen does not. If that's true, based on the progression I outlined above, I would put the lightest color in the kitchen, a mid-range shade in the foyer and the darkest color on a color strip card in the office. Use the flooring as your key, and go with blue or yellow undertones, all depending on the warmth or "coolth" of the flooring color. For example, if you have yellow undertones you might try a selection of more pastel olive greens (usually yellow based) or if cool, some sage greens have more blue undertones. Christopher Lowell has an easy method to help you get a good neutral that is not influenced much by blue or yellow, but a true neutral for a good background. Here is his video "7 layers of design." It is covered in step # 1 of his system. The style is a bit dated and the order of the steps can vary from his, but the basic principles still work very well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4u32tmcE3U...See MoreDemo Room! Replacing and furnishing! feedback please?
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Comments (1)First rememberer that paint colors on the wall can look a little darker than on the swatch. I would take a look at Benjamin Moore Ocean Air 2123-50. Because it has a gray undertone it feels adult but will still brighten up the space. It's dark enough not to look washed out but not so dark that it will make your room feel smaller - especially with the dark wood floors....See Moremeticulousmanda
last yearmeticulousmanda
last yearI ordered a bunch of samples and took a look at them this weekend. I’ve been checking them in different light throughout the day and I’m currently between Jade Dragon and Halcyon Green.
They have very different vibes!
eld6161
last yearmeticulousmanda
last yearEnded up going with Sherwin William Coastal Plain! Room isn’t done, but the color is lovely and morphs throughout the day in changing light. Thanks for the ideas folks!
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