As I stood there with the pamphlet, I tried them all, even the grays and blue... but I don't want think I want a room that is all green.

Also, funnily enough, on a whim I taped the mural sample up to my LR wall. I like it. I don't know what color paint it is, and I have to look again in daylight. But I like it.

I think this last may be the nature of 8incandescent light.

Thanks, Jennifer, I don't disagree with your assessments. As I said above, I thought it was easier to have people look at one image to vote, and too much trouble to post all of these, but I have them (see below). All things considered I like Dimity and Stirabout and Random Unknown Color I looked Up and Saw on the LR Wall.

What colors do you have in the rooms near this room? Other than the back sof the bookcases in the LR, all the rooms and halls are creams, whites and taupes.

I think this last may be the nature of incandescent light.

You mean it all looks good?LOL

In photography especially, incandescent light turns things yellow.

I'd still look at some things that didn't look so yellow or beige on their own.

A general problem with color grabbing from something like this is that individual colors contribute to a general impression that the mural gives and it's not the same as looking at the individual colors in isolation.

The best color to go with this might not be an exact match to anything in the mural.

Just throwing this out there — what about a barely-blue sort of color? Pulled from the sky in the mural.

Of the samples you posted above I like White Tie best. The color is very pretty and It is a stronger contrast to the mural—and for that reason may keep it from completely dominating the room. Would also look a the palest possible blue gray for the same reas…

adding, it may be my phone or the lighting in the room, but I don’t see your LR wall color as even a remote complement to the wallpaper.

I like the suggested colors Pal has posted.

In photography especially, incandescent light turns things yellow. Yes, but IRL I liked it even more than the photo, so it, whatever it is, is def a contender.

I'd still look at some things that didn't look so yellow or beige on their own.

I def want to avoid going *too* yellow..

The best color to go with this might not be an exact match to anything in the mural.

what about a barely-blue sort of color?

Agree. Picking a color from the sky was a start, but the lesson shown here is that the mural is very forgiving and one could go any number of directions.

Here is where I am coming out. Lots of colors work with the mural. So the questions should be, in this order

1. What colors do I like?
2. What colors enhance the sofa and floors, which are more permanent to me than the mural
3. Lastly, does the color work with the mural.

I was thinking back and I was ready to say that in all of our homes I have never painted a wall a non-neutral. Then I recalled my DH and I custom mixed an apple green for DD1's nursery, and I had a pinkish red leathered paint wall in my DR! In any event, suffice to say the answer to question #1 is still the leftmost panel of the FnB color pamphlet, ie neutrals in the white/cream/taupe family. I am going to ask the PO (who is also a neighbor) about the LR color, and prob sample Dimity and White Tie.

barely-blue sort of color? Pulled from the sky in the mural.

keep it from completely dominating the room.

I think both of these things say something salient to the discussion

I am not sure that color grabbing from a picture is completely accurate, but I was not able to pull pale blue, or very pale pink or a hint of maybe some sun almost breaking through which I "see" in the paper. I think we "fill in" things that we see. The same thing with Persian rugs, there are colors in them that you don't really notice and there are colors that look like they are there but aren't.

With regards to something like a mural, I think their intent is to dominate a room, and there's nothing really the matter with that, I don't think.

Farrow & Ball is having a promotion on their sample pots…good till tomorrow 1/31.

I think they all work. I would consider how you want it to appear in the room though since you said it is north facing. In my experience north facing room tend to make colors leaning gray so I would consider that when making your selection.

Pal, IRL there is a bit of lavender. The taupe in my BR there also has a touch of lavender.

Mtn, whatever color you choose, what color will you paint the ceiling? Same, variation of same, some shade of white?

hmm, i think i will leave it as is, white?

Hey, no fair, you have cool tricks. I have that rug in my Project docs, I have not forgotten.

I use it in a lot of my iterations but I am trying to stretch myself and use more modern elements.

You make a persuasive argument but you may just be a sorcerer.

Well I have to do more conjuring then. This is Farrow and Ball Brinjal which isn't exactly in the paper, but works well with it, especially because of the rug, which is cheating, and the pillows are Paul Smith Wool Check in Poppy

I have a house who's upstairs is "Cream in my Coffee" looks exactly like Dimity....it's not that pleasing in person. Link to bigger color swatch

I kid you not, I have always loved Brinjal.

You have created some beautiful rooms, Pal, as usual. You even made me go back and look at the rug on Tufkenian, again. I see purple but they describe it as wine-red (uhoh). I also can't do purple and orange in the same apartment. Baby steps.

Green has a better chance, but it is a hard color IMHO. DH and I tried an least 10 variations before we got a shade of green that looked historic and yet lively enough for a baby girl's nursery. Nowadays i realize we pretty much created FnB's Cooking Apple Green. I love that color. DD's nursery had a fpl with original dark green tile, the brass crib I (years later) made into a settee, a (wait for it) white slipcovered armchair and ottoman. The crib bedding was lavender chenille and b/w check linens and the room had a garden theme. Not all that different.

Green is a very difficult color, blue is a difficult color. At least because of greens in nature and our acclimation to that, greens that don't go together sometimes go together.

The purple rug with the green wall and the mural...almost makes me want to paint and wallpaper.

I tried Joa’s White in my dining room and it was a resounding no, but I have lots of wide stained wood casings, fireplace and floor (Victorian house). Windows face south and west, so warm light. Joa is described as a red based white and in my house it showed as a fleshy peachy color (think discontinued Crayola crayon). :( Your setting and lighting are completely different so it could be the perfect color for you. Its going to be a beautiful room!

I'm going to be up all night playing with greens I just know it.

Elunia, in our first house, which was brick, we hired a color consultant to choose a color for the door, shutters, and 3rd story dormers. My DH forever called one of the colors BandAid, and he was not wrong.

You have created some beautiful rooms, Pal,

The beautiful rooms that no one actually wants though, in real life. So maybe not very practical, just theoretical.

Your rendering is no more or less practical than mine but it is a departure. I think many amateur "decorators," if you can call us that, are more comfortable copying what they see. I have done that literally with some rooms. You have the talent to create things none of us have seen anywhere, but anyone can recognize as professionally done.

I like Mural #2 because the bug is cute.

LOL Ded.

PS I'm going to be up all night playing with greens I just know it.

Called it.

I’d love to see that same mock up with a light taupe paint that skews lavender. I love both wall colors shown but not necessarily for the walls of a room that doesn’t have an abundance of natural light. At some point cozy can become confining.

Farrow and Ball's Peignoir.

Maybe too lavender.

Dovetail

PS BTW, the more I do this... that mural is arguably a neutral.... it goes with almost anything LOL

Eddy! Eddy! Eddy!

As I was scrolling through, Eddy (posted by Pal way up thread) seemed to carry the color almost seamlessly. When using a mural on only one wall, I prefer it when the other walls seem to almost be a blur of the edge of the mural. Eddy does that.

The first one with a bit of beige / brown? I think the two and three are too gray. The mural definitely has a warm white / tan element as does the tv cab.

“Bandaid” — that made me laugh! What a great descriptor.

Pal's posts had me thinking.

And this, from BBSTX, also struck a chord "When using a mural on only one wall, I prefer it when the other walls seem to almost be a blur of the edge of the mural."

So I put aside my White Tie and Dimity etc samples, and tried 4 different greens.

I also taped up the sofa velvet swatch, although it has a sheen that totally morphs the color depending upon the angle one chooses.

Just throwing this out there and won't sway you with my thoughts.

This is daylight, on the wall in question

I like those, they remind me of Paint and Paper Library Wattle paints (I’m not sure which Wattle this is):

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/jo-rodgers-on-living-with-books

Mtn! Update??

I almost asked yesterday.

Narrowed down to these (two of which Pal suggested I should try).

The mural will go up first. Trying decide between a peel and stick version of the mural and a paper version; awaiting sample of the former.

I like the one on bottom best .. then in counterclockwise order from there.

I love the deep greens. That room will be such a mood! Like the bottom green vest and then the one on the right. While all the variations are in the mural, I think those two complement the sofa swatch color better.

Thanks, Specific. I was bolstered yesterday with a NYT article about wallpaper, which noted "Smaller, darker spaces like bedrooms, dens, offices and bathrooms — where “you want to feel like you’re enveloped,” Ms. Kehoe said — are the best places to hang wallpaper. "

Mtn, not sure if you saw this post from LaurelB on murals but thought you'd be interested.

Another vote for the bottom. I like the richness.

Been following in silence - was hoping you’d go in a green direction!

Jilly 😅😅🤣😂.

The mural. After back and forth about the type of paper, custom elements, etc, It was ordered this morning.

I keep coming back to this thread looking for more that's done in this room. I know that it's going to be wonderful, but when you do have more "After" pics, will you please start another thread? This one is getting too long, and I'm worried I'm going to miss something. I'm especially looking forward to the wallpaper up. Soooo beautiful!

Thanks, Lynn, I shall!

Guess who I thought of when I flipped the Globe magazine to this page?

Ha!