I'm getting wood floors, so there won't be any conflict of color in that regard. It's not a huge room, so I don't want to get a color that's TOO dense and overwhelming. I'm definitely going with white (slightly creamier/linen) trim -- I'll just match the white I have now on my door frame and window box trims.
In considering a wall color, my favorite color is yellow, and I particularly like the color Mimosa.
It was actually the Pantone-selected color of the year in 2009 ("Mimosa Embodies Hopefulness and Reassurance in a Climate of Change"), but I know I don't just like it because it's trendy. I've long liked the color. But I do worry that it'll be too overwhelming for my room and too "hot"-feeling. And I read on some website that my personality type needs "calming" wall colors. haha.
PITTA - Pitta individuals may develop occasional inflammatory conditions. They have a general tendency to a moderate, athletic frame with a muscular body mass, and a sharp, energetic personality. Cooling therapy may lower a tendency toward irritability. Balance may be derived by colors that cool, moderate, and soothe.
That does sound like me, but I wonder if it's all a crock (ok, very probably), since the other two options -- Vata and Kapha -- also have similar "optimal color suggestions", and since the suggestions for Pitta includes a bright yellow-y color that is VERY similar to Mimosa, which I don't think will be calming...
I also really like a dense, bright blue like Turkish Tile or Ocean Calm, which look a bit like this (these are fabric swatches because color swatch images are hard to come by online) and would probably be more calming:
More the second one than the first, but both are so beautiful. I actually have always loved the combination yellow/blue combination, and I think it's particularly striking to compare these exact blue/yellow colors with each other.
Sigh. Do want. Maybe I can incorporate the Minosa color or a paler yellow some other way into the room. Also, I would LOVE to have a mini-chandelier hanging from ceiling. I think I'll take a look in the thrift store when I drop off donations this weekend -- do they even have lighting fixtures there? Maybe I'll get lucky. Although I kind of wonder what the point in all this is, as I'll be moving out (hopefully, dear Lord) after senior year anyway.
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go with the second color........and a white trim..it will look sharp, clean and fresh.......mini chandelliers can magically appear in discount stores, one must be alert.......this blue/aqua/sea color looks great with an accent of coral (small amount) or brown or even a grassy green......
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ReplyDeleteHEY im into that more ochre yellow. my mom painted my room a very sunny yellow when i moved into the basement and i was very happy with it but it was tooooo canary yellow. and i cant be ungrateful and not love it you know? so anyway my mom painting only ONE wall in her bedroom and its a very orange yellow and its GORGEOUS. oh, its more mango, so thats easy to compare. but she painted a lot of wooden frames on her walls black and some turquois and mango. i am explaining it like a mental but they look beautiful. i think mango-ish mustard mimosa looks GREAT on walls and the accents or pieces around the room can be rich like that aqua or whatev/ teal
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