I didn’t get almost as far on my closet venture this previous weekend as I had hoped. The climate turned wet and chilly, and I didn’t wish to stand out within the chilly whereas reducing molding. However I did get loads of priming completed, and I additionally chosen six completely different blue paint colours to check out for the cupboards. Earlier than this venture even acquired began, I had my coronary heart set on a pink closet, however the extra I checked out walk-in closet paint shade concepts, the extra excited I acquired concerning the concept of a light-weight blue (or mild blue-green) closet.
5 of those paint colours are new. I haven’t examined them out earlier than. The explanation I went with new colours is as a result of the earlier colours I examined simply didn’t look proper to me. I had beforehand examined out Behr Clear Vista and Behr Tahoe Blue (which you’ll be able to see right here), however once I checked out these once more towards the wallpaper in pure mild, they didn’t appear to work in any respect. I had additionally beforehand examined out three Sherwin Williams colours — Annabelle, Matt on Monday, and Comfortable Shore (which you’ll be able to see right here). However I selected these once I was planning to make use of tile on the partitions across the washer and dryer space. And now that I’m not planning on utilizing that tile, these colours didn’t actually appear to work, both.
So again to the drafting board I went. I chosen 5 new colours and examined these out on the precise cupboard.
From high to backside, these are: (1) Behr Drip, (2) PPG Paints Sonata, (3) Behr Air Blue, (4) PPG Paints Midsummer’s Dream, (5) PPG Paints Blue Bows, and (6) Sherwin Williams Matt on Monday. I went forward and examined out the Matt on Monday once more, though I used to be fairly certain it wouldn’t work, simply because I like the title and hoped that it’d probably work.
Since I’m not attempting to make that blue tile work within the room, I made a decision to stay with colours that weren’t fairly so grey and leaned extra in the direction of a clearer blue-green.
Choosing out a blue paint shade will be difficult as a result of the very last thing I need is for my closet to learn “child boy’s room”. And a few of these blues within the wallpaper, if used on the entire cupboards, might very simply appear like a room meant for a kid.
I even have to think about that I’m attempting to bridge the darkish blue wallpaper and home equipment within the closet with the darkish teal grasscloth wallpaper that will likely be predominant within the lobby simply outdoors of the closet, in addition to our bed room. All of those areas will likely be clearly seen on the similar time, so whereas they don’t must match, they do must coordinate and play properly with one another. So I unrolled the grasscloth wallpaper and draped it on the opposite cupboard to see how all of those colours work collectively.
I took most of those footage final night time after it was darkish outdoors, so there’s no pure mild coming in by way of the window. And since I nonetheless solely have the only mild on the ceiling fan on this room, I introduced in additional mild. The room can have extra mild when it’s completed. I’ll be including no less than 5 recessed lights within the room, in addition to swapping out the ceiling fan for a chandelier and including two sconces to the wallpapered part.
I took this photograph this morning after the solar got here up, so it is a more true illustration of those colours with each pure mild coming by way of the window in addition to the extra mild contained in the room.
Sadly, I instantly dominated out Matt on Monday, the colour on the very backside. It’s means too grey for the wallpaper. And I dominated out Blue Bows, the colour simply above it, as a result of it reads to purple. I additionally instantly dominated out the primary shade, Drip, as a result of I believe it’s simply an excessive amount of shade. I believe I additionally should rule out the forth one, Midsummer’s Dream, as a result of it appears too inexperienced for the wallpaper. In order that leaves these two colours — PPG Paints Sonata on high and Behr Air Blue on backside.
Of these two, I actually like Air Blue, the lighter of the 2. It appears to go together with the wallpaper higher, and I do like that it’s lighter. I believe the lighter shade will let the wallpaper be the star moderately than attempting to compete with the wallpaper for consideration.
Based mostly on these advertising pictures, I positively just like the Behr Air Blue higher. The PPG Sonata is actually teetering on the sting of that child’s room blue, in my view. And the Air Blue appears to have extra inexperienced in it, which I discover preferable, particularly contemplating that this shade must coordinate with my teal grasscloth wallpaper.
In order that’s the route I’m leaning proper now. Behr Air Blue appears to be my choose. However I’m going to proceed priming the remainder of the cupboards at the moment, and I’ll keep watch over these colours to see what they appear like at completely different occasions all through the day with the wallpaper. However as of this second, my cash’s on Behr Air Blue. Do you agree? Which one would you select?
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Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You may be taught extra about me right here.
