I spent a ridiculous period of time yesterday obsessing concerning the paint coloration for my walk-in closet. I studied the photographs. I examined extra paint colours. I attempted mixing my very own customized paint colours. I checked out footage of pink/coral closets. I checked out footage of blue closets. I scrolled by way of Instagram and TikTok. I searched on Houzz. I learn by way of your entire feedback once more. I clicked any hyperlinks y’all supplied.
I had began off the day completely constructive that I used to be going to have a coral closet, and about 99% positive that I used to be going to decide on #7, Candy Angel. However by noon, I wasn’t even positive if I favored the coral. Principally, I used to be permitting myself to be influenced by every new remark that I learn. And by yesterday night, I used to be extra confused than ever.
So final evening, I put the 2 footage collectively — the image with the blue samples and the image with the coral samples — and I edited the ground in order that the darkish flooring wouldn’t be a distraction.
After spending lots of time late final week obsessing concerning the flooring coloration, I had already made that call, and I had ordered the merchandise. After scrolling Instagram and TikTok taking a look at the entire purple oak flooring completed with Bona merchandise that I might discover, I had determined to make use of Bona Purple Out on my flooring, seal with Bona Pure (the second from the lightest), after which use Bona TrafficHD. Each single time I’d see a purple oak flooring that I beloved, I’d learn the outline and discover that that they had used the Bona Pure on these flooring. And one TikTok particularly bought me on utilizing Purple Out first. So I went with it.
Right here’s an incredible instance of Bona Pure on purple oak, however this is just one of many who influenced my resolution.
So with my flooring in thoughts, I attempted to place the entire noise and litter out of my head, and simply let myself make a real, trustworthy resolution primarily based by myself likes and needs with no exterior affect. With out anybody else’s affect, do I just like the blue or the coral higher?
I do know I’m going to shock you, and doubtless disappoint at the very least half of you, however I really just like the blue higher.
I prefer it higher for therefore many causes. First, I believe blue sort of acts as a impartial, so it gained’t be combating in opposition to the entire colours in my garments, purses, and sneakers. Additionally, it’s far more soothing than the coral. I do love pink and coral, however you’ll discover that all through our home, I exploit them fairly sparingly as accents, with the doable exception of my studio. However even in my studio, all of that pink is surrounded by a complete lot of white and tremendous mild grey.
After which there’s my kitchen, which I really like. It’s not fairly as mild as what I plan to make use of for the closet, however it’s not a darkish teal, both.
And let’s not neglect our rest room, the place I selected a really mild green-blue Venetian plaster search for the partitions.
So these lighter blue-green colours aren’t in any respect out of character for me. I additionally suppose that blue will look so significantly better with the lighter flooring than coral. And at last, I believe that blue works significantly better for the general look of our master suite suite that I’m going for. I would like that bed room suite to be stuffed with coloration, however not essentially vibrant, jolt-in-the-arm coloration. I’m really hoping that our bed room can be extra darkish, moody, and daring, moderately than vivid, colourful, and cheerful. I largely need it to be peaceable and soothing with accents of vivid, heat colours. And I’d just like the adjoining areas to enrich that look.
So I now have my coronary heart set on a lightweight blue, however it has to have a contact of inexperienced in it. That signifies that I simply have to preserve wanting till I discover the appropriate blue.
Final evening as I used to be scrolling and scrolling, I got here throughout a few Sherwin Williams colours that I need to check out. As I used to be scrolling for blue closets and blue rooms, I stored coming throughout one highly regarded coloration referred to as Pale Flaxflower. It’s a bit darker than the colours I used to be testing, and I believe that can assist to keep away from that child nursery look.
The Sherwin Williams coloration only a step lighter than Pale Flaxflower is named Sleepy Hole, and it’s additionally a lovely blue that doesn’t learn “child blue” to me.
After which the subsequent one up from that is named Moonmist.
I got here throughout a dressing room painted in that coloration from The Kwendy House on Instagram. This one would possibly really be too mild for my style, however I used to be happy to see that even that mild, it nonetheless doesn’t learn “child nursery” to me.
So I’m going for blue, however the seek for the proper coloration continues to be on. I’ve a sense that I’ll discover the proper blue at Sherwin Williams. And my fears of winding up with a closet that appears like a child nursery have now been quelled. I’m additionally very glad that I took the time to check out corals. Had I bypassed that step, and simply made myself go along with blue, I’d have second-guessed myself each single time I got here throughout an image of a lovely pink or coral walk-in closet, questioning if I had made a mistake with my resolution. However now I do know that I attempted them, I in contrast them side-by-side, and I actually do genuinely desire the blue. I can transfer on now. I simply have to search out that excellent blue now.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework 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.
