I didn’t get practically as far on my closet challenge this previous weekend as I had hoped. The climate turned wet and chilly, and I didn’t need to stand out within the chilly whereas slicing molding. However I did get a number of priming completed, and I additionally chosen six completely different blue paint colours to check out for the cupboards. Earlier than this challenge even obtained began, I had my coronary heart set on a pink closet, however the extra I checked out walk-in closet paint colour concepts, the extra excited I obtained in regards to the concept of a lightweight 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 after 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 Smooth Shore (which you’ll be able to see right here). However I selected these after 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 prime 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 positive it wouldn’t work, simply because I like the identify 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 direction of a clearer blue-green.
Selecting out a blue paint colour might be tough 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 all the cupboards, may very simply appear to be a room supposed for a kid.
I even have to contemplate that I’m attempting to bridge the darkish blue wallpaper and home equipment within the closet with the darkish teal grasscloth wallpaper that shall be predominant within the lobby simply exterior of the closet, in addition to our bed room. All of those areas shall 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 evening after it was darkish exterior, so there’s no pure mild coming in via the window. And since I nonetheless solely have the only mild on the ceiling fan on this room, I introduced in further mild. The room can have extra mild when it’s completed. I’ll be including at the least 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 picture this morning after the solar got here up, so this can be a more true illustration of those colours with each pure mild coming via 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 manner 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 colour, Drip, as a result of I feel it’s simply an excessive amount of colour. I feel I additionally must 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 prime and Behr Air Blue on backside.
Of these two, I actually like Air Blue, the lighter of the 2. It appears to go along with the wallpaper higher, and I do like that it’s lighter. I feel the lighter colour will let the wallpaper be the star moderately than attempting to compete with the wallpaper for consideration.
Primarily based on these advertising and marketing pictures, I undoubtedly just like the Behr Air Blue higher. The PPG Sonata is admittedly teetering on the sting of that child’s room blue, for my part. And the Air Blue appears to have extra inexperienced in it, which I discover preferable, particularly contemplating that this colour must coordinate with my teal grasscloth wallpaper.
In order that’s the course I’m leaning proper now. Behr Air Blue appears to be my decide. However I’m going to proceed priming the remainder of the cupboards at this time, and I’ll keep watch over these colours to see what they appear to be 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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