Help me Paint my Living Room

You have to take into acount the most important aspect: which matches your basses?

I think the purple goes best with them. Green and blue look good but not against your basses.

 

Have you considered painting only 1 or 2 walls, leaving the others white?

 

You should paint it mellow yellow.

 

IF you're planning to sell the house at any time in the next few years then go neutral like tan. Otherwise I like the blue personally.

We went with kind of a tan (with white trim) in our living room and much of the rest of our house and it gets a lot of compliments. The shade we used was sandy cove from Valspar American Traditions paint (from Lowe's).

Also, Vorago suggested one wall colored and the others white. That's viable too and we did that in our master bedroom. We have one big wall that's a great shade of deep red (cherry cobbler/Behr Premium Plus) and the other walls are white.

brad cook

 

exactly. I'd do the window wall in a color, and the opposing walls white, or an lighter accent color. It will add depth and contrast to the room.

If you see the color you like on a paint strip of multiple, yet different colors, the rest of the colors are appropriate accent colors, and share the same color "temperature", so they won't look funky together.

Behr does excellent color combo suggestions. I love their range of colors.

 

Paint it in a yellowish/brownish/peachish colour, and add brown curtains and sofas.

 

So far, I agree with Brad about painting the room tan.

If you want "warmth," use a warm color.

This applies more to artistic painting, but you may get an idea or two here. If not, it's just nice to look at.
www.writedesignonline.com/resources/design/rules/color.html

Good luck.

Mike

And yes, you were right to consult the experts at TB before you administer one stroke of a brush!

 

If warm is what you're after, go tan, out of what you've presented us, or try the following:

I made a heluvan impression at my first house by doing the living room in a terra cotta orange up to a chair rail (so about 30-36" up, IIRC). That was really warm, and the upper half of the wall remained a natural white (not a stark white) which created a great contrast for artwork hanging thereon. Note: room had beige carpet.

In my second house, I went the opposite and did the living/dining area in a steely blue, much like you have shown here. BUT, on the end walls (window wall, in your example) I used a lighter, sky blue. Subtle effect since my end walls were 90% window. But awesome. The room stayed warm-ish by having parquet floors and a mulberry-colored couch (warming up the blue with a little red-purple mixed in).

My current house has a tan/beiuge living room and I'm trying to figure out a way to add some life to it, as well.

Yeah, I'm a dork when it comes to this stuff, watch too much TLC/HGTV I'm sure.

 

that purple's a bit dark... it'll really make your room look small... I'm in favor of the tan..

 

Just get new basses to match the room! I actually voted green(before looking at the pics)but the purple looks good to me. Yeah, purple. Or carrots.

 

Carrots! Why didn't I think of that?