Second Thoughts on Green Room

Posted on | November 23, 2008 | 4 Comments

All weekend Greg and I worked really hard stripping the paint off all the woodwork in the den. I feel like it’s going to take a year to get it all done. The process is painstaking! I’ll share more pictures of what we got done tomorrow morning.

While I was slowly cleaning out the cracks and crevices tonight I was having second thoughts on the green walls. I came across the room above which from a hotel in Savannah. I love the green with the white trim. Is it too green?? My green is darker and not so kelly green. I am realizing there is going to be a lot of woodwork that will be painted white in the room. I think a dark green might just be too much of a contrast with so much white. I think I need something lighter like the image below…

Category: house renovation, paint colors

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4 Responses to “Second Thoughts on Green Room”

Emily
November 24th, 2008 @ 7:52 am

I think you were on the right track picking something dark. I think that if you're painting the woodwork white the dark walls really makes the woodwork stand out. If you paint the walls a light color it has the opposite effect and washes out and competes with the trim. We did our kitchen in a dark latte brown and I was sure it would be too much but with the cabinets and trim it looks great, really sets everything off. Looks great so far! Good luck!
katy elliott
November 24th, 2008 @ 10:10 am

I am just afraid the whole house is going to feel really dark if I start with a dark color. Maybe I will just paint one wall and see how it goes. I'm sharing updated photos on the stripping tomorrow. I need to clean up!

Katy
Emily
November 24th, 2008 @ 12:41 pm

Either way, paint is the one of the easiest/cheapest things to change. So if you don't like it you can always change it!! Can't wait to see more pics.
Anonymous
July 6th, 2009 @ 8:30 pm

you should check out Laura Ashley moss 6 … it is a dark green not too emeraldy or too kelly or too olivey. Pretty close to perfect!!!