I spent a ridiculous period of time yesterday obsessing concerning the paint colour for my walk-in closet. I studied the images. 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 whole 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% certain that I used to be going to decide on #7, Candy Angel. However by noon, I wasn’t even certain if I favored the coral. Mainly, 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 ground wouldn’t be a distraction.
After spending a variety of time late final week obsessing concerning the ground colour, I had already made that call, and I had ordered the merchandise. After scrolling Instagram and TikTok taking a look at the entire crimson oak flooring completed with Bona merchandise that I might discover, I had determined to make use of Bona Purple Out on my ground, seal with Bona Pure (the second from the lightest), after which use Bona TrafficHD. Each single time I’d see a crimson oak ground that I liked, 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 amazing instance of Bona Pure on crimson oak, however this is just one of many who influenced my choice.
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 choice based mostly alone likes and desires 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 not less than half of you, however I truly just like the blue higher.
I prefer it higher for thus many causes. First, I believe blue sort of acts as a impartial, so it received’t be preventing towards the entire colours in my garments, purses, and footwear. Additionally, it’s way 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 attainable exception of my studio. However even in my studio, all of that pink is surrounded by an entire lot of white and light-weight 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, nevertheless 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 main bedroom suite that I’m going for. I would like that bed room suite to be filled with colour, however not essentially vibrant, jolt-in-the-arm colour. I’m truly hoping that our bed room will probably be extra darkish, moody, and daring, somewhat 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, nevertheless it has to have a contact of inexperienced in it. That implies that I simply must 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 wish to check out. As I used to be scrolling for blue closets and blue rooms, I saved coming throughout one very talked-about colour referred to as Light Flaxflower. It’s slightly darker than the colours I used to be testing, and I believe that may assist to keep away from that child nursery look.
The Sherwin Williams colour only a step lighter than Light Flaxflower is named Sleepy Hole, and it’s additionally a stupendous 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 colour from The Kwendy Home on Instagram. This one may truly 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 colour remains 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.
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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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