Forget the faces on the walls (a Benjamin Moore "personalized" marketing touch): what we're really eyeing is the neutral, pale palette of the walls and trim. Combining paint colors Hush (AF-95) and Frostine (AF-5), we really like the ways other pale items were maintained throughout the room - carpet, mantel, furniture, curtains and all accessories. Hush and Frostine belong to the Affinity color palette which is part of the Aura line...
Maxwell asked last year if you thought the Aura line of paint was Hot or Not (most of you said Hot), and now we're wondering how you feel about the super pale promo room. Do you think it's a livable style or would you go a little nutty without a pop of color to offset such pale paint?
See all Affinity colors here; Read about Aura here.
See all other Apartment Therapy discussions on Aura paint here.
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Comments (21)
That photo is so bland, it makes me want to scream USE SOME COLOR!!!
Oh heck NO NO NO!!! This reminds me of every rental apartment I've ever had, and also of the reason I painted my first bathroom electric orange. Ban the beige!
I actually like the softness of the room. Maybe it's just me, but I would prefer to use pops of colour in my accessories, rather than my paint. Being an artist, I tend to change my looks as quickly as the seasons change, so its easier to use a neutral background on the walls like white, and change the pillows.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! It would never work if you have children, but the space looks dream-like. Fantastic!
This probably works much better in a photo than in real life. Especially because in real life, you are unlikely to have 10 foot ceilings, a fireplace, and elaborate moldings.
Second, I have used Aura and do not like it. The color I used was Grasshopper, a medium green. It had an unnatural cold undertone. I far prefer Farrow & Ball, whose colors are much more natural and receding, and which has been ecologically sound for hundreds of years. It has a chalky finish that complements old plaster. My experience has been that regular Benjamin Moore works best on drywall.
Zzzzzzzz...
I love it. I'm in need of serenity now.
I like the Hush color. Very calm and serene. I think I would need at least one wall to be a bright turquoise or something similar to punch it up though!
Am I really the only one massively creeped out by the woman's face coming from the corner? I can't ignore it, I'm sorry. It's creepy.
I call shenanigans on this photo. Of course BM wants to use every trick to make their product look appealing in marketing materials, but this washy overexposed image bears no relation to how a human eye would perceive the room in daylight. In other words, even if you do have a gorgeous palatial sunny room like this painted in these colours, it will never look like this. It's fine for shelter mags, but not on when you're trying to sell colour.
Who do I have to F*@# to get a womb chair?
This is very dull! Re-orangejuce comment: too funny!!!
What makes the room so airy is the white floor, huge windows and huge mirror. Try photoshopping a darker floor and replacing the enormous mirror with more of the paint. It's much less lovely.
This reminds me how much I hate beige
the only reason that room looks inviting is the sunlight pouring in through the huge windows and the luminecent curtains. otherwise, thats a lot of blah.
Apparently this is not a model suite, but rather it's the actual home of this person:
http://www.izzys-party-shop.com/images/26072.jpg
White and beige makes me depressed. I can take white with brights or black, or beige with red and ambers, but white and beige? Not serene, bland and anonymous.
I'd only use it if I was repainting for resale.
@ orangejuce - somebody fertile, but the womb seat will already be taken. ha ha. Too bad, because that chair is the nicest thing in the room.
As far as the color scheme, I can see how it could be calming, but it would not translate well to a home with standard height ceilings and windows, or your groceries and shoes and pets. It is only elegant because no one is in it.
This is your room. And this is your room on Prozac. ;-)
:-( So sad that so many have been programmed to dislike the understated beauty of calm tones and hues. It can allow the beauty of objects and spaces to speak for themselves. Do not confuse poor design and sub-par painting technique with lack of power and statement in the absence of strong color.
Thank you G&D! I couldn't have said it better myself.
I don't understand the hostility from so many ATers every time a photo is shown that does not use a vibrant colour. Even though my personal taste is different from that of the photo shown, I still think that it is a beautiful room.