Name: Molly
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Type: 1-bedroom, rented
Why I use color: Let the color in - color is the easiest way to transform a space, especially one that was painted “apartment white,” with beige carpet and ivory countertops & cabinetry. A simple, cheap coat of paint on the walls can have such an effect on a room that I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t take advantage of it. A white room is boring, while a blue room can relax you, calm your mood after a frantic day, and a red one perhaps will inspire and warm you. All color has some type of psychological effect on the mind, and if anything, can help lift your mood and break the monotony of our everyday white, neutral lives.
Although I would soon go insane living in the green living room, kudos to you for having the guts to go green!
Z.
i feel some neutrals might be needed in order to tone down the everything-matching effect going on. everything seems like it's trying to 'pop' and nothing is designated as a background piece. otherwise, it's an adventurous use of color.
I love blue and green together, but...
There is no place for the eyes to rest.
The green in the livingroom is overwhelming, I can't see anything else for the bright green.
If only the wall behind the headboard was painted blue, and the rest were white...
Ugh...the colors here are way too saturated for my tastes. But I do love how you've put up those two little white shelves in the corner of the bedroom. Very unique.
Feels like a Walmart ad. In the first image the color values don't work together. In the second you learn why being "too matchy matchy" doesn't work.
funny, i like everything about this room except for the green paint. i think the space would have lovely subtle cobalt blue undertones if the walls were white. or if you painted it a much less saturated version of the blue in the bedroom, that would be an extremely sophisticated (*tip o the hat to colleen*) use of color to create an incredibly lush, relaxing space. but i think the greens (i'm iffy about the green details in the bedroom) are too hot and ruin the calming effect. on a very pale blue wall, that andy warhol poster would be fascinating -- the one spot of hot, bright action in a very cool room. as it is the green and the movement of the poster compete against each other and become really overhwelming to the rest of the space.
whoops. my eye registered that poster as one of Warhol's Elvis series, even though on second glance it isn't. either way, what i said about its placement stands.
Why am I a dork? Because I instantly went, "Hey, that's Harry Connick Jr!" I have that album. I will admit openly that it is awesome.
Personally, I don't think the blue in this bedroom would relax me. I think it's pretty shocking. I would definitely be up all night. Ha. ;) On the other hand, I once painted my entire apartment Pepto Bismol Pink, much to the horror of my friends and family. So I guess, to each his/her own! VIVA LA MOLLY for having the courage to paint her world!!
I don't care for this, but a suggestion. If you can change the window treatment from the jarring white, to something that ties in the the walls, that might be helpful.
It's a little-known fact, but Alfred Hitchcock actually chose to film in black & white in his early career. He'd have filmed in color, but all of his sets looked like this room.