I suggest a soft grey/green or grey/blue, and paint everything including the ceilings. This continuous color will make it appear bigger, and will go with the floor and tile near the fireplace.

gorgeous space. paint all walls and ceiling the same color. honestly - i kind of like it in white, but you can pick a more sophisticated white than is already there. a soft warm gray would be very pretty, too, and you can dress that up any way you want.

I like it as it is--esp. if you have colorful rugs, furniture etc.

I agree with the first comment, especially considering the fact that you already have a grey element for the room... your bed. I would lean more towards the blue, but that's just my preference. Either color would be calming, which is good for a bedroom.
Now for the fireplace, are those red paint stains on the hearth? If so, those will need to be taken care of. They won't go well with the soft colors... but you already know that.
Since it is a faux fireplace, though, you could easily decorate it with a fireplace candelabra. These are very versatile in that you can change the candles to match whatever colors you have. Just an idea. :)
A blank slate is sometime scary at first, but I know you'll have fun making the space yours!

Chadoni

Keep the paint white or light and bring in some colorful accessories for the expedit. It's a cute place, Congrats!

I wouldn't chop the place up by painting each room a different color. The space will look larger and more unified if you paint every room the same color, or at least very similar colors. If you paint the portion of the wall before it vaults, imo you're gonna make the place appear squaty and claustrophobic.

My personal taste leans towards lightly tinted neutrals, and I would recommend those for this space without a doubt. I would paint the window trim the same color as the walls; personally, I would paint the base boards the wall color as well (all in an attempt to unify the space as opposed to chopping it upi visually). The faux fireplace is where I would express myself with a burst of color, if you feel that urge.

Good luck in your new place!

Cream and grey are great neutrals for small but bold splashes of color. In my opinion, because the space is small and you're dealing with a further reduction in "standable" space, you should keep the space feeling open and as large as possible with another light neutral shade. The work some contrast into the fireplace and around the window trim with a darker, but still neutral shade like charcoal, brown, navy, etc. Once you have that perfect canvas in place, add color with art, pillows, a window treatment, accessories like vases, your bedding etc.

Bold or rich colors on the walls will make the space feel smaller and cramped in my opinion.

It might be fun, however, to do something dramatic with the bathroom that ties it to the living space. For example, let's say your neutrals are cream, grey, and rich brown, and your tiny amount, but really bold and splashy accent colors are violet, plum, and a dash of saffron. I'd carry those accent colors in to the bathroom with violet walls and use the same neutrals in small doses. It would feel cohesive, surprising, and you'd still have a place to completely submerse yourself in color.

This reminds me of a problem I'm having with a client right now. The corporate colors in her style guide are rich, bold, and saturated -- but they are intended for use in very small doses, like in an icon or headline. But because she hasn't read her own style guide, she thinks her entire website should look like the NBC peacock or a box of jujubes. My partner and I realized that she doesn't understand this analogy: the peacock's visual presence is intended to be just a fraction compared to the duration of a TV show (as are her style guide's magenta, lime, and orange), but a website's visuals are permanent, so prescribed colors should be used in small doses.

I would apply this principle to your small space. Your living space is where you'll spend most of your time, so treat bold color like the NBC peacock and give it very small fraction of air time; your bathroom doesn't get much air time, so go bold and saturated and have fun with it.

Yes, all one color - and take that color all the way up to include the ceiling.

BTW - This is a very small space. The last thing you need is a massive Expedit out in the middle to break up the space further.

I would go with an icey blue. Works with grays and whites really well. And definitely paint all the walls/ceiling.

Also, I love my expedit room divider. I have an open floor plan and love how it creates separate spaces but still lets light through.

fabluous points kimg924, thanks for educating us! educating me, at least

I think you will be unhappy once you add furniture, especially that space dividing shelf, if you go dark. The light from the window helps make the place feel well lit and pleasant in daylight, and the shelf will reduce that a lot, as will any curtains you use.

However, if the reason you liked the space was NOT primarily about how light and bright it looks in the daytime, and you are mostly home at night, AND if you like dark and cozy, dark walls and ceiling with white trim could be snazzy! If you do, I'd use a lot of jewel tones and metallics along with the dark walls.

Definitely paint all the walls and the fireplace one color. I would look into Ralph Lauren paints' Modern Light colors. A light grey with a hint of green would make the difference. Consider Garden Moss (RL number: 14) or Sea Grass (RL number: 15). A light almost pastel color neutral color would make the place seem bigger and would go great with the grey sofa and most wooden furniture.

Definitely all one color, preferably quite light. Unless your heart calls out for a particular color, I would leave it as it is. All those weird angles are likely to call attention to themselves in an oppressive and strident way if you add emphasis by painting different colors on different walls. At most you could try very subtly different shades of a neutral (like maybe light taupe) on different walls, as long as you understand in advance that the experiment could easily turn all German Expressionist on you. If you don't mind the idea of living in a color version of Nosferatu, go to town.

I had a similar studio, and am not entirely sure why I ever moved out. The hen downstairs might have had something to do with it...
But, I would definitely go with a neutral color on all the walls. A grey, or a subtle mustardy/earthy yellow (that can be a neutral, right?).
And nice call on the Expedit. If you get the 4x6 length, or something similarly sized, you can still see over the top, and it does a great job of dividing the room while not being too obtrusive. Mine worked so well in the space, the girl who moved in after me actually bought it to keep in the space.

Have fun! It looks like a great place!

If you want a really dramatic suggestion for the faux fireplace, I once had a lot of fun with a bricked-in fireplace in an apartment by painting it in a gloss black enamel and then dry-brushing it in bronze. The dry-brushing just picked out the texture, giving the effect of solid bronze peeping out from under the black paint.
Dry-brushing is fairly easy, too: dip a large-ish brush very lightly, then wipe it vigorously on a piece of waste paper or cardboard to get rid of almost all the paint in the brush. Then quickly and lightly brush it over the surface as if you were dusting. Go over each area with horizontal, vertical, and diagonal strokes to get an even effect overall. (It's a technique I learned in my model-building days.)

Other than that, I agree with the general consensus of sticking with one consistent light colour for the whole room. The existing off-white actually looks very promising.

You've gotten some great advice. Just one more - mirrors for the back of the fireplace!

I would paint the doors and fireplace black or charcoal grey (glossy) and leave the walls white and ceiling white. Add one black piece then use any color you like for accessories or drapes.

I agree that the EXPEDIT bookcase divider would be too large for this space. Maybe find some interesting salvaged french glass doors and hinge them, paint them use for dividers or a screen. You could also do a beautiful fabric on a rod dropped from the ceiling.

We just finished painting our house and I have two awesome color ideas:

We also have a loft/attic space, and with the light Benjamin Moore's "Deer Granite" looks phenomenal - it is a really warm luxurious brown that plays off the light.

If you want something grey, Benjamin Moore makes a color called "Silver Fox" that is an unbelievably warm grey. It plays with the light, at times looking grey, other times looking beige. We have it in a large space where there is varied light and it looks fantastic across all aspects.

With all of the visual excitement going on in the angles and their resultant shadows, you don't need colour on the walls. Stick with a warm white and insert colour via artworks, accessoriers and bedlinen.

An eccentric space like this cries out for coloured glass and jewel tones - a few Moroccan pieces could work really well.

Go dark and paint everything the same even the trim. A dark gray sound lovely. It will recede making your space seem bigger in the evening. Consider painting the window frame of the skylight a metallic gold like a picture hung over a fireplace. take the color inside the frame too to the window. if that appeals. I don't like the idea of a dividing bookshelf. You will still know you are in the same room. And the room is small. Chopping up a small room to create the "illusion" of two rooms creates two unusably small spaces. Recessing your bed though in the nook seems smart! Good luck. The space is perfect.

Typically I would agree with those advocating that you leave it white, but I rented an attic apartment much like this one and after a couple of years I really started to feel like I was living in a milk carton. I used to sit there fantasizing about what color I would paint it (I wasn't allowed) - the suggestions above sound great.

I loved that apartment...stayed until a new job took me across the country. There's something about those angles and the skylight that feel very comfortable.

Paint the walls and ceilings the same color. A slightly darker color will tone down all the corners. But a PALE grayed-out blue-green would give your space some airiness.

Keep your trim white.

Paint the fireplace a deep slate gray to better integrate the hearth. Paint the inside of the fireplace a true FLAT black, and get rid of that shelf.

Note to kim924--

If your client is confused about corporate colors and how to use them, sounds to me like it's the Corporate Style Guide and not necessarily the client. Having written my fair share of style guides, just sayin.' :)

I think you might be well served by picking one element to go dark with to create a sense of space and depth. I think either a dark solid rug, or even painting your little strip of ceiling a very dark matte color. You might find that putting a darker color on the ceiling makes it visually recede and give the impression that your funky walls are unfolding upwards.

I would leave the whole space white (maybe except the front wall with window and heater - veeeery light grey) and add some colorful accents. I`d also tear down the faux fireplace - if it doesn`t serve any practical purpose, why let it be? If it must stay, paint it the same color as the walls - otherwise it will stand out and annoy (but leave the wooden piece intact!). If you don`t like white, use a neutral, slightly warm color like grey (with slight green tint, maybe). It would be a good idea to look at furniture you want to put in: if the pieces are colorful, paint the walls neutral, if the furniture is neutral and uniform - vivid (but not too vivid!) wall colors may result in pleasing contrast.

This isn't the best example, but there are some angled ceilings in this bathroom slideshow.

http://www.bhg.com/decorating/room/bathroom/pastel-baths/?page=4

Many have wainscoting, but that could be painted too. It's only to give you ideas of what happens when you paint or have different colors in different areas that have angles.

And another idea, this photo from a condo listing:
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/2250-24th-St-94107/unit-229/home/1950429

The area rug is the source of all the colors. Niches painted contrasting colors, mismatched colors on the dining chairs.

It wouldn't have to be that extreme, you could go with white, off-white, tan, gray. Remember that contrasts ARE contrasts, so that your space becomes abstract art on it's own.

I could not find an image I was looking for, but I thought of your space as being a pathway or niche in the forest. With trees covering the space, the shapes from the walls (trunks) and the sloping inward roof (branches, leaves).

Please forgive this image, but it's sort of like what I mean by a forest:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/cgacfox/ForestFaery.jpg

I personally might play that up with houseplants and botanical prints. Not quite so DARK as the image I found though.

I would keep it white and bring in color with rugs/pillows/etc.

Keep everywhere you have eaves white or some version of it (ivory etc). I tried painting a color and it made it feel like cave, even if you take it up to the ceiling (btw ceilings are a pain to paint!) I have one straight wall that I painted an accent color. I have been recently thinking about going over that as well.

Accesorize with color, I have a red coach and some other things that pop here and there, that fit my personality.

Good Luck.

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I think the current color suits the space. I would repaint only the end wall with the radiator a brilliant white to avoid the railway tunnel effect.

I have an attic studio that is very similar to this and about the same size. It was a rather awful banana yellow when I moved in with different shades on the ceiling and walls and I agree with those above that say paint it all the same colour.

I painted my place all out in a very bright white with an eggshell finish. I love colour and had never painted a place white before, but it works really well in the space. In the day it picks up the light beautifully and makes the whole place feel fresh and clean. At night I can dim the lights and the walls reflect the softer glow making it feel cozy, soothing and romantic. I brought the colour I love in with the accessories, artwork and fabrics.

I had also thought of using an Expedit to section off a sleeping area, but after taking the measurements and mocking it up in Photoshop, I realised that this was just too bulky for my space. Instead I used semi-sheer curtains (on a track so they can be drawn open and closed) to create some privacy for the sleeping area and that has worked well. The sloped ceilings (which I also have) are wonderful, but they do reduce your cubic footage. They make furniture placement challenging, let alone artwork or shelves. In a small space sometimes just a few inches can make the difference between comfortable flow and awkward twisting or even annoying head banging.

When I moved here I was down-sizing from a 3 bedroom house and it was a challenge to make such a small space work. I rearranged the furniture countless times before discovering that having a clear line of sight from the windows at one end to the windows at the other was the other thing that best opened up the space. I try to keep the surfaces in that line clear, and most of the furniture is both neutral and low. The shotgun house effect is offset by the arc of the white on the walls and ceiling opening the space up left to right.

One thing I have done to help define zones is to use specific accent colours for each area for the most part. Kitchen is red, living area is green/blue, office/dining area is blue, etc. I also did exactly what kimg924 suggested here with the bathroom and reversed this with the walls in a Caribbean blue and the accessories in white.

I love my place so very much and I hope you will be happy in yours as well.

Oh what a lovely space! Have you read "A Little Princess"? As a girl I daydreamed about having a room like this: http://www.alephbet.com/store/22017.htm

A lacey white or a dark grey - depends if you want it lighter or darker -- or do the lacey white with a dark grey accent wall. Nice place!

I would keep it a crisp glossy white so the light bounces around and just use pops of color in maybe the fire place- pillows- wall are- etc- check out this site- they have awesome stuff!
http://mysticdreamsshoppe.com/becuforsmspn.html

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The whole 2nd floor of my house has ceilings like this. I painted it all icy blue/grey and it turned out great. The single color eliminates any sense of the walls closing in, and the color matches the sky on clear, crisp days. I've kept the furniture in the same light family for the same reasons (even though the entire rest of my house is walnut wood and black and grey fabrics). It's a nice contrast from the downstairs.