When choosing colors there are always a few that we end up coming back to again and again. These colors are durable, classic and tend to work well in different situations. One of our favorite workhorses is Benjamin Moore's Dreamy Cloud 2117-70, which is an off-white with a soft lavender hue. You can see it on the BM color chart here. Above and below are a few pics of a bathroom we did with Dreamy Cloud.
Dreamy Cloud is a cool color with a little bit of warmth to it. It is also very pale so as not to seem overly childlike, "lavender" or "purple." It has a subtle sophistication. We like to use it in those rooms that like cool colors, such as the bathroom, bedroom, nursery or even an office.
(Got a favorite color? Take a good pic, tell us why and send it in!)
what kind of lighting does this bathroom have? is there a window or skylight we can't see, or is it all artificial lighting (and if so what kind)?
actually, my first reaction was: what a cool-looking plant! could you provide any info on it?
Thank you thank you for giving the link for BM color charts! A new world has opened up!
I agree about the plant. From what I can see, it makes the room (and I like the paint color, too, though I wouldn't have chosen it on my own).
re: plant
that's a purple shamrock I think - pretty easy to find at florists and plant shops. They prefer bright indirect lighting.
The plant is called oxalis.
One cool thing about the shamrocks/Oxalis is the is that they fold up at night, and open again in the morning. (Well, it used to impress me a lot when I was a kid.) My mom loved those shamrocks and they were always around the house when I was little.
You can find them in both purple-leaved and green-leaved varieties. Both occasionally have small white flowers.
In fact, I think I'll get her some this weekend! It's a good just-because present.
I'm SO buying one of those plants!
I wish I could have a favorite color, but alas, I cannot paint my rented space! I subsist on collecting swatches and dreaming of the glorious time when I will be able to (and helping my owner friends decide on their scheme...)!
When I was 12 years old, my parents bought a house, and I got to choose my furniture and paint. (This would only have been a mistake if my parents actually had style, but for the most part, they don't. Meeow!) The color I chose was from some cheap line - whatever KMart or WalMart were selling in the late 80s - but it was called "Spartan White", and it exactly fit this description, white faintly tinted with purple. It was a flattering color to be surrounded by, and soothing, and a little more grown-up than a straight pastel.
Although it's a little too cold for where I live now - where I want to have Karma Chameleon walls (red, gold, green! but not all in one room) - it's still pretty much the single component of my adolescent decorating attempt that I'd still consider today. Glad to know Moore has a good version.
My purple oxalis has pale purple flowers... my green one has white flowers. They happily live together in the same pot.