So I decided to paint the room yellow to match my sofa (I got talked out of a linen shade which was my first choice initially). Cloverdale Paint sponsored the paint for this room and I chose 7928 or the closest SW colour is 6673. I was very happy with the paint, it is from their Super Eggshell Acrylic line and barely had any smell even though it is not their lowest VOC paint.
I absolutely loved the colour for half a day until my sofa arrived this afternoon. And now there is too much yellow in the room. So I’m still painting this weekend. It’s now going to the linen shade I originally thought it should be. It shocked me how affected I was by the colour being wrong. It made me wonder how anyone can choose colour without a colourist. At least I immediately know what’s not working and how to fix it and I was STILL upset—trust me! The only way this colour would have worked in the end was if I had the sofa done in this fabulous blue from David Jimenez residence in Palm Springs.
By the way, I found the rug from Pier 1, and I love it.
As you know I was still on the fence about Raspberry but I’ve decided it’s the most fun colour to jazz up the room so I’m doing it. So there it is, white, gray, black, sunshine yellow and raspberry is my colour scheme. I still don’t have any drapes but now that I have the basic colour scheme finalized, it’ll be smooth sailing from here (hopefully). Also the great thing about the dramatic rug is that the broadloom doesn’t look as pink because there is so much contrast.
One more thing, I have a tiny confession. Whenever I have read about other decorators/designers agonizing over their own space I always wondered how that could be possible. Well now I know, I no longer judge even just a little bit. I have all kinds of empathy now!!
This is the patio set that you can see from outside in my old place. I really like that my outdoor furniture coordinates with what is happening inside. I have fallen madly in love with this painting by Bobbie Burgers shown here in her weekend home in the Okanagan, I wrote a post about it here:
I want something fabulous and dramatic for my living room wall just like the one in this bedroom. Unfortunately a piece this big would be around $12,000. Not in my budget. So if anyone has any ideas on where I can get something similar, please let me know! I have received so many wonderful emails with rug options, lighting, since I talked about doing raspberry, I really appreciate all of them, thank you so much!!
Hope you are having a lovely (long weekend in Vancouver) weekend! You know where I’ll be—painting!
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Which colour Sofa should you Buy?
Tricks of the Trade from David Jimenez
Here is a Method that Helps keep me Sane during Decorating
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