I have two rooms that are yellow (basement any library) and i love the color in both of them. Yes, it shows dirt more than other colors (including white). But it looks so cheerful.
Ultimately, the color of your house is very personal. I guess if it’s a room you never use, it doesn’t matter. But if you care, get a sample of the color and paint a big patch on the wall and see if you can live with it. (Or a big patch on a piece of cardboard you can prop on the wall, if your are also considering much lighter colors.)
I have hired professional painters who are here right now painting a bedroom and in the downstairs living area they’re painting a wall and a ceiling. The drywall guy was here a month ago prepping it all for paint.
When the last kid moved out the paint in her room was loud and bright with painted stripes of pink yellow blue and green on one wall and solids on the others. Her choice from childhood. It doesn’t get much direct sunlight either. So what color on the walls now? Yeah going light and boring. Bright white trim.
I’m shopping now for Carpet tiles something patterned and subdued.
I assume the place wasn’t selling was due to the color scheme (upstairs was all blue, though not Seahawks blue). It benefited us, so I’m not complaining. I could have seen leaving one wall that color and adding Chinese decor, but I was overruled. We now have two sagey green walls and the others cream downstairs.
The painters are done! They did an outstanding job, super professional, quietly efficiently they had everything they needed and got right to work. We stayed out of their way. Glad I couldn’t talk my spouse into doing it ourselves to save some money. We’d still be sanding drywall
A friend told me a trick for painting wall edges when they are two different shades of the same color. Get as little paint as possible on the other wall but there will be a little overlap. Then take a clean brush, turn it vertical and lightly brush down the edge. The said it also softens the transition between the two. What do you all think?
Exactly. That particular color reminds me of the lime ice cream (yes, ice cream, not sherbet) they gave me when I had my tonsils out. Not tasty. Made me barf. So, that color always makes me a bit queasy.
I wanted a fresh, pale green for the bathroom, so I picked up a paint sample at the hardware store, and it turned out sorta like that. I had to let husband pick out the right shade.
Now we have this small can of hideous green paint sitting around. Anything needs painting, we bring it out and say, “hell no.”
The low sheens show imperfections less, higher sheens are easier to clean, everything else is just a matter of taste.
I find some of the answers here a little surprising, I suppose it is regional. There are certainly standard sheens for specific purposes that are followed in construction here. In the many new homes and renovations Ive managed ceilings are typically flat, walls mat or eggshell, trim and doors semi-gloss. Semi gloss is sometimes used in bathrooms, and there are some higher end wall paints that have more gloss than eggshell. Mat looks better on walls in most situations in my opinion. Ceilings get a lot of oblique light so the flatter sheen the better. Everything gets primed when first painted. Always.
Hollow core doors are the standard builder grade, but there are some very nice hollow core doors and many high end homes with hollow core doors. Solid doors are popular but at a significant increase in cost. There is no such thing as a cheap solid wood door, at least in the past 50 years of construction.
Trying a technique I was told to avoid bleed under the tape on textured wall. Paint over the tape with the color underneath. That way when it dries it forms a barrier and the next color goes right over it. I home I didn’t mess up since the one underneath is semi-gloss and the one on top is satin. I don’t think it will matter. I’m more worried that I had to use two gallons of primer and one was significantly thinner of a coat than the other (same brand and model).
