I spent a ridiculous period of time yesterday obsessing in regards to the paint colour for my walk-in closet. I studied the images. I examined extra paint colours. I attempted mixing my very own customized paint colours. I checked out footage of pink/coral closets. I checked out footage of blue closets. I scrolled via Instagram and TikTok. I searched on Houzz. I learn via your whole feedback once more. I clicked any hyperlinks y’all offered.
I had began off the day completely constructive that I used to be going to have a coral closet, and about 99% positive that I used to be going to decide on #7, Candy Angel. However by noon, I wasn’t even positive if I favored the coral. Principally, I used to be permitting myself to be influenced by every new remark that I learn. And by yesterday night, I used to be extra confused than ever.
So final evening, I put the 2 footage collectively — the image with the blue samples and the image with the coral samples — and I edited the ground in order that the darkish ground wouldn’t be a distraction.
After spending a variety of time late final week obsessing in regards to the ground colour, I had already made that call, and I had ordered the merchandise. After scrolling Instagram and TikTok taking a look at all the crimson oak flooring completed with Bona merchandise that I might discover, I had determined to make use of Bona Crimson Out on my ground, seal with Bona Pure (the second from the lightest), after which use Bona TrafficHD. Each single time I’d see a crimson oak ground that I liked, I’d learn the outline and discover that they’d used the Bona Pure on these flooring. And one TikTok specifically bought me on utilizing Crimson Out first. So I went with it.
Right here’s an amazing instance of Bona Pure on crimson oak, however this is just one of many who influenced my determination.
So with my flooring in thoughts, I attempted to place all the noise and litter out of my head, and simply let myself make a real, trustworthy determination primarily based by myself likes and desires with no outdoors affect. With out anybody else’s affect, do I just like the blue or the coral higher?
I do know I’m going to shock you, and possibly disappoint at the very least half of you, however I truly just like the blue higher.
I prefer it higher for therefore many causes. First, I feel blue sort of acts as a impartial, so it gained’t be preventing towards all the colours in my garments, purses, and sneakers. Additionally, it’s far more soothing than the coral. I do love pink and coral, however you’ll discover that all through our home, I exploit them fairly sparingly as accents, with the doable exception of my studio. However even in my studio, all of that pink is surrounded by a complete lot of white and tremendous gentle grey.
After which there’s my kitchen, which I really like. It’s not fairly as gentle as what I plan to make use of for the closet, nevertheless it’s not a darkish teal, both.
And let’s not neglect our lavatory, the place I selected a really gentle green-blue Venetian plaster search for the partitions.
So these lighter blue-green colours aren’t in any respect out of character for me. I additionally suppose that blue will look so significantly better with the lighter flooring than coral. And eventually, I feel that blue works significantly better for the general look of our main bedroom suite that I’m going for. I need that bed room suite to be filled with colour, however not essentially vibrant, jolt-in-the-arm colour. I’m truly hoping that our bed room shall be extra darkish, moody, and daring, moderately than vivid, colourful, and cheerful. I largely need it to be peaceable and soothing with accents of vivid, heat colours. And I’d just like the adjoining areas to enhance that look.
So I now have my coronary heart set on a lightweight blue, nevertheless it has to have a contact of inexperienced in it. That implies that I simply must maintain wanting till I discover the correct blue.
Final evening as I used to be scrolling and scrolling, I got here throughout a few Sherwin Williams colours that I need to take a look at out. As I used to be scrolling for blue closets and blue rooms, I saved coming throughout one very fashionable colour known as Light Flaxflower. It’s somewhat darker than the colours I used to be testing, and I feel that may assist to keep away from that child nursery look.
The Sherwin Williams colour only a step lighter than Light Flaxflower known as Sleepy Hole, and it’s additionally a phenomenal blue that doesn’t learn “child blue” to me.
After which the following one up from that known as Moonmist.
I got here throughout a dressing room painted in that colour from The Kwendy Home on Instagram. This one may truly be too gentle for my style, however I used to be happy to see that even that gentle, it nonetheless doesn’t learn “child nursery” to me.
So I’m going for blue, however the seek for the proper colour remains to be on. I’ve a sense that I’ll discover the proper blue at Sherwin Williams. And my fears of winding up with a closet that appears like a child nursery have now been quelled. I’m additionally very glad that I took the time to check out corals. Had I bypassed that step, and simply made myself go together with blue, I’d have second-guessed myself each single time I got here throughout an image of a phenomenal pink or coral walk-in closet, questioning if I had made a mistake with my determination. However now I do know that I attempted them, I in contrast them side-by-side, and I actually do genuinely want the blue. I can transfer on now. I simply have to search out that good blue now.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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