How to achieve elegance in a room

Yeah I would have gone for dark curtains too but the colour clash we have going on has made it difficult because I don't want to introduce a 3rd shade of green into the mix as well, and I'm not sure what other colours will go with it. White might look dirty quick and I'm worried the room will look opposite to how it should (i.e instead of light walls and dark furnishings we have the opposite). It's really screwing with my brain, I can't visualise anything with the room at all.

It's also making it difficult for me to think about the other rooms in the house. I didn't want a multicoloured house - wanted consistent colour schemes through the rooms - but now with this green I don't know what other colours I can use in other rooms apart from greens and the darkness of it means am I restricted in using light colours elsewhere.

Has anyone else got different colours or themes in different rooms?
 
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We just have dulux supermatt throughout the house now apart from the kitchen which is a slight off white which was wevet white F&B.

We did try a ballet shoe white in the bedroom but regretted it after the first coat it was more mushroom and nothing like the photos/sample card. Had to do another 3 coats of supermatt white over the top :/
 
F&B colours are quite sensitive to undercoats, lots of their darker colour require a very dark undercoat to look like remotely like they are supposed to
 
When you look at many rooms they really don't contain anything other than painted walls, lol. To me the real key is deciding what furniture will be the focus of the room then building around that. The furniture will be the focus, not the paint. The paint is just a backdrop. The curtains are more important than the paint!
I find a good source of colours is the dulux website.
 
Some thoughts as I've spent way too long going in circles with the decor of my house
  • Those two colours you picked for the bedroom aren't complementary. IMO your only solution is to overpaint one of them
  • I find it easier to decorate if pick something I want to have in the room - a painting or fabric - and then pick the colours to go with it
  • Colour charts lie. Even painted ones. Always get tester pots, but...
  • Small areas of colour look different to large areas. I think they're meant to look darker than they really are, or it's the other way round
  • Don't paint the walls with tester pots, paint lining paper. Stick it onto the walls. Move it round. How do the shady areas look compared to the well-lit bits?
  • North, east, south or west facing room? Big or small windows? Room size? All affect how colours look
  • My missus and I have different decor tastes. We have to compromise or split up the rooms and decorate them in our taste. It works out in the end
  • Uniform decor throughout the house is difficult
  • You're going to move house at some point so try not to stress too much, you can get the next one how you want it
  • 1930s houses are hard if you want to stay in keeping because 1930s decor was pretty ****. Dark stained wood, low picture rails and minimalist mouldings. Edwardian and earlier are way easier to decorate
  • Feature walls still work. A lot is personal taste so don't listen to us on this forum
  • Preparation is everything. Nice paint over the top of previous badly-applied emulsion will look crap
  • Fill, sand and caulk until you're bored out of your mind. Then do it again.
  • Sand between coats. An orbital sander is your friend
  • Get walls replastered/skimmed if they need it. Yes it's expensive but it really sharpens up the look of the place
  • Farrow & Ball paint is a pain to apply and not durable (previous owners did the hallway here with it. Do not do that). Little Greene is nice.
  • Leyland acrylic undercoat is good for covering over dark colours
  • Tikkurila paints are superb to use and go to 3% sheen (close to F&B). They colour match other ranges accurately
  • When it gets too stressful, call in an interior designer. We're doing that for our lounge because it's an odd shape with the chimney breast off-centre and we don't know what to do with the space
 
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