everyone says that would be too much dark brown and i was just looking for second opinions. thanks!
what if i only did one wall chocolate brown?
Anonymous
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I think the dark floor with the chocolate walls would create a warm, cozy feel in a bedroom, especially combined with the blue walls. There is no doubt that the dark floor with the darker walls will give your room a dark feel. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. With warm lighting, plenty of light accents (white and light blue fabrics and accessories, for example) you can create an intimate, inviting space that promotes relaxation.
If you were to put light (white or light blue) bedding on your bed, the light colour would make your bed a focus against the darker walls and floor. This would serve to make your bed look extra inviting, adding to the coziness of the room.
Gemfinder
Actually,, it will be dark but that can work -- especially in a bedroom. The floor and ceiling are like the other components of the cube you'll be working with to create a whole. I think you will have the most success with this color scheme if you make one of the colors predominant and the other secondary, so they are not covering an equal amount of surface area. I like the wainscot idea someone already shared, painting the wall chocolate just part way up the wall (ideally trimming out with chair rail from a home box store like Home Depot, etc.) -- just be sure it's either 1/3 or 2/3 of the way -- or some other unequal measurement of your choosing to give one of the colors the most surface area, and soft blue on the rest (then you could do the blue on the ceiling as well, and if you are without moulding, you could farily inexpensively use quarter round moulding at the top of your wall where it meets the ceiling and paint that chocolate brown to frame it out and balance the color.
If you want moody, as this scheme suggests, I'd recommend going with dark wood flooring and using a lot of lamps....floor, table, accent/novelty (such as a star lamp that can either be wired to hang, or more economically, placed on a dresser...I believe they are called morovian stars and I think shadesoflight.com carries them), possibly even add rope lighting above an armoire to add ambient pools of light as well as task lighting. Place those lights at points in the room at least on a diamond or triangle, even if you fill in more. Ideally you could have those lights switched together by an electrician so you wouldn't have to run around the room turning lights on. Just keep your overhead separate. At night, you can still turn off the lamp on your nightstand separately. I had an interior design instructor who had a dark brown bedroom and loved it!
Jessimacar
How much light is there in your space? If you have an ample amount of light, go for it! If you aren't stuck with a certain shade of brown, look into lighter shades.
You can do 2 walls in brown and 2 in blue, just consider which walls. If you have only one wall with windows, I would put tht wall in the blue, and the 2 next in brown. It will look as if the brown is wrapping around your space. For an extra effect, paint the ceiling in the same shade of blue. To lighten the space, make the blue be a very light shade, and slipcover or buy new furniture (not sure of your budget) in light, airy colours.
Your space will be dramatic and interesting! If you keep only the brown dark, and everything else light, you can definitely have 2 walls in brown.
disneydiva
I think it would look very pretty! To keep the room from looking too dark, I would suggest making your ceiling, trimwork and doors white and use white curtains on existing windows. I also suggest using bedding that is white or mostly white and use a throwrug that is white. The white accessories will more than balance out the room. I have a bathroom that I recently painted chocolate brown and by following the tips I just gave you it does not seem to be a dark room in the least. Have fun!
Anonymous
Everybody loves chocolate, it seems. So no big surprise that some people are choosing to paint their walls a deep rich brown that invokes the inside of a truffle. Mmmm delicious. Brown is dark. There’s no way around that. There are 3 color choices for the hardwood floors and kitchen and bathroom cabinets: white/cream cabinets with light colored hardwood flooring; medium brown cabinets with same color hardwood flooring; and chocolate brown cabinets with same color flooring.