What color should I paint my room that has black and white furniture?

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I am looking to purchase a mix of black and white furniture which I have already picked out.  I am getting a black desk with a small white 2 or 3-drawer chest to go under it and off to the side with black inserts inside the drawers.  I got a black chair and a white tabletop stand that will sit on my desk.  I also have a white bedframe and a white dresser.  I will be getting black shelves above the white bed, and a white shelving unit above the black desk.  

My question is what color should I paint the walls of this room (leaving the ceiling white) and also, what color carpet should I get?  My room is extremely small and has been dull for years so I want something to make it peaceful and enjoyable to study in and relax.  I saw on the Ikea website a calm blue colored wall that went nice with black and white picture frames that I thought might make the room look relaxing.    I am getting my room painted in about 5 days so please, any comments/advice will be helpful!

sher · Accepted Answer

I would suggest Autumn Fog by Valspar (purchased at Lowe's.) It is a very beautiful, calming blue-ish grey. I have my office painted this color with white trim and black and white furniture and accessories and I love the way the color pops against the black and white. If you want relaxing, I highly recommend this color.

Carpet color: I would go with a light grey to keep it neutral and still blend with the other colors being used. We have a wood floor in our office but if we had carpet, I would probably choose a grey. Our office is still in the middle of being finished, but I can send you a pic over the weekend when (hopefully) everything will be pretty much back in place.

CuRiOuS · Answer

I would go with a light tan or a light blue because your room is small. Darker colors make it look smaller. Or you could just paint one wall. Everything in my house is black white and brown. I love it. It looks really classy while being very relaxing =) Add some throw pillows and candles =)

? · Answer

Brown would be a good color my room is painted brown i have a black desk and entertainment center and white dresser and log bed and the color looks awesome

lowbrasskicksass · Answer

I agree with above me for a deep purple, with white trim, or perhaps a deep orange, or even a burgundy.

Any dark colors would go well with the scheme, especially with white trim to go with the cieling and accent the furniture.

yowza · Answer

play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find colors that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

I think a green like "espalier" (# 6734) walls color would look great with a light gold/green carpet.

You can take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:
http://www.roomvues.com/
You can get color suggestions & for $5 they'll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.

footlooser · Answer

a light or ice blue will be very calming and cooling. it matches well with your checkerboard furniture. Might I suggest you paint your whole room checkerboard pattern? it would look very cool. 
carpet-off white or white

wall · Answer

brown or dark green will be ok ,if you think that looks a little simple or monotonus, you can decorate your room with nice wall stickers, such as I Fell Sweet And Fresh Of Green Melody Wall Sticker, that will add sth for you

cindikn · Answer

Stone grey with a red accent wall

terrified by spiders · Answer

A lovely, calm tan

RumRunners · Answer

Lilac would look really pretty

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