I grew up thinking white walls were a cop out. White walls meant you couldn't think of anything more creative, or, more likely, that you were renting. Since buying my first house some 25 years ago I have rarely had white walls in any room of my home. Right now I have a soft goldish-tan color in my living room. I chose it because it's a teeny-tiny room in a teeny-tiny house (and don't get me wrong - I LOVE teeny-tiny houses), and because the color matches the couch, which I thought would help it (the couch) recede and make it look smaller and the room look larger. I may very well have succeeded. BUT. I've never liked it. The room doesn't get much natural light, thanks to a ginormous oak in the front yard and this color seems too dark. So I've been on the lookout for a new color. In my search for inspiration I looked at lots of my favorite bloggers homes and through all my file photos, and guess what? Virtually every room I've picked as a favorite has...white, or very nearly white, walls! So this weekend I'll be off to pick up some white paint samples. If you have a favorite creamy white and would care to share it with me, I'd appreciate it! I'm thinking I'd like to repaint 3 rooms in the house this year. Wouldn't it be funny if I end up with white walls in the whole house?
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| Bosworth Hoedemaker via Houzz |
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| Austin Patterson Disston Architects via Houzz |
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| via A Bloomsbury Life |
I just noticed something else all these rooms have in common: built-in bookshelves. Might have to plant this idea into the bf's brain, somehow!
