Carol's Condo Colors

Christine,

-Am I right in remembering a recent post of yours saying paint colors were trending away from dark to light colors? Am STILL picking a color for our Fl. condo which is dark inside anyway. I have a light creamy beige picked out which would go on all the walls and white painted woodwork. Too similar? If you might recall, I have a mottled green ceramic floor to deal with. Hoping this will lighten things up and make it look larger, but now am afraid I'm being too bland.

Carol

Hi Carol,

I wouldn't worry about being too bland. So long as you have good contrast with white- it is in your wall decor and draperies, furnishings and accessories that you will keep from being bland. I think especially when your floor has a color- a nice light neutral is a good idea. Have some confidence with your decision. I also talked about the lighter trend of walls back in may of 2009 in this post.

Go check out Ancient Marble SW6162 by Sherwin Williams. It is light overall when up- but still dark enough to contrast nicely with white woodwork.... I also really like Wool Skein SW6148- it is a little more neutral- Ancient Marble has a bit of a green tint to it- both I think would be nice with your green tile.

Wool Skein is in the photo at the top- and Ancient Marble is the square above.

Thanks,

Christine