Dear people who know anything about color:

[bironic]

Acquiring the couch tipped me over from "should really paint the walls" to "time to paint the walls." Everything in here is white, off-white, wood, or gray, which was fine when I didn't think I'd be living here long, but has been getting to me over the past months. So today I picked up a couple of samples: one pale green, one pink. I haven't

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[leiascully]

I like the pink for the bedroom and the green for the living room, although it is quite saturated. Maybe a slightly dustier rose?

[bironic]

Yuh-oh. No pepto or bubble gum, please.

[bironic]

I should add that this is a studio apartment, so the bed area and the main area don't have any separating walls. There *is* a nook of sorts where the bed resides, though, so two colors might still work... I don't really know much about interior decorating!

Can you elaborate on what you mean by dustier?

[perspi]

HI! I would love to talk color, but I can't see your last two pictures? (EDITED TO SAY NEVERMIND!!)

Also, you may not want to talk color with ME, as you *have* seen the colors I've painted in my house, right? I went with some rather strong colors on the 'accent' walls. Although I tried to keep them the same 'feel,' as they're all a bit gray-toned, or muted, I think it's called.

And now that I've seen the pictures, I have to go with Leiascully on the pink for the bedroom and green for the living room. Except, what I would do? A BOLD green in the living room, for just the alcove wall where the couch sits--I'd go a similar shade to what we saw in House's old apartment--you know, that wonderful gray-green of the living room? And a deep dusty rose, just on that wall you've already painted.

But I like BOLD-COLORED accent walls. I have a BOLD accent wall in almost every room in our house, and the other walls are vanilla. (Seriously, the paint color that unifies the whole house is 'vanilla delight.' :)

[bironic]

I am not against bold colors! I just didn't know where to start, here. I really like the first photo in your house, of the brown (I'm not a yellow person). Hmmmmmmmm, one pink wall + one green wall could work.

[perspi]

Right, pink and green play well together! EDITED TO ADD: In my 'vision', you'd paint just the nook green, and the single wall by your bed pink, and then everything else would stay white, so--that would mean there's white walls between the pink and green, right? Am I 'seeing' your studio correctly? (Also, this is a very fun distraction. :)

I can't find any pictures of House's old apartment, but I'm reasonably sure that's the deep gray-green I'm talking about, and it would pair well with a dusty rose color--take the shade of pink you have now, darken it a couple shades, and add just a little gray, and that's what I'd call a deep dusty rose. :)

(Also, here's a sample of the blue color I've got at home. The only one I don't have a picture of is my own gray-green wall, which is the living room. Heh.

AND ONE MORE EDIT! Your bed looks a LOT like mine!

[bironic]

*g* The bed's the part in the "nook," so I'm assuming the couch would be the green and the bed would be the pink? Sounds better that way, since the green clashes with the green in my throw pillows. Or maybe just all pink. Or maybe something else, as comments come in!

Room layout is hard to describe, so I sketched it out for you on this piece of paper with a grease stain. A little skewed, but whatever.

[topaz_eyes]

Hmmm... I think you could go with a very pale pink/very pale green (by which I mean, just a hint of color). Northern exposures can get dark.

[bironic]

They can indeed. I am intrigued by the idea of doing one or two accent walls with the rest white, though, for some contrast in here. Hmmmm.

[takes_a_fairy]

This would save you repainting time/work when you do move out.

[perspi]

OOooh, I do like this idea, too...

[takes_a_fairy]

My thoughts: do green in the living room area and leave the bedroom nook white or if you must use the pink go to a paler shade of it and only use it on the wall behind the headboard leaving two side walls white.

You've got green in that blue rug on the floor for one thing and your nook isn't all that big and the white will give your eyes the needed change of pace from green in the living room area.

[l_eremita]

My 2 cents (which in Canada is worth less, by the way!)

I'm a huge minimalist, so I would recommend for a studio apartment possibly the light green for the living room but a darker shade of the same green for the bed nook, to make it blend together, but yet have the "bedroom" still distinct, as an accent. Kinda Martha Stewart (in a good way), if the colours were subtle.

On the other hand, I love earth tones too -- perhaps a light warm mocha throughout? It would make the dark brown bed pop, and also the creamy chesterfield. Kinda Giorgio Armani! If you wanted to add some wonderful art posters, a more neutral wall colour would be great for the art.

It sort of depends if you want fresh and light (the green) or warm and cuddly (the mocha).

Can't wait to hear what you decide :D