A little project I have just started it to repaint my study/craft room.

Present:

At present it’s yellow from the picture rails down, cream above, with cream/ivory curtains and all my furntiture is pine. The problem? Between the cream, yellow and pine the room takes on a yellowy glow that is a bit distracting. It’s soft, but it’s not inspiring and it’s certainly not crisp. The window is west facing so the afternoon sun adds to the yellow glow.

Future:

Idea One:

Leave the cream (or I have to repaint the ceiling), paint three walls below the picture rail a different cream to above the rail and paint one wall green. This will enable the pine to look less yellowy and have a crisp finish.

Idea Two:

Leave the cream as above, paint all walls below the picture rail a different cream and purchase a big wall decal to create a feature wall.

Idea Three:

Leave the cream as above. Paint the small amount of wall that sits on either side of the cream curtains green, then put a matching decal on the main piece of wall behind my pc- or a large piece of artwork using the green.

Like a tree perhaps:

clipped from www.kidsmodern.com

Ooh, or we could scrap the green and go with these –

clipped from www.allmodernbaby.com

Perhaps something more subtle? It is meant to be inspiring, not overwhelming.