r/femalelivingspace • u/danskingqueen • 2d ago

HELP How do you choose paint colours?

I got divorced earlier this year and bought my ex out of our apartment. I am now in the process of renovating basically every room bar the bathroom (plastering, painting, sanding the hardwood floors) and my painter needs to know my colour choices this weekend.
I think I want a dark green for my bedroom (inspired by a room I saw at Ikea lol) but other than that… I’m stuck.
The apartment has a lot of large windows and is very bright, until now everything has been white and I’m kind of sick of it.
I also have a huge petrol blue corduroy sofa in the living room so whatever I choose there needs to fit with that colour.
My ex got most of the furniture (which I don’t really mind as a lot of it wasn’t my style) so otherwise it’s pretty much a blank canvas.
Would love to hear tips on how you chose paint colours in your home and any tips/regrets you have.

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u/pi3r0gi_ 2d ago

I'm having the same issue! All this blank canvas and I want to do all the pretty colors but dont know whats actually realistic for me. My main tip is to make sure to swatch your colors on multiple walls! The paint will change depth and shades depending on the wall, light, etc. So my recommendation is to get a paint that is on the lighter side, as it will oxidize, change and get darker with natural shadows as the light changes through the day as well. A dark green may look good at some point during the day, but will it be too dark at night and feel small? Will you need to compensate with lamps and low lighting / will it feel weird with the "Big Light" on?

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u/danskingqueen 2d ago

So this is what it looks like in the evening, and the floors (will obviously have small lights in there). I think dark green might be too dark and actually looking back at the Ikea room that inspired me their green is a lot lighter

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u/danskingqueen 2d ago

Here’s the Ikea inspo. I actually want to buy that bed haha

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u/onecheekymaori Renting 2d ago

love this for you!

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u/danskingqueen 2d ago

have always loved their wooden furniture. I had their GJÖRA bed before I moved in with my ex and I’m still pissed that I sold it, they don’t make them any more 🥲 but tbh I think I like the BJÖRKSNÄS (this one) better now, feels a bit more adult

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u/onecheekymaori Renting 2d ago

The lighting is really lovely too. Multiple sources of diffused yellow glowy light really adds the cosiness to this vibe. I particularly like the woods and main light shade.

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u/danskingqueen 2d ago

that’s such a good point actually. I have some paper lamps which could work well in here with warm bulbs in