d-love's Profile

so Portland

It completely depends on the light and the architecture of the space. For example, I used- and loved- BM White Dove in my craftsman style apartment. The vaulted ceiling and weathered gave it a almost moody presence. We just purchased a home built in the 70's,with lots of angles and open spaces. The living room is north facing, but pretty bright. I like white in the main living area, and when I put up white Dove it looked terrible... dingy and very gray. I can't stand peach/rose tones in whites, so I tried to find one with just a touch of yellow but no peachy tone, and I ended up with BM Bavarian cream. It looks fantastic in that space. So here is my conclusion: try them all, even if it means blowing some cash on quarts and painting almost a whole wall.

Love the soft paint colors, what did you use?

Being pregnant, I nap whenever I can squeeze it in. I usually wake up before I go into a deep sleep, it's like an internal alarm. I never used to nap, I felt like it interrupted the flow of the day. Once I have the baby- forget it.

I can only think of Samantha's "swing" from Sex and the City...

light gray-green.

Pretty and unattainable. Makes for a good fantasy, though.

I have a similar set-up in my current apartment. Our bedroom is tiny, and there were two doors opposite the bed, one a closet and one is a door going to the hall way between apartments that is painted shut. One of the other walls is floor to ceiling built-ins painted white. The other two walls have large windows. I agonized over what color and painted it a light green. Like you are saying, it looked too choppy and made the room seem really small. I decided to paint it white, and painted the wall behind the bed a light green. I put white curtains on the window and it frames the bed nicely. You could move the bed under the window and try the same thing, or paint the wall opposite the doors green and the rest white.

My friends know I am usually an early to early person, so the zombie look in my eyes usually tips them off. If not, I just announce that I want to go to bed and it usually goes over okay.

I wouldn't paint it.