One of
my favorite decorators is Christopher Lowell on Discovery Channel. www.christopherlowell.com and
you will find it all. Play around with the site for ideas and how
to's. His opinion on ceilings are if 7ft & under go 2 shades lighter
than your walls, if your ceilings are taller than 7ft go darker. He now
has his own line of paint, which I've not used, but he was always using Sherwin
Williams prior to that. I think decluttering and decorating go hand in
hand. I'd love to see pictures of everyone's
successes!
Warmly,
Theresa
-----Original Message-----Hi Louise,
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Subject: Re: [JFC]: Changing Rooms ~ Progress Report #2 & some advice requested
I am constantly decorating and redecorating even though I've switched careers I'd love a picture of the room and then this decorating advice might turn out to be all wrong.
If there is no natural break where wall meets ceiling, then I would 'pale' out the paint and have it fade to white somewhere in the 'curve' area. If your ceilings are regular height -about 7 feet - any color tends to close in the room and make it feel smaller.
To keep blue from being 'cold' you may want to glaze the room and create a couple of layers, perhaps a warm blue over a light yellow under coat. Most of my house ended up with a glaze layer over the base coats, because it lends depth and warmth to the walls. It's ridiculously easy to do, just get a good DYI book and jump to.
As for the PC, if you can do without it, get it away from the work site! I have two dead computers that I couldn't 'do without' during flood repairs, and due to drywall and plaster dust, now I am doing without them permanently (well at least until the DS repairs them and networks the house)
good luck.
Rebecca
