Daring to paint a different color than beige on the wall?

I’m not going to paint beige again!

But where do you start?  What color do you choose?  In my experience when choosing a color for the walls, you first choose a fabric that you love and choose a lighter or darker shade of  the color that is in the fabric for paint.  Or you can choose a color from one of the  fabrics that are already in the room.  Floor rugs also make a wonderful inspiration for accent walls.  If there is a darker color in the rug, by pulling that color onto one of the walls into the room, it helps ground the grouping of furniture by “marrying” the rug and the wall around the grouping.

It only takes a little guts, and more importantly, paint is cheap.  Have fun!

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