The previous owners did a nice job with choosing wall paint for the common living space - the house looked good and the paint colors were neutral enough to go with everything, so we never bothered to do anything with the living/dining/family room walls. The walls in the entry hallway were dark-chocolate brown, which seemed like an odd choice for a small poorly lit area, but just sort of worked with the flow and color schemes of the rooms. So for a decade, we just kind of shrugged - yeah, the hallway is a bit dark, but it's kind of bold and statement-like.
It's funny, because I was just talking to C's friend's parents, and they said that when they bought their brand-new house, they asked that all the walls are painted in a very neutral, light-gray color, because they weren't sure they were going to stay there and because they wanted something that would be "agreeable" if they put the house on the market. Well, they decided to stay, and after staring at their light-gray walls for a bunch of years, they feel "meh" and want a change. They want something bright, something interesting, something that makes a statement. They are tired of neutrality.
And I feel exactly the same (but in the opposite way) - after more than 10 years of chocolate-brown hallway, I feel "meh" about the walls. I want something different: something understated, something that can be brightened up with a vase, or a picture, something that's not someone else's bold statement.
So, this weekend, we started taping up the woodwork, my husband started spackling, and I started putting down a couple of layers of primer.
We are going to go with light gray that has a bit of a blue tint in it.
But I am not completely opposed to the idea of an accent wall that has a bit more color in it. Just not dark-brown.
Do you have a favorite wall color?
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