Follow

Just painted some small sections of wall in my house to test this taupe color. What do you think?

@StephanieResists it might be a bit dark given the wood paneling is already wood.

do you like it. or are you thinking going lighter?

@singlemaltgirl I like the color but the white where I haven't trimmed is what I think is making me like it 🤣You're prolly right that it'll be dark with the trim. We bought this used home and the people chain smoked and the white walls were yellow. I went with the taupe because it goes with the hunter green carpet I'm stuck with.

@StephanieResists yes, i saw the green carpet in the 2nd pic. I think the palette is right. but would go w/ a lighter version of the same taupe to keep it from being too dark & keeping a nice contrast w/ the wood moulding.

@singlemaltgirl Well the moulding is the fake mobile home moulding. It's not even wood, so maybe I could paint the moulding a lighter color or something? I know nothing about painting. I used an app test colors on my walls visually.

@StephanieResists if you do paint the moulding, you'd need to sand it to roughen it up no matter what it's made of. if it's not wood, you'd need to use a special primer first & then the right kind of paint. it's a bit of pain.

i'd paint the walls first and live w/ it for a bit & see if you want to paint the moulding or not.

you can always take the paint you have & ask them to lighten it.

@singlemaltgirl I'll prolly live with it or buy new molding rather than go through that. Lemme see if I can dig up what it looked like through the app and we'll compare for its accuracy, lol.

@StephanieResists odds are, whatever colour you like, go a bit lighter. once all the walls are painted, the colour bouncing off itself looks darker than you anticipated.

if you do replace the moulding, i would go w/ something simpler (not a lot of curves & things to it) and maybe a bit wider.

@StephanieResists well... so so, BUT something to consider is the color on your walls may not be the color i'm seeing on my computer/phone. so be careful about input 😊

@StephanieResists
I think the color is attractive and neutral. I don’t know whether you have lots of light? If not, you might want to check on its LRV (light reflective value) and consider how dark it may look in your room. Warning: I am in no way any kind of expert…

@StephanieResists Looks good. I personally can't stand all white walls.

Sign in to participate in the conversation

CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.