I need someone to convince me to/not to colour drench this room. It’s 3x4m and currently has the wall behind the sofa painted dark green. The plan was to extend this colour to all walls and ceiling but I’m using second thoughts.
The room only has one source of light via a large opening (approx 2.6m x 2.2m) to our kitchen – which has a lot of natural light – am I about to make this space a dingy little cave or a cosy den?
Paint used will be hunter dunne by pant and paper library.
Pics are chat GPT edits to the real thing. The room, once finished will have a large corner sofa in the far left, and keep the two lower, oak sideboards and lamps. Plastic chairs, table and shelf unit will, thankfully, be gone.
by Prtyalx
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Are you planning totally new decor/furnishings to create the “cozy” vibe? If not, it looks like a cave. I wouldn’t color drench personally
https://preview.redd.it/0q18a35b6bkg1.jpeg?width=1104&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=647f250304d78f752836b8f46c6f1bea99e763e9
Proposed layout if it helps
It’s too dark and top heavy imo.
I almost never recommend color drenching to clients, especially in darker paint shades. It really only works well in very specific spaces with high ceilings and interesting architectural details.
I wouldn’t, I don’t think it works for the space
Colour drenching looks better in rooms with lots of architectural details. I don’t think this is the room for it personally
I actually kinda like the drench lol
It’s already quite oppressive. With the ceiling done it would be unliveable. Not cozy, just eerie and uncomfortable.
I’m kinda loving the color-drench, but as u/snookums666 says, you’ll need to reconfigure your furnishings, plan out better lighting and decor, etc. or it could end up very cave-y.
The first thing is, you’ve got all your furniture placed in such a way so as to emphasize the fact that you have a long narrow room. Almost all of it is shoved into one end of the room, and all up against the walls. I’d get more vertical storage and get rid of at least one of those long dresser-like pieces.
I’d place the couch at a 180 from where it is, maybe along the back wall, move it off the wall, and put a console table behind it with lamps and some plants.
I can’t tell what the blue thing is, is it a little kids’ craft table? Can it come forward into the foreground where there’s a huge empty area? Maybe with its own rug and such so that it makes its own defined area? You can always move it back and forth if the kids want to be near you on the couch.
It needs art for the walls of course, preferably brighter stuff to break up the rich dark color, etc.
I think it could work, but it will take some design chops. You can research with something like “how to furnish and decorate a dark color-drenched space” as your search term and probably get a billion great ideas in returns.
Color drenching with a lighter color yes, deep green, no