Effectively, that did not take lengthy. I feel I ought to have achieved a tester earlier than mocking up the boards for the parlor refresh. What seems to be good on paper would not at all times look good on the wall. French grey out… however here is what I am contemplating and why the change.
I not too long ago discovered about LRV in Paint. LRV stands for Mild Reflectance Worth, a meter that permits you to measure how a lot mild a paint colour will soak up or mirror. The decrease the quantity, the extra light-absorbing (ie darker) and the upper the quantity, the extra reflective (ie lighter) the colour will seem.
After I first got down to refresh the parlor, I needed the drama of the Nineteen Twenties and the glamor of darkish partitions and even portray the ceiling in the identical shade. Nonetheless, one of many essential sights of this room is how mild, shiny and welcoming the house is. So now I am pondering the furnishings ought to be dramatic and the partitions ought to be saved mild.
As quickly as French Grey was painted on the partitions I knew it wasn’t for me or this room. F&B has no shades however the colour seems to be like child poop and is not dynamic or fairly. It has an LRV from the mid-40s so it is significantly darker than what’s on the partitions now (reflecting Sherwin Williams).
I used to be pondering of utilizing F&B as a result of it had a low VOC score and since it is a “fashionable” inside designer model that draws all the highest designers… Alas I am a Sherwin Williams lady.
After the snafu of portray a tester on each wall within the parlor (I must know the way it seems to be within the nook, clearly), I run to my nearest Sherwin Williams to discover the ache part.
I’ve narrowed it down to 3 greens: acanthus, frostwork, and livable inexperienced. Frostwork is a period-appropriate paint colour so I am leaning in the direction of that. An LRV of all these colours seems to be mild on 60+ and partitions. I am notably within the frostwork as a result of it seems to be like a chunk of distinction to the reflection and would make a pleasant transition from front room to parlor.
This paint may also go over grass material wallpaper (ideally calico plain grass) so I’ve to concentrate to how the grooves within the paper will have an effect on the paint (ie create extra shadows). I feel the paint will look nice however it will not final till the final week as soon as I get an opportunity to put in the grass material.
Listed below are mockups with Frostwork! It already seems to be way more enticing than French Gray. Let’s do it!
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