Painting walls in Glossy Bright Orange is pretty brave!
Brings back memories of the Avocado and Orange psychedelic days. You know… Goldie Hawn and the Laugh In show.
Here is this readers question concerning her bright orange painted walls:
We painted our living room / dining room in Glossy "Bright Orange". We have 1 big french window leading to the patio, on 1 end and the kitchen, on the other end of this room. Our furniture is in beige or black for the most part. We love the color, but we think that it makes the room look dark , as there's not much white in it. What can we do to bring in more light into the room and to reduce the orangeness ?
First… don't try any faux painting over these orange walls. It would look muddy.
How about painting stripes on the walls? Wide vertical stripes in white might be really neat, with prints like this one framed in black.
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Or…. Large Horizontal stripes in White and Black in various widths?
The problem with a huge expanse of orange is that it may need to be broken up visually. Either with art, furniture or another color of paint.
I hope this was helpful… don't forget, anyone that needs help with a paint or decorating problem can just ask… THAT Painter Lady!
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My office was painted prior to me moving here. It is a cranberry red color. I do not want to spend a lot of money on kilz to cover it up, and was trying to find out a good color to either color wash, sponge, or another way to tone down the red. I don’t know what color glaze would look good/go over the red to look unique and tone the red down. Please help!!
Hi Kristie,
To paint over a cranberry red color to tone down the red…
First.. if you use a lighter color it will look terrible. It might even turn pink if you use a white based paint color.
That said… toning down a red to what? You could glaze over the red with brown and create a red leather look.
This page is a great start to fixing red painted walls:
Fix Red Painted Walls
I just renovated my bedroom, with a natural sort of dark hardwood, however the paint sample seemed much more toned down compared to when i had it on all ways. Its called ‘peeping tom’(orange) from home depot, i’m still in the process of buying furniture for that room and am wondering what colour furniture would tone it down a bit. The room has a lot of sun comming into it. all day. Please help.