Mach said:

My Get rid of those leaves. Get rid of that country blue on the mantel. It doesn't go w/ the pumpkin color. That deep red candle thing is good once you get your colors worked out.

Remember, a room will have four colors in a palette. One primary color and two main accent colors. And a fourth, very minor color too. Example:

Primary: Pumpkin
Secondary A: Olive Green
Secondary B: Deep Golden Yellow
Minor: Apple Skin or Burnt Red

or
Primary: Pumpkin
Secondary A: Light Sky Blue
Secondary B: Crisp White
Minor: Chocolate Brown

The minor color can be used in that candle holder, or a couple of them. Or perhaps even one throw pillow. The Secondary colors can be anything from the furniture (like a slip cover), a throw or two, bigger throw pillows on the couch, the colors in a piece of art for the wall, an area rug (which definitely establishes a color palette for any room). The main color will be the wall paint and/or the furniture, depending which way you go.

Once you get your primary, find your two secondary colors, then find that pop of a fourth color. The fourth color in the room should be like ink splatters on a page. Just spots of it here and there, not too much, because you don't want it competing w/ the other colors.

Shorty's picture of the diner is a perfect example.

Primary: Pumpkin
Secondary A: Olive Green
Secondary B: Golden Yellow (in the tile and on the walls)
Minor: Off white in the tiles.

ooohh....

greens or warm browns would look nice. Maybe a flux finish on 2 of the facing walls of said dark green or brown.

I would avoid Blues as I never liked using the complementary colors together.

oh and those blinds have to go!!!
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this thread totally smashes the stereotype that all gay folks have great taste in design...

and some of you heteros aint working with much either...

roodboi said:

Help me out dude ...


wanna fingerpaint ?

Mach said:

I'm game...

Shorty said:

I'm sorry....a million times no.

JustErin said:

it's supposed to be patina I like it. but maybe only as one accent wall.

Shorty said:

I just hate faux finishes. It's tacky, imo of course.

JustErin said:

I tend to agree, but, if you do it right, pick just the right color and do not over do it they can look amazing. Most of the time people do not have the correct tools or paint colors or types to pull it off well.

JustErin said:

I tend to agree, but, if you do it right, pick just the right color and do not over do it they can look amazing. Most of the time people do not have the correct tools or paint colors or types to pull it off well.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Can you show me an example of amazing faux finished walls?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Can you show me an example of amazing faux finished walls?

here is a bit of the blue and pumpkin in the room across

JustErin said:

that is not stone it is paint



looks like marble to me

Mach said:

The paint looks great.
The painting is hung a bit high on there. Do you have something slightly bigger for that space?

johnart said:

There is almost as much room/space/paint above the painting ( just doesn't showin that pic ) ... I guess I could lower it a inch or so ...

johnart said:

There is almost as much room/space/paint above the painting ( just doesn't showin that pic ) ... I guess I could lower it a inch or so ...

Mach said:

It might be more size than the height it's hung at for me. Equal amounts of space above and below is not necessarily the way to figure out how high to hang art.

But...There is no set rule.
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Mach said:

I love all the other advice your getting. I don't think I'd handle it as gracefully as you.

Mach said:

I love all the other advice your getting. I don't think I'd handle it as gracefully as you.

Shorty said:

It's not rude to comment on the height of a painting.

Shorty said:

I love it all too

I may not agree or even understand it but I asked for input so I have no issues with accepting it "gracefully"

what exactly do you mean with that ? I'm not sure I understand ...

johnart said:

I do not think ANYONE on this thread has been rude to me ...on this thread

Mach said:

she means you didn't tell anyone to fuck off when they gave you their half assed opinions...

roodboi said:

opinions are opinions ~ SPECIAALY when asked for, why would one say fuck off to them/that ?