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Hi,
I hope someone can give me some ideas.
Between trying to please my husband and my own indecisions, I'm not happy with how a paint project turned out.
On one wall in our livingroom is all bookcase with 4 shelves, cupboards on the bottom with a brick fireplace in between.
I painted what I thought would be a nice peach color, but the peach came out so "peachy" if that makes any sense, it looks almost PINK!! in my livingroom.
Just when my husband had me convinced he liked it (which should have been my first clue, lol)
My nephew and his wife came over and gasped, OMG, Marie, what have you done!! (with wide grins, I may add)
Is there anything I can do, short of repainting the whole thing to bring it down a bit? (which my husband is balking at, price wise) I had thought of glazing or something. I'm at a loss. it's such a focus point in our livingroom. Also, what colors complement peach?
I know, I know, I should have know better, I'm extremely frustrated. Please help. I see some of you are so talented from your photos
Two problems with a sponge finish: If you've never done it before, you could end up with something you like even less. Second possible problem: There already seems to be a lot of texture in the room with the brick and the shelves and books. Unless the sponging is done very subtly, you might end up with more texture than you'd like.
I'd try glazing over it to tone it down...maybe with some tan, beige, or taupe. But if you do this, experiment first. Buy just a quart of paint to try the color over the peach, and do it on a board, of course...not your wall.
Is it just the one wall that you've painted, or the whole room?
If it's just one wall I don't see how it would be that expensive to paint it a different color, that's going to be about equal in cost (and time) to trying to tone it down with a glaze of some sort.
Exactly. That's why I asked if it was the whole room or not. If you can just repaint that one wall, then try out another color before committing the whole wall to it. It's always best to paint a good-size sample that can be viewed in different light in the course of the day. And if it's going to be a whole room painted, then that sample should also be moved around the room because the same color will look very different on different walls.
Did you paint the actual bookcase the peach? If yes, when it is filled with items, does it look as peachy? Could you change the color of the lightbulbs in your lamps and impact the tone of the paint? Could you change curtains to try to lessen the impact of the color? I guess my first approach would be to see if I could change the stuff around it to help before I overpainted.
If glazing, I'd go with a glaze in a coffee color ...test trial first as already suggested. I'm not sure how difficult glaze would be to paint over if it still doesn't look right.
