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What about a beautiful rich apricot color? Or some shade of burnished orange? It would be unique and it can look terrific! And it would warm up the gray.
My personal favorite is the second picture, with the yellow that Jamiecita posted a close second. They all look great. I never realized grey went with so many colors.
Hope the final results will be shared, as I would have a tough time choosing.
afraid to commit to what? The entire room being the accent wall color? I don't think that makes sense. It's not that I am afraid to commit to the color in the one or two rooms I have done accent walls over the years, rather I chose a color I wouldn't want the whole room in because it would be too bright or too overbearing but I liked it in a small dose.
afraid to commit to what? The entire room being the accent wall color? I don't think that makes sense. It's not that I am afraid to commit to the color in the one or two rooms I have done accent walls over the years, rather I chose a color I wouldn't want the whole room in because it would be too bright or too overbearing but I liked it in a small dose.
OK, I guess IT IS just me. I would go with a blue, or perhaps a citron/pear color.
How about some wallpaper? I know it is out of favor, but many decorators are using wallpaper instead of the (dreaded) painted accent wall.
If you only want to paint, blue looks super with gray.
Wallpapering the accent wall would look really great if done with a high quality wallpaper. There are many gorgeous, beautiful designs out there.
(I'm NOT talking about the crap they sell at Menard's, Home Depot, etc.)
You said you bought the spread...but are all the accessories on your bed grey, as in this photo. I find the bed as it is in the photo - skirt, sheets, pillows - to be absolutely, totally and dreadfully sepulchral! The Raft of the Medusa waiting for the corpses to board.
I cannot imagine any color scheme rescuing a bed made up totally in dead greys. So, I would think of sheeting in single colors that would bring some subtle life to this bed itself. (I mean alternating sheet sets of totally one color with those totally in another; both suitable to go with the grey. Then use these colors or variations of them as the wall, carpeting colours.
I think accent walls aren't AS trendy as they were. The same could be said for wallpaper though. It's all cyclical as far as what is the trendiest. I think both accent walls AND wallpaper can look nice in their own way when used tastefully. (I don't mean simultaneously, I just mean I like both of them).
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