Help me choose interior paint colors for apartment building (ceiling, tiles, pictures)

[gfries]

We're getting ready to have our building painted on the interior, and just would like some design ideas. I've included pictures of the inside and outside of the building. Just the inside is being painted. Thanks for the suggestions.

[TheWayISeeThings]

Here are a couple of ideas. I love the tiles and those colors lend themselves nicely to a Mediterranean or a contemporary color palette.







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[gfries]

Thanks, those look great.

What did you use to edit the photos? I spent about 2.5 hours cutting layers into my original using paint.NET, and yours look waaaaaay better.

Keep 'em coming, appreciate it!

[TheWayISeeThings]

Sherwin Williams has a web app on their site that allows you to up load your photos and their selection tools are pretty easy to use but can take a little time to do things like selecting around trim. I'll look later to see if I can transfer the stuff from my account to you if you register with them. Or I can rename the account and put in your email address and just give you the password to use, if you'd prefer. You can PM me if you have a generic "spam" email address that you don't mind sharing with a stranger.

[blazerj]

Originally Posted by TheWayISeeThings

Here are a couple of ideas. I love the tiles and those colors lend themselves nicely to a Mediterranean or a contemporary color palette.







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Good work. The 1st looks awesome to me. Would be my pick.

[Summering]

Behr has the same type of site. I have used Behr on most of my interior house projects.
You could try their colors too.

[Pitt Chick]

I like the first one.

[K'ledgeBldr]

There could be endless possibilities and combinations.

However, you need to keep other things in mind- the darker the color the less "reflective light" you have (and I only see wall sconces); touch-ups do not match/blend well. Dents, dings, gashes, and other small damage is more visible because of the dark surface.
Staying with light colors will pretty much eliminate those annoyances (and eliminating the constant need for maintenance).
As with most commercial/public buildings the usual guidelines are the light-colored walls/ceilings, darker floors, and dark baseboard (because it takes so much abuse).

[TheWayISeeThings]

Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr

There could be endless possibilities and combinations.

However, you need to keep other things in mind- the darker the color the less "reflective light" you have (and I only see wall sconces); touch-ups do not match/blend well. Dents, dings, gashes, and other small damage is more visible because of the dark surface.
Staying with light colors will pretty much eliminate those annoyances (and eliminating the constant need for maintenance).
As with most commercial/public buildings the usual guidelines are the light-colored walls/ceilings, darker floors, and dark baseboard (because it takes so much abuse).

Thanks for this info KB, you have great advice as usual!

[gfries]

I created my profile on SW website - it works great. Thanks for the tips.