Navy walls in study

4 years ago

I am building a new home. My husband and I spend a lot of time in our home office. We are building a larger office at 16’x20’. I would like to paint 2 walls navy but am unsure what to paint the other 2 walls. I feel white will be too bland and 4 solid walls of navy will be too much. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Please note, the color scheme I am going for is similar to the attached picture. I have a saddle leather couch, wood furniture, and white bookshelves that will be against the blue wall. The doors and trim will be white.

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tartanmeup

4 years ago

Why not paint all four navy?

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Minhnuyet Hardy Interiors
4 years ago
I really don't think that painting all four walls would be too much. 2 walls might look odd
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suezbell
4 years ago
Agree with those that say paint all four walls navy. Your white ceiling and white door and window trim will be enough white against the navy so consider painting your white bookcase a pale blue.
happyleg
4 years ago
Add brass or gold lamps gold or green or red throw.
suezbell
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
One caveat: How much natural light will this room have?

If you have only one window that gets little if any natural sunlight, consider painting only one wall navy -- perhaps the wall with the window -- navy instead of painting two or more walls navy.

Then make choosing your light fixture more about it providing light than being trendy.
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JAN MOYER
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Paint four walls or forget it. It's one room, ONE color. Whatever the color. Don't be afraid of the navy, you'll be surprised when it actually appears a brighter room with white trim
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CDR Design, LLC
4 years ago
Either paint all 4 walls navy or paint the ceiling navy. Make sure you repeat navy accents in other rooms in the house.
Sylvia Gordon
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
You can have 4 navy walls without having a light-sucking dark blue box.

Many years ago, I lived in a mid-century modern house with a study.

The wainscoting, built-in desk, bookshelves, and window seat were maple, and I replaced the dusty dated old pink and grey wallpaper with a dark navy wallpaper with a tiny white pin dot.

It was gorgeous.

Today you might want white instead of maple...

Navy walls in study

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