Breaking out of my colour comfort zone

If you know me, you know that my favourite colours are purple, bright green,  turquoise, and blue. I try to break out of my colour comfort zone sometimes, but I usually end up back in my happy colour place.

As we’re getting closer to painting and decorating our house, I’m thinking about what colours I want to use. The front door is bright green.The kitchen & dining area will be navy blue, turquoise, and bright green. The upstairs bathroom will be turquoise and navy blue and white. I bought a purple area rug for somewhere not-yet defined. Can you see a pattern here?!

So I really want to come up with a different colour scheme for the guest bedroom. I have a pretty out-there idea – brace yourselves for some colourful inspiration pictures!

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Yep, that’s a whole lot of bright colours and not a speck of purple or navy blue to be seen! My plan is to install wainscoting or board & batten on the lower two thirds of the walls, and then paint the remainder top third of the walls orange and the ceiling pink. Sort of like this, but much brighter!

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And maybe get our antique white wrought iron bed sprayed turquoise.




So who wants to sleep over in our crazy-colourful guest bedroom? :-)

Barn door or console table?

I really really really been want a sliding barn door somewhere in our house. I’ve been trying to convince Brian to put one on the upstairs bathroom, but I keep running into road blocks. Light switch is in the way, wall isn’t wide enough, Brian complains it doesn’t provide enough privacy… I don’t see me winning this battle!

When my friend Victoria was here for a visit in the spring, she suggested putting a barn door on the downstairs bathroom. Which would work – no light switch in the way, wall is wide enough, and privacy isn’t really an issue because you walk through the laundry area before you go into the bathroom.

Interestingly, some of my barn door inspiration pictures are barn doors on bathrooms – hmmmm…

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This one is an interesting twist on a barn door – it’s a door and a painting in one :-)

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But now I’ve run into a problem – this wall is also the perfect spot for a console table. It’s right next to the entry, so it would be convenient to have a spot to put down keys and mail. And it’s one of the few walls in the house where I could hang a piece of art.

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It would be nice to have room for a barn door AND a console table :-)

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So, what way would you go? The console table would probably be more functional. but I love barn doors!