After a lot of "I think we might have found the right color scheme" comments we've finally found colors that we both like. What's even better it works with a lot of the things we already have so we can make some minor changes and soon we will have an adult looking apartment.
I picked up this brochure at Home Depot from the paint department after we found out that Roman Shades are priced for Caesars, not Bigelows. So, there was silver lining after all.
How will we use this color scheme?
We've nixed the map idea for vintage travel posters to take up the big space on our wall. We will be buying frames and painting them the first color on the left. The chocolate color is very similar to our couch and some of the rest of the furniture, so we don't have to bring that in. And the walls we have are like the white in the picture. Finally, the fushia/purple color we will bring in with a rug and accent pillows.
One of our biggest problems is the fact we've bought all of our furniture at different points and it hasn't all quite come together. But in general, we like certain aspects of our current place. For instance, we are both anti-big entertainment centers. Yes, our TV sits on something, but it isn't an entertainment center with books, figurines and so forth. So, we like the furniture, but the color doesn't match ANYTHING. Kind of frustrating. So, that may get a new coat of paint--color yet to be determined.
It is so great to finally have a color scheme so we can move forward. And so I must give a shout out to Behr paints for making the brochure to give us the inspiration.
