Ever paint a room and then hate it?

I just spent the day painting my bathroom, liked the color at first but now I am noticing it looks great in the natural light during the day but terrible at night....

ETA: Just to make sure I wasn't losing it, I changed my CFL bulbs back to regular bulbs and sure enough it looks completely different!!

Message edited 2/27/2011 7:00:08 PM.

Re: Ever paint a room and then hate it?

yes!

the next time, I learned my lesson...I had paint chips for a few days and saw them in all different kinds of light. Lighting makes such a big difference.

I had painted my master bedroom Million Dollar Red, which was cool, but so anxiety-producing.


I had it repainted to a beautiful and calming blueish/grayish.

You may get used to it, but if you don't, repaint it. It's not worth it.

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I don't think I can bare the thought of painting again I will give it a few months...

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what color is it, anyway?

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I used this one - heirloom quilt by behr

It looks like that but at nigt with the CFL bulbs we have it looks very purple

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We painted our bathroom Glidden dusty gold and in our living room it looks amazing as an accent wall, but in our bathroom it looked like crap....We finally painted the bathroom a Dark hershey Brown and we love it.

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Yes. I had to repaint after 3 coats in my bathroom in my old house. After that I learned to paint large swatches on the walls.

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This just happened to me in my living room. I love the accent wall and hate the rest. I have to learn to test colors before taking the plunge.

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Even worse we had hired a painter and when I came home I hated it! Bermuda Sand, not thinking at the time it would be pinkish!

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yes, I hate the color I chose for my bathroom. We even used a sample and liked the sample. I think what happened was the color would be better for a larger room but our bathroom is small and it overpowers the room.

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Yup. And more then once. The first time we painted our kitchen we had a mustardy yellow in mind. We got it up there and it was the exact color of a Number 2 pencil (like the ones you use on a test ) It was repainted the very next day. For our living room we "thought" we wanted a modern look. We purchase black stream lined couches and painted the walls a light blue/gray color. Blegh. I hated the whole room. Because we spent so much time and money we left it that way for a few years and then redid the whole roon from top to bottom. Oh, and did I mention we have 15 foot ceilings and did it all ourselves.

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Oh yeah...a few times. The bedroom 2 x - first it was Behr - I think Worn Glove or something like that - brownish - it was 8 years ago.. Then when we gutted teh room I painted it a pale yellow. Hated it immediately. Then I painted it a sage green and I love it.


I'm starting to feel that way about my stairway going upstairs - I'd like an accent color but the thought of having to do gymnastics moves to get part of it painted is a huge deterrant.

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All the time-my daughter's room has been 2 shades of pink and 3 shades of green. I'm pretty sure I am painting it purple soon.

Same with my son's room. And our bedroom was green and now a blue.

I'm crazy when it comes to settling on a paint color.

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I almost NEVER like the paint I pick

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Yes, we painted our old living room. It seemed to be a terra cotta color. When it went up with all the natural light and such....it looked like a caribbean peach color. You felt like you needed a drink with an umbrella the minute you walked in.

DH had picked the color! Its the LAST time he picked a color. The following weekend we repainted it yellow.