w hat color should paint my bedroom/nursery (boy) if my carpet is navy blue and the room is 12x15?

Question

I want something new and welcoming but not too "babyish" i still have to sleep and live in it

Answer 1

I would go with a light color to offset the navy carpet. Try something neutral like a light beige or chocolate color. Something else that is nice is painting one wall and relatively bold color and the other walls a light color.

There are many options. Just have fun with it. To make it more "babyish", try adding wall hangings that can be changed easily as baby grows.

Good luck.

Answer 2

If you really like color go for a color called roasted pepper semi gloss get it at wall mart it is very nice and goes extremely well with navy or any blue which is at the other end of the color wheel, I use all sorts of blue and gold and Burgundy accessories also my electronics and picture and painting frames are black or black and gold. I get rave reviews, but I am an artist and have a lot of artist friends.

Answer 3

I hate to be boring, but I think a crisp white paint would be best. Blue and white curtains (stripes or plaid) would look great. Floating shelves with stuffed animals. Painted dresser, lamp shade and pictures are other ways to bring in other colors -- these can change easily as the baby gets older.

Answer 4

What about a nice crisp white? You can buy a gallon of flat white paint and one of white semi-gloss and do 24" vertical stripes around the room. It is very subtle, yet stunning. It will look great with the navy carpet- perhaps a nautical theme?

Answer 5

If the room is 12x15: white or grey
If it was 13x17 or 15 by >17 I would say eggshell mauve or periwinkle.
Any room wherein the square area is a prime, you have to go with tertiary shades of green.
Any larger than 200square feet and it would have to be a pattern, ducks or bunnies.

Answer 6

I beleive in a lot of contrast and color for children, it keeps things interesting, i would like to see a sky blue, cream, or even some shade of yellow that it agreeable with your carpet. you may also consider going with more than one color by adding a wainscot affect using borders and paint, or also by simply adding a border wiht some navy blue in it to the top of your walls to blend whatever color you choose in with the carpet.

Answer 7

White. That way as the child ages you can change the theme easiy with decor.

Maybe a nautical theme for now?
Navy carpet, white walls and red/blue accents.

Answer 8

Colors:
baby blue
mint green
yellow
white or ivory
Patterns:
use the bedding you have picked to select the curtain colors and wall color. Paint one or two colors from the bedding, and
do north/south say in blue, and east/west wall in yellow.Or...
Put baby's crib and dresser on same wall if you can, and hang up his name in fabric or wood, nusery characters, etc.
on that wall.
Use one of the bedding colors for your bed. Paint stripes of the print colors behind your headboard.
good luck!

Answer 9

Oh this would require some effort but my sister-in-law did navy and white stripes. She did a nautical theme. She did some accessories(lamp) throw rug in Red. She found an old fashioned life saver and then put his name on it in Red

Answer 10

You have to live in it too? Hmmm. I actually like yellow with white trim and the navy blue carpet. I think its bright and cheery.

Good luck.