WOW! What a great way to start your day! The Washington Post’s online chat just concluded, and it was a ton of fun! Thanks to all who wrote in.
You can read the whole chat here, but here’s a sampling to tide you over –
Seeking restful but cheery color for grandma’s guest room
Hi. Wrote in with this question before and got nice suggestions for furnishing a guest room to encourage my mom to stay more. Now I am onto paint! I have blown up photos from my mom’s many trips, color and b and w. The room gets direct eastern morning light. Bedding is a deep turquoise with Kelly green accents. I want the room to evoke restfulness, but be cheery and also remind mom of her trips all over the world. Do I go light and airy blue or green, or pale on all but one jewel-like wall? Thanks!
Or what about very light yellow on all the walls, so the bedding and photographs pop? Behr’s Pineapple Fizz or Rich Cream?
Accent wall doesn’t sound right to me in here, for some reason. If you can’t resist, hang ALL of the photographs on that wall.
Oh my goodness, you have three choices for the fixtures: white, white, or white. Please.
For the floor tile, it doesn’t get more classic and timeless than grey-veined marble – Carrara or similar. Gorgeous. Then a simple white tile on the walls would be great. I’m tired of 3 x 6, personally – you could use 4 x 4 tiles installed in a staggered way (“running bond” or “broken joint” installation) where the grout lines don’t line up. Good luck!