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Lilacish-grey lounge & dining room - to re-paint or not?

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Snowfish · 30/12/2012 19:22

I have just spent a fortune having my adjoining lounge & dining room painted in dulux heritage crystal grey.
//www.dulux.co.uk/colour/crystal_grey
I thought it was going to be a lovely soft warm grey, and it is, but now it is finished it also looks quite lilac. What are people's thoughts on having a lilacish-grey lounge & dining room? Is this a good colour? Is it relaxing or does it look like a girl's bedroom? Can I make it look more sophisticated grey with appropriate coloured sofa/flooring/curtains/accessories etc, or should I just bite the bullet now & get it re-painted a more true grey colour?

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wfrances · 31/12/2012 11:39

it looks more lilac on my screen,
if your like me and it will bug you repaint it now,if your easy going and its a good paint job then leave it and work around it.
what colour sofa ect have you got? what flooring?
do you want a soft look or dramatic?

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Snowfish · 31/12/2012 13:19

It is a good paint job.

We have ordered white wooden slatted blinds that r being put up in the new year.

We currently have orangey-red carpet, yellowey-cream curtains and 1 cream sofa all of which we inherited from the previous owners and are all going for sure. We also have a red sofa from our old house which will go into the playroom. These r all not working at all with the lilac-grey walls - especially the carpet!!!

We were thinking of getting that vinyl flooring that looks like wood (like karndean/camaro) in a medium oak colour, but not ordered yet.

We have a cream stone dining table with chocolate brown leather chairs which is staying coz it was expensive, so not sure whether we should get a chocolate brown leather sofa to blend with that or not.

I want a modern, smart look. We might need to sell the house next year so I want a look that is also inoffensive.

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wfrances · 31/12/2012 13:46

my room is greyish green
i have a dark wood floor,dark wood furniture.
white woodwork
black leather sofas
black cast iron fireplace
it looks quite masculine ,you need to look on pin interest or online /mags for a mood board ,to work out what you like and build on it

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VestaCurry · 31/12/2012 13:49

Just as long as you have some warm colours in the room via soft furnishings that's fine.

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Snowfish · 01/01/2013 17:38

Thanks for the advice - think I am going to live with it for a bit & choose accessories that will go with other colours too in case I decide to re-paint in the future plus can't face going thru the pain of a million grey tester pots again!!!

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