Which wall(s) to paint yellow?

[StackALee]

I've finally cleared out my husband's snoring room the spare room, so my son can have his own room and am not sure of the best way to paint it.

He loves yellow some have bought a very bright yellow colour. Are there rules about painting feature walls?

• can I paint two walls a bright colour and leave two white?
  
  
• if so, should I paint the two smaller walls, the two bigger walls (so opposite walls) or two of the walls that touch. Or just one?
  
  
• if I paint two touching walls should one of them be the wall with the window or the wall facing the window.
  
  DS's bed is in a corner touching two walls, not on the window wall.
  One of the smaller walls that touches the window walls has a fireplace.
  
  
  Perhaps there are no 'rules'?
  
  What would you do?
  I want it to be nice, I am really excited.

[MaureenMLove]

Gosh so many questions, so little time!

How big is the room? Personally, I would paint the door wall and the facing wall yellow. That way you see the feature wall first.

However, if the furniture is on the wall opposite the door, you won't see too much of it, so it's a bit of a waste of paint?

[StackALee]

The bed is on the door wall, it's a mid sleeper (ikea Kura) so covers quite a lot of the wall and it's this wall that faces the window. So you walk in the door, the window is directly opposite and the bed is to the left. These are the two largest walls. It's a fairly big room.

lots of questions, I have fancy ideas about classy rooms that always go tits up.

[StackALee]

My instinct, which is probably wrong,is to paint two touching walls - the ones that the bed is against?

Part of me is panicking and trying to persuade me to paint the other two instead.

The part of me wonders if it should be opposite walls!

[MaureenMLove]

Again, and this is only personal preference, (and beause I'm a bit OCD about things!) I would still do opposites! I would always be thinking that the room was kind of lopsided, if the two coloured walls were next to each other!

It is your room though and your choice! I'm sure hundreds of others on here, would say 2 together would look great!

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

I like all or one. Be brave! Paint the lot!

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Or id do one wall all yellow, the other three white, woth a thick stripe of yellow across them (near the top)

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Oh and grey goes so well with yellow too
Are you on Pinterest.

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Yellow grey and white together

[StackALee]

Yes I am on pinterest about ten hours a day lately

I don't think I am brave enough to do them all. I like the idea of the white window frame and white fireplace standing out against the yellow which would be two touching walls.

I have thought about grey too.

Ya arrghh.

I should just go for it.

[StackALee]

The window and fireplace walls have the least amount of furniture against them

I like this

[burnishedsilver]

Have you got block out blinds? A bright below room canappear insanely bright as the sun comes up.

[StackALee]

Yes, we have a black out blind.

I am thinking if I do the two opposite walls it would make it look narrow?

[burnishedsilver]

I agree. Two walls touching would be better.

[StackALee]

so I might do the walls facing the walls the bed is touching, the one with the window and the fireplace, so the white frame of the window and fireplace stand out and the light shines in to the white walls (or grey if I paint them) :)