San Francisco Bay Area - Need help for the color of my dinning and living room ceiling

by jrjose

Need help for the color of my dinning and living room ceiling

if i color my ceiling in my dinning and living room with dark paint(dark blue/black), do i need a lighter shade for my flooring? or is it alright to have it both (ceiling and flooring) in dark shade?

note: all walls will be painted white except for one wall(focal point). i'm thinking of red or dark brown on that one wall.

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olldbobbi How high are your walls? If they're 8', I wouldn't do a dark color on the ceiling, it will bring the ceiling down and make the room look smaller. If you have 12' walls, this would be ok. And I would never do dark floors again, they're constant work and upkeep! Instead I would go for the contrast and use lighter floors.

3 months ago · Like ·

jrjose @olldbobbi thanks for the advice. I only have 8' walls

3 months ago · Like ·

olldbobbi Me too, I have 8' walls. I think a dark ceiling would feel cave like. Something you could do is take your wall color, and have the paint store reduce it by 50% for the ceiling. I wouldn't do this with red paint; you could end up with a pink ceiling!

3 months ago · Like ·

carole once painted a ceiling in a very soft grey,and once tried a bleu aslo,but it just doesn't seem right!!white is what i do now always!!!
i know it sounds boring but how much time do you really spend staring at the ceiling and anything darker than WHITE is like a rainy sky--depressing--

3 months ago · Like ·

jrjose @carole thank you

3 months ago · Like ·