feature wall

nat38

I know in the end it's a personal thing but was wondering if you would have a feature wall (eg dark colour paint, wall paper, etc) opposite a fireplace?

gibson123

No I have feature walls in every room except the bathroom , and feature wall are on the fireplace or above the headboard, apart from my daughters room where her feature is an African sunset and to get the best effect from the mural it is against a wall where mostly wall shows.

LEJC

very much a personal thing...in the one room we have feature wallpaper its on the wall where the headboard to the bed is and also on the opposite wall where the fireplace is!!

happy35

yes, but would depend on the set up of the room

robatwork

yes, but yes is less than 10 characters.

Cash-Cow_3

Instead of bold colour spend a grand on some original art. I promise you, you will love the art long after you hate the wall.

Yorkie1

I have a darker colour on the headboard wall, which is opposite the fireplace.

nat38

thanks everyone!
I particularly like the idea of the original art, but I still think the room will need a bit more colour. It's the living room - the walls will be stone/sand, sofas are sand, brown and orange, rug is dark red and orange, so I was thinking of having a wall in dark red, but the fireplace has a red/pink/black (?) marble mantelpiece so I wouldn't like a dark colour on that wall. Still I don't know if it'll look odd if it's the opposite wall...

sorry, just thinking aloud I guess

Yorkie1

If you get the paint on a 3-for-2 offer, then the feature wall paint is free, and if you don't like it then it won't take more than a day or two to paint it back to match. That's my philosophy for my kitchen - whose colour I'm still in two minds about ... !

Cuckooclock

That what we have done its behind my sofa opposite the fireplace, it is a sort of cranberry colour. I also added cushions with touch of the cranberry, make the room look really cosy the rest is neutral colours.
All neutral at first, but found the colours were too bland for our taste.:j

nat38

Cuckooclock wrote: »

That what we have done its behind my sofa opposite the fireplace, it is a sort of cranberry colour. I also added cushions with touch of the cranberry, make the room look really cosy the rest is neutral colours.
All neutral at first, but found the colours were too bland for our taste.:j

funnily enough we're going for a cranberry colour too :T
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eta: what colour is your sofa?