Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Jul 26, 2009 7:45 pm New poster here My boyfriend and I are in the process of building our first home (doing the Coral Hamilton 232). Colour selections have been absolute torture and at the end of the day I'm really not happy with what we've selected but I've been told its too late to change, so what can you do One thing I can plan before we have to actually have to paint them ourselves, are the feature walls. I am looking to have feature walls in the lounge/dining room, master bedroom, living area and activity room. Our house is painted in White Duck Quarter by Dulux http://www.dulux.com.au/html/specifier/ ... =16&c=B1Q& Our living area, activity room and hallways will be tiled in this tile http://img.alibaba.com/photo/240004226/ ... e.summ.jpg. Our master bedroom and lounge/dining area will be both carpeted in a dark charcoal colour. I am thinking in the carpeted areas, stick with the cooler tones to match the White Duck walls and charcoal carpet and perhaps use a dark grey/dark purple for the feature walls. For the activity and living areas go for warmer tones to match the White Duck walls and latte coloured tiles, and perhaps go for netural/chocolates/coffee colours for the feature wall to stick with the warm vibe. My question is, what do you all think about these schemes? Can a house be divided into warm/cool colour schemes? Does anyone have any ideas for other colours I can use for feature walls? Does anyone have any pics of their own colour schemes that sound similar? Thanks for your help Re: Feature Wall help.. 2Jul 26, 2009 8:28 pm I dont have any pics as we are still building and havent painted as yet. I have chocolate walls in Dulux sea elephant. My other walls are Hog Bristle. In other rooms I have Russian Toffee and Self-Destruct which are beiges. I think you can do the chocolate and the charcoal and purple. I have a chaise lounge in a floral egg plant/grape colour and it goes well with the chocolate wall it looks great. You can order A4 size colour samples from Dulux which would help you with your colours. Michelle will be able to help you more so and she will be able to recommend the right colours. I love charcoal carpet but just remember that it will show every little bit of lint and cotton strand etc. Building in Bella Vista Waters Sydney. The Galaxy with Macquarie facade by Young Homes Re: Feature Wall help.. 3Jul 26, 2009 10:10 pm hi aly88!!! i think the purple with the charcoal and the chocolate and latte colours with the tile sound lovely if you hop into the building a new home forum you'll find at least 1/2 a dozen of us building with coral (and i think only 2 of us are not building a hamilton ) we'd all love to see your floor plan and colour selections!! whereabouts are you building? 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: Feature Wall help.. 4Jul 30, 2009 7:58 pm Aly88 New poster here My boyfriend and I are in the process of building our first home (doing the Coral Hamilton 232). Colour selections have been absolute torture and at the end of the day I'm really not happy with what we've selected but I've been told its too late to change, so what can you do One thing I can plan before we have to actually have to paint them ourselves, are the feature walls. I am looking to have feature walls in the lounge/dining room, master bedroom, living area and activity room. Our house is painted in White Duck Quarter by Dulux http://www.dulux.com.au/html/specifier/ ... =16&c=B1Q& Our living area, activity room and hallways will be tiled in this tile http://img.alibaba.com/photo/240004226/ ... e.summ.jpg. Our master bedroom and lounge/dining area will be both carpeted in a dark charcoal colour. I am thinking in the carpeted areas, stick with the cooler tones to match the White Duck walls and charcoal carpet and perhaps use a dark grey/dark purple for the feature walls. For the activity and living areas go for warmer tones to match the White Duck walls and latte coloured tiles, and perhaps go for netural/chocolates/coffee colours for the feature wall to stick with the warm vibe. My question is, what do you all think about these schemes? Can a house be divided into warm/cool colour schemes? Does anyone have any ideas for other colours I can use for feature walls? Does anyone have any pics of their own colour schemes that sound similar? Thanks for your help Boy I have been down this road many times with clients. So from a professional’s point of view. Let the builder do the basic colour throughout, move in get your furniture in place then post me some photos. There’s no hurry for the feature walls, especially since you guys are painting them. Take your time and save the money by doing it yourself. I will help you once you have moved in……this is the best way. I like to see the surroundings when I can, floor plans are good but pics are better! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com hmmm id assume youll get hit with the "natural product therefore variation in colour etc" excuse. How bad are we talking? One could argue that if none of the displays or… 3 2448 Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5141 Thanks for your reply! All valid points and I agree with you on many of them. I am in QLD, any recommendations on a construction lawyer would be helpful 3 2629 |