https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:31:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-418280 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:47:13 +0000 HLK208 418280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the middle! Go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-418278 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:46:24 +0000 shopaholic 418278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kml636: Oh I LOVE your nursery!!! I remember seeing it posted before (I think a glier thread). </p> <p>UPDATE: I did go to Home Depot and they were able to do 50% less and 25% less using the Benjamin Moore sample (IDK why the Ace Hardware/BM paint guy couldn't do it). Paint swatches are still wet, but I'm definitely liking both of those options more! Less intense, but still peachy-coral! Will try to post more pics later! </p> <p>P.S. Thanks for all the "accent wall" suggestions. It's just that the room we have doesn't really lend itself to an accent wall and I kind over OD'd on accent walls 8-9 years ago in one apartment. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-418138 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:38:26 +0000 kml636 418138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also did peachy coral and DH had to paint it twice because the original shade was too dark. So I say go lighter... Here's how mine ended up. We did one darker wall. </p> [attach=1950/12/me6fc3.600x450.image.jpg] [attach=1950/12/me6fc5.600x450.image.jpg] [attach=1950/12/me6fc7.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-417805 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:53:59 +0000 hilsy85 417805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the middle one but would worry about it being too intense without natural light in the room. Can you get a test sample can and paint a small area? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-417793 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:51:33 +0000 ladyfingers 417793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the lefthand one, but love the idea of using the middle as an accent wall! Maybe go two saturation tones down for three walls and use the middle color as an accent so it really pops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-417093 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:18:53 +0000 littlebug 417093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really love the bright coral, but I'd be worried it'd be way too intense on all 4 walls. Maybe use that as an accent wall, either with one of the lighter corals or a white/cream color on the other 3 walls. We wanted orange in our nursery, but were afraid it would be really ORANGE if we did all 4 walls, so we did 3 walls in a pale greyish-blue, and then an orange accent wall. It looks really great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-417083 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:14:41 +0000 MrsTiz 417083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the middle, and I love all of those inspo pictures! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-417072 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:12:13 +0000 tororojo 417072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the bright one! I think it will contrast nicely with the white and be a nice and fresh pop of color. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416859 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:47:49 +0000 Mrs. Pen 416859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>love it!!! I say go for the bolder one if you can't find anymore more in the middle. I do think it's bold and bright so maybe sometime toned down just a tad?? maybe?? But I like that it's technically only half the room, the white WILL balance it out, as will any artwork you put up that isn't too bold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416851 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:43:02 +0000 banana 416851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you're painting all the walls, I'd go for a paler coral. I think it would be so calming and peaceful and you could add bold coral accents throughout the room to punch it up. I also LOVE the look for white walls with one bright coral wall (like the third one down). That's the one I would personally choose. Love that one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416842 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:40:32 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 416842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love the colors! But, I would go with the 2nd darkest color since you said that the room only has one window, and all of your inspiration pictures look like they have lots of light in the room to offset the darkness of the color. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416839 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:39:58 +0000 Mrsbells 416839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go with a paler color like the one on the left. if you really want the middle color then I would only do it on one side rather than all the walls because otherwise it can get a bit much </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416834 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:36:36 +0000 mrs. wagon 416834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the one on the left! I agree that the bright color might be a little too stimulating, especially once your LO gets older. You could do accents with that bolder color, like pillows or curtains.</p> <p>I LOVE coral!! Our nursery is gender neutral (pale green, a color they use in mental institutions on the walls to calm patients down, hehe) but for LMW's big girl room I'd love to do floral corals and baby blues. Very Marie Antoinette. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416823 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:31:46 +0000 shopaholic 416823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Yes, I was just reading in a baby magazine last night that reds are too intense for babies to sleep in and I wondered if this was too close. I think I need to somehow get it toned down...</p> <p>@Minnie_Girl: Yes, this is my fear too. That's why I painted the larger canvases. I am going to go to the store today. Have you had experience telling them to make it a certain % lighter? Because if that were possible, it would be perfect! The Benjamin Moore guy told me that the one on the left was "the next shade down" in % to the one in the middle. Seems like a BIG %! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416600 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:49:39 +0000 Minnie_Girl 416600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done a lot of painting for the new house lately, so this is my advice:</p> <p>1. The color always looks like MORE on the wall compared to the little paint chip...more saturated, more bold, more dark, etc.</p> <p>2. Don't decide on anything until you put some samples on the wall. That way, if it's too bright, you can pick something else or ask the store to mix the color a % lighter, and you're not stuck with a gallon of paint. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416338 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:27:35 +0000 Smurfette 416338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Middle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416307 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:01:35 +0000 blackbird 416307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oooo i really love the colors, but I would probably drop it down a notch in intensity because it might be too stimulating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416301 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:53:56 +0000 T.H.O.U. 416301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree, go bold with the middle color. My LO's nursery is a dark teal color! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416299 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:51:26 +0000 Rubies 416299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love your colour choice but I do think it might be a little too intense. Maybe have one main wall coral and the other three walls a soft white? But honestly, I have no interior decorating skills so my input could totally be worth nothing! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416282 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:21:17 +0000 heffalump 416282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it! When your lo is trying to sleep the lights will be out so the bold color wont matter anyway, during the day it will be fun for play time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416273 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:58:29 +0000 ValentineMommy 416273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the middle one, as well. Nurseries don't have to look like the rest of your house! I think the one you picked is lovely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416254 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:32:24 +0000 aprk 416254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree! The color you picked is beautiful </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416235 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:14:16 +0000 SugarplumsMom 416235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the middle one too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416232 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:02:17 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 416232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Go bold! All that white wainscoting will totally balance it out. Love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416209 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:56:14 +0000 tysonja 416209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with the middle pick! I love the inspiration photos you posted.... Love coral! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416208 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:55:15 +0000 DigAPony 416208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love your top choice! The white will balance it nicely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416203 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:41:28 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 416203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the middle one</p> <p>The white wanscotting and furniture will totally tone It down. Second choice Is left. Third choice is right as it looks more salmon than coral to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursery-color-intensity-help#post-416189 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:58:21 +0000 shopaholic 416189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So we're finally getting the nursery painted this week and I'm having trouble deciding on the paint color! The room already has white wainscoting on the lower half and I really wanted to do a "peachy-coral" color for the top half of the walls. I don't want it to look just "pink" if you know what I mean? </p> <p>I've already swatched 6 different paint colors and 5 out of 6 look almost the same (depending on the lighting). The room doesn't get any direct sunlight (1 window), but has a ceiling fan that lights it pretty well at night. Paint swatches are shown at night. </p> <p>So far, the one that "sticks out" is my favorite, but I fear the color might be TOO INTENSE for the nursery? Rest of the house has soothing, pale colors. The "one-saturation level down" color as told to me by the paint guy is the one on the left. I just wish I could get something in the middle (or just a little less intense).<br /> What do you guys think?</p> <p>P.S. A few "inspiration pics" to help you get an idea of what I'm going for. I already have the "For Like Ever" poster (from years ago) and zebra rug (to possibly use). The first inspiration room is actually the same paint as I used for center swatch. 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