IF you could choose the colors for your homeschool room.....

[Halcyon]

what would you choose?

 

ETA: Let's assume I want something brights, friendly, approachable...furnishings will be mostly from IKEA, white laminate, a soft comfy couch, and either hardwood floors or a thick carpet.

Edited May 22, 2012 by Halcyon

[Runningmom80]

I swear I'm not stalking you, I just really like decorating. ;)

 

 

I picked "other" which I would choose white, and get bright furniture and accessories. (maps, shelves, etc.)

[Heidi @ Mt Hope]

A subdued robin's egg blue. Black and white. Punches of orange. :D

[Zoo Keeper]

Pale blue; calm, soothing, peaceful blue. I need that. I have 5 kids. There is one of me. I need peace...;)

[AnnaM]

Mine is lime green with cherry red accents. I LOVE IT!

[Mrs Twain]

Pale blue; calm, soothing, peaceful blue. I need that. I have 5 kids. There is one of me. I need peace...;)

 

 

:iagree: I voted for the peaceful blue, too. Yellow or orange would hype up my kids. They are quite loud and wound up at their normal baseline.

[chepyl]

I painted mine sky blue. I love it. I have a cherry desk for myself and the school shelves are black. I have black and white pics of the kids to hang. It is also our front room....so it temds.to collect stuff, but being painted makes me feel like It Is not so cluttered;)

[craftyerin]

I voted sunshine-y yellow, since that's what color my school room is, and I like it. I didn't choose it, though. Previous owner did. Posted a pic of my room in your other thread.

[Roadrunner]

Congrats on the new house!

I probably would go with a shade of white and darker wood floors, but decorate with bright area rugs, colorful pictures, maps and pillows.

[justLisa]

I love Benjamin Moore's Wales Green. Also Palladian Blue. And for a soft yellow with peach tones, Jicama. It goes with everything!

[abrightmom]

A subdued robin's egg blue. Black and white. Punches of orange. :D

 

:001_wub: Glorious!

[djsmom]

A subdued robin's egg blue. Black and white. Punches of orange. :D

 

I pick this!

[4maybabies]

Pale blue; calm, soothing, peaceful blue. I need that. I have 5 kids. There is one of me. I need peace...;)

 

I actually tried to 'like' this....and then I remembered this wasn't Facebook:D

[Beth in SW WA]

My schoolroom colors might work: BM Asbury Sand and Persimmon.

[mom2koh]

Ours is a bright sunshine yellow. We love it! Esp. on dreary days it makes it a bright spot in the house. I have the expedit shelves in my room and love them!!:001_smile:

 

ETA: I also have bright red curtains, a green table cloth over the table and white as my accent paint color. It's a very bright and cheery spot.

Edited May 22, 2012 by mom2koh

[Incognito]

I chose other. I would do a good portion of one wall in chalkboard paint. The rest I would do a very subtle pink (because, IIRC, pink is supposed to be a very calming color. Orange makes you hungry. I don't remember what other colors do...).

[Halcyon]

I love Benjamin Moore's Wales Green. Also Palladian Blue. And for a soft yellow with peach tones, Jicama. It goes with everything!

 

Just looked up palladium blue....LOVE. GOing to look at the other colors you linked .

[justLisa]

Just looked up palladium blue....LOVE. GOing to look at the other colors you linked .

 

 

Here is Palladian blue in a blog post I love:

 

http://www.bowerpowerblog.com/2012/05/office-reveal/ scroll down. It is a very good representation of the color. This is THE best blue on earth! Sherwin Williams can match it, don't even bother at Lowes. I tried with Valspar and was TOTALLY peeved.

 

I would show you our play room or the kids which is this color, but that would not convince you at this time:lol:

[sagira]

Voted sunshiny-yellow, and the reality is not so far away as it's buttery yellow in our common room, which is also the schoolroom.

[Kelly1730]

Our schoolroom is a golden yellow and I really like it. Now for some wall decor other than our timeline and a world map;)

[elegantlion]

A subdued robin's egg blue. Black and white. Punches of orange. :D

 

:lol::lol: You don't say.

 

Our classroom is currently a light latte color. It's nice, but it's almost too dark with all the stuff we have in here (small room). The walls are dark mahogany stain, white trim.

 

This summer I'm going to repaint in this color, although this shows a little darker than what I think it will look. It's Ballard Designs Fog Gray, it's on furniture, but I'll have Sherwin Williams color match it.

 

 

I love the blue you chose, it's very similar to my kitchen cabinets, which I adore.

[Hedgehogs4]

Well, we did choose and I painted mine sunshine-y yellow. Our school room is in a walk-out basement, and even though we have two windows and a sliding glass door, I wanted to maximize the light feeling. It is a lovely, cheerful environment. Here is what it looks like when it is cleaned up! :lol:

[Michelle My Bell]

A subdued robin's egg blue. Black and white. Punches of orange. :D

 

I agree, I painted my room this shade of blue with brown accents. It is pleasing to be in.

[sweetpea3829]

This is the color we're going for, when we do finally paint our room. http://pinterest.com/pin/224757837623016055/

 

Unfortunately, the photo is NOT a good representation of the actual color. The color chip is very different, and I don't care for it at all.

 

Which means we're still trying to figure out an actual match for that particular color, lol.

[JenMama]

Pale aqua - it'll pop beautifully against the white. Crisp and peaceful. The room's all ready if you and the kids feel like adding clouds to it later. :) Yellow, pink, purple - seasonal accents all work well with it. :)

[Jpoy85]

Id do yellow.

 

When I get a room, I will paint it bright colors.

[nov05mama]

Either sunshine yellow or sky blue :D

[hmvaughan4]

Ours is Sprinkle by Valspar. It's a light turquoise and I love it! We have white Expedit and Billy bookshelves.

[Guest]

I have always wanted a yellow room with dark hardwood floors. Since that is not looking like it is going to happen anytime soon, my next choice is a teal with white accents, bookshelves, furniture, etc.

 

I love orange, too. I love color.

[justLisa]

This is the color we're going for, when we do finally paint our room. http://pinterest.com/pin/224757837623016055/

 

Unfortunately, the photo is NOT a good representation of the actual color. The color chip is very different, and I don't care for it at all.

 

Which means we're still trying to figure out an actual match for that particular color, lol.

 

 

Benjamin moore dill pickle, Wales green, Misted fern are beautiful greens up this alley! I have Wales in my open dining/kitchen. I think it needs to be somewhere wtih windows though

[sagira]

Well, we did choose and I painted mine sunshine-y yellow. Our school room is in a walk-out basement, and even though we have two windows and a sliding glass door, I wanted to maximize the light feeling. It is a lovely, cheerful environment. Here is what it looks like when it is cleaned up! :lol:

 

What a wonderful space! My ds would be enamored with this room - bright yellow is his favorite color :)

[cookfamily6]

We just moved and actually have a homeschool room. We did a Dr. Seuss theme and did turquoise walls with one red accent wall. All of my furniture is light wood and I am accenting with lots of white and red. It is very happy and the kids LOVE it :)

[Allearia]

I just painted mine Benjamin Moore Sherwood green. More of a medium green. I already have a living room/dining room in a cheery yellow, and the room next to the schoolroom is a pale blue, so I was a bit limited in my options. The room also has a lot of stained wood so it is more a green/brown combination. I really like the green, though it is a bit different from what I would,usually pick.

[Hockey Mom]

I chose 'other'. I posted my inspirational pic in your other thread. We're painting our walls teal (like the picture), white Ikea furniture/shelves, with splashes of orange and lime green.

 

Have fun decorating!! :)

[txhomemom]

I think we are a bit on the creative side in our house. My oldest dd decided to paint her bedroom a bright cheery yellow (pretty much goes with her personality, kid has lots of energy) and for our homeschooling room we painted it a pretty coral color. It is kind of in the middle of orange and pink, so still looks cheery, but not too bright. That room is one of my favorites in the house. We also put up white IKEA shelves and desks along with red IKEA chairs. Amazingly, the mix of red and coral go together well. We also hung curtains from IKEA that have a white background and then a bunch of different colors, so it breaks up the solid colors in the room a little. I can come back and post a picture later if anyone is interested in seeing our hs room.

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I love yellow, and I once painted my bedroom a beautiful, muted shade of yellow that everyone complimented. It was cheerful, to wake up to. BUT you get really tired of it AND it's very hard to match anything to yellow.

 

So I voted for the blue. I think it's very wise to pick cheerful colors that mimic the outdoors (yellow or blue or even green.) Blue is easier to match with.

 

Also...people either LOVE yellow or they HATE yellow walls. I love them (if they are the right shade) but it's highly likely that one of your kids will not like it.

[Tess in the Burbs]

I did minty green. It ended up brighter than I had hoped. So pick a color and go down a notch or two ;)

[Mommyfaithe]

Drat! I just wrecked your poll with my iPad....touch screens are weird!

 

 

I went with pale minty green up to chair rail height....Skyish blue from chair rail ht. To ceiling and trimmed with phlox purple. It is fun, playful looking and I really love it. There are pics on my blog.

 

Faithe

 

Link: http://cheeriosinmysneakers.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-schoolroomre-done.html

Edited May 23, 2012 by Mommyfaithe

[mariagarcia495]

I'm not surprised so many people chose yellow. I think its very important to have a learning room be bright and inviting. Have you looked into purchasing wall stickers or decals to spruce up the room a little bit? How old are the kids being homeschooled?

[fraidycat]

I chose a sunshine-y yellow because that's the closest to what I'd choose. I'd probably go a little more subdued. Between a sunshine-y and a buttery. Not too light, but not too bright, either.

[Serenade]

My school room walls are a warm, slightly orangey tan -- I don't know exactly how to describe it -- but it's official name is Toffee Crunch, I think. Here's a link to the color. The floor is a bluish-slate color. My color-goal was to mimic the ocean and sand, and I like the way it turned out.

[amsunshine]

I chose yellow, because that is the color of our school room, and we love it! We have a lot of IKEA furnishings, too. Here are some pics taken last year. The color is Benjamin Moore Hawthorne Yellow -- it's partly a sunny and partly a buttery yellow.

 

 

[RootAnn]

I got to choose my school room color. I chose a sunshine-y yellow. Dh wasn't sure about it until he saw how it brightened up the no-windows-basement. If we had outside light, I might have picked a soft blue. No windows = must be bright & cheery. That's yellow for me.

[justLisa]

This is old. I think she already painted!

[walkermamaof4]

Ours IS sunshine yellow and the hallway outside of it and the next room are pale blue grey. love it. my dd says it is the color of a sticky note.:tongue_smilie:

[mlktwins]

I picked a pretty blue (can get you the name if you like) with the birch Ikea furniture and nice carpet. My blinds weren't open, but it is nice and bright in there when I do. For my craft room, I picked a pretty lavender with the white Ikea furniture and hard wood. I have boys though so didn't do the lavender in the school room (it's my only girlie color room). I might have if I had had girls :-).

 

 

[jenangelcat]

I voted other because you didn't specify what the colour was for. Is it the primary paint colour, the furnishing, the accents? If it's paint, I'd go neutral and use colour for the accents, but that's because I'm fickle and constantly changing my mind.

 

I just painted our homeschool room, office which was the old dining room and joins all the other rooms on the main floor. It's grey and I'm accenting it with orange and blue. I choose the colours to go with the other colours in my house.

[Mommie_Jen]

I just did ours this spring and it's a pale blue on 3 walls, white on 1 wall (and of course, that's the wall with black Sharpie on it already) and brown trim.