After we had the downstairs painted and after I finished painting the study, the house seemed a bit plain. I absolutely love the Latte color but Phil felt like it was all very blah. We decided that we just need to add some color to the decor. Most of the color will come from accents – fun frames, bright toss cushions – but this week I added a little splash to the walls as well.
When the professionals came in last month, we deliberately left the hallway unpainted. The ceiling is low and it’s an easy paint job so I had decided to save the money and do it myself at a later date. But rather than continue with Sherwin Williams Latte, we decided to go bright. I painted a few swatches on the wall last weekend and Sherwin Williams Tigereye won out.
I was slightly nervous as it was going on {does paint ever look good after only one coat?} but I absolutely love it now. It’s fun and cheerful … and you know I adore orange.
Despite the significant contrast in colors, the orange hallway looks great when viewed from the Latte family room …
… as well as from the Belgian Waffle kitchen {Belgian Waffle by Valspar … glaze by Ralph Lauren}.
It even looks great with my cross collection.
I love it.
And I’m already pondering the next pop of color.
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I really love the color – actually all of them. I’m in the process of slowly painting everything Grand Stand Tan but plan on keeping a few rooms bright and colorful 🙂
What a gorgeous color. Love it! Now where can I add some orange in my house???
Good job, Randi! Can’t wait to see it in person! The black and white frames look fabulous on the orange wall.
Love the orange color in this hallway. It adds a very interesting pop of color.
Looks great! I love the color!
I really, really love it! The orange (for anybody but you) is an unexpected color, but it looks amazing — particularly with all the neutral. Can’t wait to see it in person…
I would never have thought to paint a wall orange, but I gotta tell ya…it looks FANTASTIC in your house!!!! Wonderful job, Randi!!! Great vision…
Gorgeous!!! One of the colors we have chosen for our new place is orange! Yours goes perfectly with the rest of your colors!!! Love the cross collection against it too!
Randi, it is beautiful. You did a wonderful job.
It looks great. I love the way those photographs look on it.
WOW! Seriously, it’s a beautiful color! And I love it along with the other rooms. And the frames look great on the wall. Well done!
Oh I love it! It’s not too dark! It’s nice to see the cross collection I’ve heard about, looks lovely!
It looks fantastic!! I actually have an orange accent wall in my house too. It doesn’t really go anymore, but I’m not in a big hurry to paint it. 🙂
Found you on A2D linky…. love the orange. It popped out at me as it is my son’s fave color so orange always jumps out at me…..
As soon as I saw this I knew I needed orange walls in my house. What a beautiful job!
I love the orange! It definitely enhances that space!
Wow! I definitely love orange, and that’s hallway is fantastic! I love that you decided to go bold.