what colour?

[ilovemarkb]

My 13yr old son,s bedroom needs updating, trouble is i dont know what colour to emulsion the walls. The carpet is a mid blue (which is fairly new and wont be getting replaced). He,s asked for chunky pine furniture too! Im hopeless when it comes to colour schemes! Please can anybody help? julie ( all the pics in catalogues have either wooden flooring or cream carpet)

[hau kola]

I would say a beige colour. Sounds boring but theres lots of variants out there.

[Ice.Maiden]

I always think cream or lemon go best against blue, but a lavender/lilac shade'd look alright as well.
If your son thinks that's too un-cool at his age - you could alwats do walls in navy blue, and the others in white or lemon, but going over a very dark colour at a later date might take some doing.

[ilovemarkb]

He loves beige thats what colour the other boys room is (but with beige carpet). Now then, at the moment the room has 2 white walls and the other 2 are one bright red and other is navy blue (england football team) so it looks as though they,re going to take a few coats!

[chazza]

What about royal blue walls with a white ceiling?

[ilovemarkb]

thanks to all of you!!!! you,re all so helpful x

[annie0000]

Beige or sandy colours would be nice, but what about a aqua or duck egg colour - that should go nicley with the blue carpet. What I tend to do is get a colour mixed up from the dulux range - choose something in the warm shades and always go for the lightest as they can be quite strong.

This might help you find something:

http://www.dulux.co.uk/index.jsp

[ceejn]

My late Mum always said "If in doubt choose yellow" which in this case i would agree