{"id":2881,"date":"2010-04-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:12:09","slug":"wallcovering-and-paint-contrast-or-complement-for-coexistence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wallcovering-and-paint-contrast-or-complement-for-coexistence\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallcovering and Paint &#8211; Contrast or Compliment for Coexistence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should wallcovering and paint contrast or should they complement for coexistence? This has been a dilemma faced by designers and homeowners, alike, for ages.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a very informative article by Brian Coleman in this year&#8217;s January\/February issue of Old House Interiors, titled <em>Wallpaper and Paint- how the twain shall meet.<\/em> Although most of the illustrations shown are of the Arts and Crafts style, the basic principals can be applied to any design period.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"William_Morris\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Morris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Morris,<\/a> who was a colorful designer of wallpapers and textiles in that style, thought the woodwork should not match the wallpaper and was fond of a &#8220;quiet green&#8221; trim color.\u00a0 He believed without the contrast rooms were very tame and often dull.\u00a0 Morris was also a poet, artist, socialist and lived an interesting life, which is a good read if you ever have the time or interest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2883\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bradbury-wallpaper.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2883 size-full\" title=\"-bradbury wallpaper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bradbury-wallpaper.jpg\" alt=\"Bradbury wallpaper wallcovering and paint contrast or complement for coexistence on casartblog\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contrasting Trim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Artist and muralist<a title=\"C.J.Hurley\" href=\"https:\/\/cjhurley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> C.J. Hurley<\/a> advises that papers and woodwork should not be too &#8220;safely&#8221; coordinated.\u00a0 He suggests that you think of a room as a musical composition which has a combination of notes arranged harmonically with enough dissonance to be compelling.\u00a0 I like that analogy.\u00a0 However, if you want to play it safe, select the wallpaper&#8217;s neutral ground as the base for the walls or trim.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2882\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2882 size-full\" title=\"wallpaper7-297x300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wallpaper7-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"pattern and paint neutral ground on casartblog\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neutral Ivory Trim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maryellen Mantyla of California Paints cautions that neutrals have undertones of yellow, green, blue or red and must be considered when deciding between complementary or harmonious color combinations.\u00a0 To further complicate the decision, Elsie de Wolfe said, &#8220;I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.&#8221;\u00a0 But, have you ever decided to go with white and then faced the myriad shades of &#8220;white&#8221;?\u00a0 White can have many different tones-blue, green, gray, beige-just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>When making a selection, remember to take into consideration light: the direction of the light source and whether the room will be used primarily in daylight or evening hours.\u00a0 When I was trying to decide the shade of yellow for a den and adjoining kitchen, I had the painter put up good-sized samples in the afternoon.\u00a0 When I went into the room the next morning, it was like walking into a spotlight!\u00a0 And it was much brighter on the wall across from the source of the morning light.\u00a0 We had to try several toned down shades before we found the right one. The difference in the intensity of the colors receiving direct light source is illustrated below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wallpaper3-540x359-source-of-light.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2884 size-full\" title=\"wallpaper3-540x359-source of light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wallpaper3-540x359-source-of-light-e1364568618411.jpg\" alt=\"paint contrast with wallpaper in dining room on casartblog\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Designer <a title=\"Leta Austin Foster Interiors\" href=\"https:\/\/letaaustinfoster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leta Austin Foster<\/a> and her daughter, <a title=\"Sallie Giordano\" href=\"https:\/\/letaaustinfoster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sallie Giordano<\/a> like rooms that connect or flow into each other with combinations of complementary tones of papers and paints.\u00a0 A great tip from them if you are doing a period house or historic home is to paint baseboards black or marbleize them, which is a technique the English use to hide scuff marks and (heaven forbid!) any dirt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2996\" style=\"width: 804px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/letaaustinfoster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2996 size-full\" title=\"Leta_Austin_baseboards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screen-shot-2010-04-08-at-2.06.27-PM.png\" alt=\"Marbelized and Dark baseboard comparision contrast or complement for coexistence on casartblog\" width=\"804\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screen-shot-2010-04-08-at-2.06.27-PM.png 804w, https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screen-shot-2010-04-08-at-2.06.27-PM-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marbleized Baseboard (Left) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dark Baseboard (Right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, have I thoroughly confused you?\u00a0 If so, I assure you that was not my intent.\u00a0 The above opinions, tips, and suggestions are offered just to show that selecting the wall and trim color is not a trivial task.\u00a0 But, we are here to help if you have any questions about paint colors that complement for coexistence with wallcovering or any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/products.html\">Casart removable wallpaper designs<\/a> that you have selected.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211;\u00a0 Lorre Lei<\/em><\/p>\n<div><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should wallcovering and paint contrast or should they complement for coexistence? 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