Hi! Design professional and color consultant here and I've following your color adventures. I don't know how far you want to get 'in the weeds' but I would like to toss in some ideas that could help with some of your questions or be helpful in general. - F&B is a full spectrum paint making it very reactive to different lighting conditions. Because of this it is important to swatch it on all surfaces are considering painting, each wall and especially the ceiling. - I would highly recommend painting it all one color, including the ceiling. None of the trim work has enough architectural significance to highlight. But, if you want to do something more interesting and architectural, you could paint the window bay a tint of the color you choose. Your paint store can create the tint by adding 25% white(or more if needed) to your color. They can do a sample so you can also swatch it. - Changing the color of dining room curtains is a great idea for a couple of reasons, first it will address your concern of connect the ceiling the rest of the room, but creating the vertical contrast will also increase the visual height of the ceiling. When choosing the color the value is the most important consideration. Do not try to match the ceiling. A mid range green with a more yellow base will always work, but if you want a little more drama, go for a more complementary color like a burnt orange. If you have any questions just let me know.
@@benjiplant You are so welcome. Working with color is such a beautiful and complex combination of physics and emotion. I love helping people learn how to work with it. Just a note: I have worked with Parma Gray many times. It is a beautiful, sophisticated and complex color with a long history (I think it goes back to the 1830"s), but it is very reactive. I highly recommend more swatching before final decision. Pull your existing swatch all the way next to the brick chimney stack to see how it reacts to the brick and grout colors. In addition, do a large swatch in a corner that includes the intersection of the two wall planes and ceiling. I know this seems like more work, but the inherent beauty of F&B paints is their reactivity and how that they can create their own architecture with placement and light.
Hi Benji! maybe you can paint in blue only the wall behind the bed and see how it looks... and eventually in a second time you can proceed with other parts of the room!
I kinda think painting the wall behind the bed blue and leaving the rest of the room white could be cool and make things easier because of the inconsistency with the trim 🤔
That's what I thought the original plan was! But now I realize it was to paint the whole room in one color, I think one wall in color is a fun idea though
Benji, trust your gut, you are a extremely talented man with many different artistic talents, I would say look at the colour at different times of the night and day and in the evening with your lamps on as this will make the colour of the paint look different too, have fun painting ❤
You should have Paige's friend Kate do a paint consultation with you. Both for color as well as what to do with the trim inconsistencies. Film it for us!
I really wouldn't discount the light blue. The reason it looks so grey is because it is next to such a bright, borderline periwinkle blue. When you paint an entire space, you will always be shocked by how much a color that you thought leaned more neutral, is actually way more colorful than a small swatch would lead you to believe. I've made the mistake many times!
this comment is making me rethink the light blue! I just swatched more of the light blue in a larger area and It feels easier to live with long term than the other colors. Ahh I'm so indecisive when it comes to paint 😅
@@benjiplant the light blue also has some green undertones so its warmer than the other blue, but won't pose the risk of being overwhelmingly warm or earthy like the yellows. And the undertone will pair nicely with the brick because red and green are complementary colors. That said I really liked both your vision boards. You're amazing at interiors and that's why I take all my design cues from you 😊 You can't go wrong, and in the end it's just paint and you can always redo it.
1. Dining room looks amazing! 2. Because of all the weird trim and not-trim mixes I would color-drench the bedroom and then keep the niche in white (inc beams) and then make that space extra special. A jungle niche with lots of plants or a mattress on top of there as a daybed/petbed for reading and hanging out. Or build a custom shelf on that niche for art / books / plants that you can look at from your bed. So many options!
The green ceiling looks so good and I love that you painted the door, too. I love that color. You should think about color drenching the dining room. It would be a little jewel box. For the bedroom any trim you leave white will stand out so I would paint the walls, door and all of the trim blue. You could leave the ceiling white if you think it would be too much blue for you. If the window area has trim around it where you can clearly stop the paint you could leave it white so it ties into the white ceiling.
I love the green on the ceiling! Nice job. In the bedroom, because of the inconsistent trim, I think I would keep the walls white, maybe even slightly creamy and then paint the ceiling the blue you liked.
Definitely the BLUE in the bedroom, not the YELLOW. I would put a large decorative screen on the wall in front of the closet….or I would hang a nice floor to ceiling drape along the whole wall in front of the closet,
i think painting everything blue including all trim would look best, but cutting it off at the trim and leaving the window section. maybe even painting that window section a darker or lighter color blue for some contrast to the rest of the bedroom might look cool??
LOVE painted ceilings... I have super tall ceilings and in my master bedroom I did the ceiling paint color about 10 inches down the wall also and added a moulding that seperates the color and the white walls.
love the new green in the dining room!! for the curtains, i think another green would darken the space but i like the bamboo shades tying in the natural elements of the room. One idea for adding something else green to make the space more cohesive is a clean potted plant in the middle of the table, almost like a bouquet, that matches the warm dark green of the ceiling. Something else i think you would like is called ikebana, it's a minimalist japanese technique of arranging flowers that would go lovely with the space. 😊 check it out!
Lololol, dark primers are always scary. I worked in a paint store for 13 years and would always see the apprehension. But you need that color base to help the darker colors be pigmented. (Or at least not need 15 coats to get a true color). Looks great, and good job for seeing it through! (WORD OF ADVICE TO EVERYONE: Unless you are painting a white, get a tonal match of gray primer to the color you want to paint.
The ceiling looks amazing... you did a beautiful job, Benji! Also, changing out the green panels for clear....you could definitely see the difference. A suggestion about the upstairs room... how about adding trim to the areas that really stick out and leaving the trim white. Or if all else fails... just paint it all blue... If it just doesn't look right, then find a beautiful, soft, warm white... And whitewash the room... Even if it is white... A soft and warmer white will still be beautiful because that room gets so much wonderful light... good luck!
Your parents are so talented and generous to you. You're so lucky to be part of a family that sees community this way. I;m late to the party but I would think a ceiling color with more yellow would look more like filtered light through a canopy.OOOH! looking good!!!
The green ceiling looks incredible! It really ties into the warmth of the room so well. I definitely think green curtains would be a lovely way to pull everything together, but I wouldn't go for curtains super close in shade to the ceiling. Maybe try a green with a similar tone but a bit lighter? Also, I actually really liked the light blue paint. I think it only looked super grey because it was right below the parma blue. But if you're only considering the yellows or parma blue, I still think parma blue is the way to go. I really think just doing an accent wall behind your bed in the parma blue would be a good start especially because of how beautifully it contrasts with the wood and the brick. If you really do want to paint everything though, I think the hay yellow might be better? I feel like the parma blue would be overwhelming as a color drench. The yellow blends in a bit too much with your furniture imo, but it would work well as an overall color for the room whereas parma blue seems like it could be a bit overwhelming outside of just an accent wall
Blue bedroom: you should paint the trims in blue to balance with missing ones. And keep a white box around the big window seems to be a good idea. (Personally, I still start without painting trims and add color on it in second step if it feels it need to ;^)
I also think you should paint that little nook in your room it's own color, I think it would be really cute If I was living here though, id put cushions on it and make it a little cosy spot (I am small enough)
Hi, isn’t wood paint different to ceiling paint? Also, only use the same type of paint that is already on the wood - oil based or water based. Good luck. 😊
As an Englishman I'm happy to see you're using British paint company Farrow & Ball, they have a great selection of colours and is fantastic quality . I don't think we in Britain would use any American made paints 😂.
What if the curtains in the dining room had a contrasting stripe? I think that could be a fun way to elongate the ceiling height and bring the dark color down as well!
Ceiling is stunning! My only concern is that Bamboo Roller Shades don't really fit the style of your home(they cheapen the look). But that is my opinion. Otherwise good job!
I’ll preface with saying that I LOVE your blend of West Coast/California, mid-century, and Japanese aesthetics. I personally love the white, but I get that you’ve been living there awhile and having so much white can get a bit old over time. I agree that the ceiling was a scare at first, still not my first choice, but it does look WORLDS better finished and dry than when you were in the process. I’m glad you are happy with it, and leaving the white walls in the dining area does make it look cozy. I can’t wait to see what you do with the lighting in that space. Your bedroom is admittedly a more complex and tough space to execute all these new decisions. I’m with the majority + my personal bias that the blue would look best. I personally also like the light gray option because of how warm and bright LA can be (coming from Canada). As for the white dowel trim, why not add white dowel trim to the sides that don’t have it OR just paint over them to camouflage them. A third option would be to remove the dowel trims from all sides altogether just for the bedroom, and use them elsewhere in the future should you have a desire for them. This is an exciting journey (albeit labour-intensive), but I hope you enjoy the journey and the destination to come. Can’t wait for your next video. Been watching you regularly for the past 3 years now!
Awwh, something about that mini dracaena reflexa in your bedroom being the same species as your massive one in your living room is absolutely adorable. Oh, Also: Idk what colour you should go for in your bedroom, but it definitely shouldn't be light blue. Something about the grey tone in the room makes the colour scheme seem strange.
I am so happy you guys decided on the green for the ceiling, I LOVE IT!! Looks so good. I think for the bedroom, I would paint the walls and the trim, then see how you like leaving the other section with the plants in it white!! Can't wait to see what you decide.
The green ceiling looks great! I was a little scared with the primer as well. I can't decide between the yellow and blue. I love yellow rooms but I do feel like the blue would look better with the wood furniture and brick (my yellow room had white painted brick, which looked nice, but I don't recommend that!). Will plants look nicer next to one of those colors? Could you also share where the bamboo blinds are from? I need some without strings and love the dappled light from bamboo.
Hiii Benji. It's so exciting seeing your place change color! In your bedroom, you might want to add matching ceiling trim (just the simple quarter round) to the wall behind your bed and the other wall where it's missing, even if you decide to color drench the room. In my experience, painting the trim/wall a non-neutral color emphasizes it even when it's the same color as the walls, so I'd try to even it out wherever possible before you paint. And the ceiling trim is a quick win!
Here's my idea: Paint the wall that your bed is against (with the painting of the basket), do not paint the trim around the brick on either side. Also paint the other wall your bed is against (with the blocked off door) until it meets the trim on half the door. Maybe see if you can get some matching trim for the other side of the door, I'm not sure if there would be room for it to fit since there is that nob on the wall, but I guess you could measure it out and see! Paint the wall with the windows up until the beam on the ceiling. You can also look into adding matching beams to the walls, which would help "finish" off the look of the door, as well as "cut off" the extra part of the room and help transition from blue to white. You can leave the door trim white and see how you like the blue. If you end up wanting to paint the other side of the room blue, I'd recommend leaving the beams white. I am NOT a designer, but I love trying to design lol - anything you do I bet would look good!
Hi Benji, When you want to paint a room (but are not sure about the end results) take a picture and edit the walls in Photoshop or some other photo editing program. That way you can visualise how the room would look before committing to painting. Hope this helps 😄
You pronounced Louis Poulsen right the first time ;) If you want to get it just right say Po-ul-sen (slower). In regards to painting the bedroom, I love the blue (had a room in a similar colour once and loved how calm it felt) but also grew up with a yellow room (so no hate towards the yellow). Maybe you should leave the windowseat area with the beams and all one colour and then paint the trim and sidetrim where the fireplace in the same colour. They can act as accent colours if you dont want to colourdrench the room. Then leave the inconsistent trim to be the same as the wall/ceiling. Although it could also be fun to have the beams (all the way to the floor) be the same blue colour as the walls and leave the windowseat white/accentcolour. Or leave the windowseat blue but the beams and trim around the window an accentcolour (maybe red ??) haha I'm spiralling. Love the green ceiling+door
the green ceiling is amazing, the bedroom would definetely look better with the dark yellow. yes, blue compliments warm tones sometimes, but i don't feel like that specific blue compliments the specific warms of your bedroom. the yellow is fun and, if it's too warm, it would just give that feeling of a warm filter over a movie, which i absolutely love. plus warm is a lor cozier than cool imo. if you really wanna go with the green, i'm gonna be the odd one out here and say that the grayer blue looks better with the warm tones lol
the dining room ceiling looks great! for the bedroom - i like the top left blue and think you could paint only the wall behind your bed and the walls/ceiling of your built in nook area. it would tie the blue together in multiple ways and not highlight the trim issue! also i think it would be very unique/visually interesting and showcase the architecture and character. can’t wait to see what you do ❤️
Hi Benji and family! I might would consider trying to match the trim throughout the room and entryways, that way you could see an opportunity for how you would want the trim and the walls to look like. Absolutely love the choice for your home, and can’t wait for the reveal!! Love, Ginger
Designer here 🙈 I would just paint the wall behind the bed and then go from there. After you can decide if you want to paint more or not. If yes, i would leave the ceiling and the window nook white or a much lighter blue. But not the trim though, that would look a little weird/inconsistent.
i looooove the green ceiling! also for pronouncing louis poulsen, the louis is pronounced without the s and the poul-part should rhyme with saul or call (source: i'm danish)
Benji maybe you should do an accent wall for the bedroom instead of painting the whole room, just the wall behind the bed and also to the bay window or the walls around it. There are so many inspos on Pinterest. That shade of light blue is airy and perfect for it. I wanted to have an accent wall in my bedroom too but our house owners won't allow us to paint, lucky you.
one of the booktubers I follow; thebookleo or leonie christel (her vlog channel) got herself a new place and painted her place with lots of different colors I would never dream of painting. And all of it turned out really well. I got a lots of inspiration there too watching someone try it for the first time..
I vote for white trim in your bedroom. To make it look more consistent, you could add more of what you’re calling a “dowel” (I learned to call it “quarter round,” not sure if that’s just a regional term), OR remove the quarter round and install more of the trim like you have at the top of the brick, as a type of low-key crown molding. Be sure to decide about that before starting to paint tho.
As to the bedroom, just paint walls to start, leaving all the trim white. Then live with it a few days before adding more blue. Easier to add than subtract.
I believe you might attempt to add some of the quarter round trim, and trim the other side of the door. Adding trim is not hard and it would help with the current unfinished look of the space. Just think about it instead of jumping into the painting.
(I was also a paint consultant in a previous life!) I really like the light grey colour. It doesn’t look great in the swatch on the wall because it’s clashing with the yellow and blue swatches beside it (usually better to see each colour on a card separately so you can move around the room). I think on its own you will see the green more in it and it will contrast nicely with the wood and bricks. Be careful about the trim you leave white as those ‘shapes’ are going to stand out and annoy you (they’d annoy me) I think colour drenching trim and walls would work better and disguise the imperfections. Love your channel x
Im not a blue girl, but that one’s not bad. Yellow, orange & red are my colors. My home is very colorful, so I would choose the buttery yellow one for the bedroom, but your style is opposite of mine. That lighter green is beautiful! I would paint the door & the ceiling with that color! Dark ceilings really lowers the ceiling 😢 You can add quarter round on the walls in the bedroom very affordably to make it all match. They’re not dowels.
Painting the ceiling. Cut in the corners and edges with the brush. Put a broom handle on the roller (you don't need a dedicated roller extender that costs $$) so you can stand on the floor while you paint. Long sweeping back-n-forth (up n down) with the roller gives a nice even coverage. Works on painting the walls too.
Liking the blue for a bedroom. If you're in any way conflicted with the color just paint one wall. Live with that for a few days or so. See how it is thru different times of day, different lights. Hoping it goes well with the brick. Really like how if there's something going on that you have the family come over to pull together. Remembering how everyone came over to help clean the apartment when your room-mates moved out. And when mom comes over there's food.
Hey Benji, love the kitchen door, but, if i can give you one tip, at 16:18 it is pretty noticeable that there’s some old pain on the glass. It can be easily removed with razor blade, or the edge of a paring knife 🤞
I love your style Benji !! What if you paint the ceiling OR half the wall of your bedroom? That way I think its easier for the blue to not get overwhelming !! ❤
Tip for painting with rollers, you can usually just screw in a handle of a broom! Most brooms universally unscrew from the base, so if you have a broom at home try to see if that works for you instead of buying an extender for the roller!
For the bedroom I think architecturally there is a lot going on so color drenching the trim + walls would and cohesion and consistency. Alternatively you could just get trim from Home Depot and install yourself it’s pretty cheap and then you can not paint the trim.
I like the blue for the bedroom. I have the same problem with trim in my dining room. I may go to Home Depot and but the same style of trim and leave it white. It's wonderful that you're family comes to help you with projects. ❤
I painted all of the trim and doors in our small, primary bedroom a deeper green with slight yellow undertones. I added a bit of that color to white paint and painted the walls. I added a bit more to the ceiling color. It turned out beautiful! It’s unique without being awkward and very calming. You’ll make the right choice for you. ❤
you pronounced louis poulsen correct the first time! (lou-ie pole-son). i recommend painting the niche in your bedroom blue, including the ceiling, top of the bench, and support beams to distinguish the space as a plant exhibition. i would even paint the light switch cover and knob + the base of the lights being installed. the blue compliments your plants and decor and sets an elegant backdrop. i would leave the ceiling in your bedroom white and leave the wooden trims exposed, but paint any white trims. the wood has more character and harmonizes with the other wood/earth tones in your bedroom. there's nothing special about the white trims, plus they're inconsistent so painting them blue wouldn't draw attention to them. beautiful job though! love the green ceiling and looking forward to what you decide for your bedroom!
I think I would leave the column supports white unless you go black/dark with them and also paint the windows dark to match. I’m sure you know but black windows recede visually so it feels more outside.
Honestly the light blue pain color was so nice! It felt like a foggy color which I think would do nicely with the warm woods of the bedroom. Regardless of color though, I would suggest either removing the extra trim, or adding in some of your own on the missing walls. Another comment here said to maybe paint the inside of the window another color, and I agree it would be a fun idea to explore! Ultimately whatever you decide I know will be sooo cool, like the green ceiling. It was so perfect ❤
Keep about 7cm of white at the top of the bedroom walls. It is supposed to give the illusion of higher ceilings i have heard and the border looks nicer. Then also the trim is in the white part :)
The green ceiling looks sooo good! I’m still sticking to blue for your room, I say go for it all over. Maybe don’t paint the whole room all at once and see how you feel and if it feels disjointed then keep going into the nook and poles. Ooo imagine you did both yellow and blue. That might be tacky though 🌚 💙💛
soo brave going with such a dark color for the ceiling but it turned out really amazing! I personally would only apply the blue to the wall behind the bed for now and then see how you feel about the inconsistencies of the trim along the corners and if that being continued bothers you at all, i think painting both the walls and the ceiling could be fun but ultimately youll have the brightest room using a kind of feature wall i think :3 Regardless love how it looks, keep up the awesome videos Benji, greetings from Germany!
Definitely paint the “dowel trim” blue to blend to the wall and maybe the thicker one (the chimney one) leave white. That brick wall is unique in itself and the white trim there may allow you to showcase the wall if you wanted! I’ve seen those thin dowel pieces painted to blend many, many times and it works well. I love the idea of leaving the walls beyond the support beams white!
I truly believe nothing feels worse than the first coat of any paint color. The amount of work to get to that point is always more than you thought, the color always looks wrong because the coverage isn’t 100% and you get to do the whole thing again the next day. It’s truly its own level of hell
Love the green ceiling and door. The bedroom is a tuff one. Me, I would just paint the headboard wall and that strip of molding on the fireplace to make it look intentional.
The ceiling trim in the bedroom looks to be a typical quarter round. I'm not sure of the diameter but that's easy enough to measure it. With the painting paint one type of surface at a time (drywall then flat section of trim around the brick then the quarter round). You can also use the process with the painting of. the bay window part (paint drywall then trim then supports, etc). After painting each type look at it and see if the next portion needs painting. Much easier to paint the next portion than to repaint it white.
I LOVEEE THE GREEN CEILING!!! it made all the furniture in the room look a lot warmer and darker in tone, it feels very midcentury fall.
parma blue is def my favorite. the two yellows have such minimal contrast with the tone of wood on your bed frame, so I don't like those.
Hi! Design professional and color consultant here and I've following your color adventures. I don't know how far you want to get 'in the weeds' but I would like to toss in some ideas that could help with some of your questions or be helpful in general.
- F&B is a full spectrum paint making it very reactive to different lighting conditions. Because of this it is important to swatch it on all surfaces are considering painting, each wall and especially the ceiling.
- I would highly recommend painting it all one color, including the ceiling. None of the trim work has enough architectural significance to highlight. But, if you want to do something more interesting and architectural, you could paint the window bay a tint of the color you choose. Your paint store can create the tint by adding 25% white(or more if needed) to your color. They can do a sample so you can also swatch it.
- Changing the color of dining room curtains is a great idea for a couple of reasons, first it will address your concern of connect the ceiling the rest of the room, but creating the vertical contrast will also increase the visual height of the ceiling. When choosing the color the value is the most important consideration. Do not try to match the ceiling. A mid range green with a more yellow base will always work, but if you want a little more drama, go for a more complementary color like a burnt orange.
If you have any questions just let me know.
I learned so much from this response omg
@@futuroidme too 😩
Thank you so much!!! This is great advice
@@benjiplant You are so welcome. Working with color is such a beautiful and complex combination of physics and emotion. I love helping people learn how to work with it.
Just a note: I have worked with Parma Gray many times. It is a beautiful, sophisticated and complex color with a long history (I think it goes back to the 1830"s), but it is very reactive. I highly recommend more swatching before final decision. Pull your existing swatch all the way next to the brick chimney stack to see how it reacts to the brick and grout colors. In addition, do a large swatch in a corner that includes the intersection of the two wall planes and ceiling. I know this seems like more work, but the inherent beauty of F&B paints is their reactivity and how that they can create their own architecture with placement and light.
Hi Benji! maybe you can paint in blue only the wall behind the bed and see how it looks... and eventually in a second time you can proceed with other parts of the room!
Absolutely! Let the process show you the way. 👍🏼
I kinda think painting the wall behind the bed blue and leaving the rest of the room white could be cool and make things easier because of the inconsistency with the trim 🤔
That's what I thought the original plan was! But now I realize it was to paint the whole room in one color, I think one wall in color is a fun idea though
Benji, trust your gut, you are a extremely talented man with many different artistic talents, I would say look at the colour at different times of the night and day and in the evening with your lamps on as this will make the colour of the paint look different too, have fun painting ❤
This should have more likes. He's so unsure at times, and even though that is normal, he has to know he knows best.
You should have Paige's friend Kate do a paint consultation with you. Both for color as well as what to do with the trim inconsistencies. Film it for us!
I Just came to the comments to see if someone had already suggested this. It would be an amazing collab!
i think the light blue (grey) was stunning! it matched the cement in the bricks perfectly, and really brought peace to the space
I really wouldn't discount the light blue. The reason it looks so grey is because it is next to such a bright, borderline periwinkle blue. When you paint an entire space, you will always be shocked by how much a color that you thought leaned more neutral, is actually way more colorful than a small swatch would lead you to believe. I've made the mistake many times!
Yes, good points. I would add you can also ask them to just lighten the blue you’re considering with white a bit.
this comment is making me rethink the light blue! I just swatched more of the light blue in a larger area and It feels easier to live with long term than the other colors. Ahh I'm so indecisive when it comes to paint 😅
@@benjiplant the light blue also has some green undertones so its warmer than the other blue, but won't pose the risk of being overwhelmingly warm or earthy like the yellows. And the undertone will pair nicely with the brick because red and green are complementary colors.
That said I really liked both your vision boards. You're amazing at interiors and that's why I take all my design cues from you 😊 You can't go wrong, and in the end it's just paint and you can always redo it.
1. Dining room looks amazing!
2. Because of all the weird trim and not-trim mixes I would color-drench the bedroom and then keep the niche in white (inc beams) and then make that space extra special. A jungle niche with lots of plants or a mattress on top of there as a daybed/petbed for reading and hanging out. Or build a custom shelf on that niche for art / books / plants that you can look at from your bed. So many options!
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I think dorset cream looks really nice with the brick! I don’t think the blue compliments the brick
The green ceiling looks so good and I love that you painted the door, too. I love that color. You should think about color drenching the dining room. It would be a little jewel box. For the bedroom any trim you leave white will stand out so I would paint the walls, door and all of the trim blue. You could leave the ceiling white if you think it would be too much blue for you. If the window area has trim around it where you can clearly stop the paint you could leave it white so it ties into the white ceiling.
just paint the wall behind the bed and the ceiling leaving the trim and the rest of the walls white?
17:46 drench everything except leave the window sills and the plant alcove white 👀
I love the green on the ceiling! Nice job. In the bedroom, because of the inconsistent trim, I think I would keep the walls white, maybe even slightly creamy and then paint the ceiling the blue you liked.
Good job! The dining room looks great 💚 I definitely think you should change the curtains to green or another colour that contrasts the walls more.
Definitely the BLUE in the bedroom, not the YELLOW.
I would put a large decorative screen on the wall in front of the closet….or I would hang a nice floor to ceiling drape along the whole wall in front of the closet,
i think painting everything blue including all trim would look best, but cutting it off at the trim and leaving the window section. maybe even painting that window section a darker or lighter color blue for some contrast to the rest of the bedroom might look cool??
LOVE painted ceilings... I have super tall ceilings and in my master bedroom I did the ceiling paint color about 10 inches down the wall also and added a moulding that seperates the color and the white walls.
love the new green in the dining room!! for the curtains, i think another green would darken the space but i like the bamboo shades tying in the natural elements of the room. One idea for adding something else green to make the space more cohesive is a clean potted plant in the middle of the table, almost like a bouquet, that matches the warm dark green of the ceiling. Something else i think you would like is called ikebana, it's a minimalist japanese technique of arranging flowers that would go lovely with the space. 😊 check it out!
The blue is soo nice! I feel like hay and the cream one would be more overwhelming
I personally would have the light yellow but it's just my preference
Lololol, dark primers are always scary. I worked in a paint store for 13 years and would always see the apprehension. But you need that color base to help the darker colors be pigmented. (Or at least not need 15 coats to get a true color). Looks great, and good job for seeing it through! (WORD OF ADVICE TO EVERYONE: Unless you are painting a white, get a tonal match of gray primer to the color you want to paint.
The ceiling looks amazing... you did a beautiful job, Benji! Also, changing out the green panels for clear....you could definitely see the difference. A suggestion about the upstairs room... how about adding trim to the areas that really stick out and leaving the trim white. Or if all else fails... just paint it all blue... If it just doesn't look right, then find a beautiful, soft, warm white... And whitewash the room... Even if it is white... A soft and warmer white will still be beautiful because that room gets so much wonderful light... good luck!
Maybe some garden solar lights to highlight your garden plants & view them at night from the kitchen window. Rather than putting up blinds.💡
Your parents are so talented and generous to you. You're so lucky to be part of a family that sees community this way. I;m late to the party but I would think a ceiling color with more yellow would look more like filtered light through a canopy.OOOH! looking good!!!
The green ceiling looks incredible! It really ties into the warmth of the room so well. I definitely think green curtains would be a lovely way to pull everything together, but I wouldn't go for curtains super close in shade to the ceiling. Maybe try a green with a similar tone but a bit lighter? Also, I actually really liked the light blue paint. I think it only looked super grey because it was right below the parma blue. But if you're only considering the yellows or parma blue, I still think parma blue is the way to go. I really think just doing an accent wall behind your bed in the parma blue would be a good start especially because of how beautifully it contrasts with the wood and the brick. If you really do want to paint everything though, I think the hay yellow might be better? I feel like the parma blue would be overwhelming as a color drench. The yellow blends in a bit too much with your furniture imo, but it would work well as an overall color for the room whereas parma blue seems like it could be a bit overwhelming outside of just an accent wall
I don't think I have any insights into painting the bedroom trim, but I empathize with the difficult decisions. Good luck!
The green ceiling looks really cool. I have always loved F&B Bancha and I will paint my kitchen that colour but only the walls 👍🏼
Blue bedroom: you should paint the trims in blue to balance with missing ones. And keep a white box around the big window seems to be a good idea.
(Personally, I still start without painting trims and add color on it in second step if it feels it need to ;^)
Oh now I love that grey paint that you sampled in the bedroom, lol! The green ceiling is beautiful! So daring!
Hm! I would paint the walls and not the trim and see how it looks. You can always paint the trim too if it's looking silly
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I thing the bedroom would look nice if u would leave the trims white and paint the walls blue
oooh this is my new Sunday mass lol
The green looks amazing! Love the rolling bamboo shades!!
I also think you should paint that little nook in your room it's own color, I think it would be really cute
If I was living here though, id put cushions on it and make it a little cosy spot (I am small enough)
Where is your blue shirt from?? It looks so nice on you and i want one now lol
The periwinkle parma grey looks so cute
Getting over a flu and this is just what I needed!
I love watching your videos Benji
I love the green ceiling, looks great!
Hi, isn’t wood paint different to ceiling paint? Also, only use the same type of paint that is already on the wood - oil based or water based. Good luck. 😊
As an Englishman I'm happy to see you're using British paint company Farrow & Ball, they have a great selection of colours and is fantastic quality . I don't think we in Britain would use any American made paints 😂.
What if the curtains in the dining room had a contrasting stripe? I think that could be a fun way to elongate the ceiling height and bring the dark color down as well!
Ceiling is stunning! My only concern is that Bamboo Roller Shades don't really fit the style of your home(they cheapen the look). But that is my opinion. Otherwise good job!
I’ll preface with saying that I LOVE your blend of West Coast/California, mid-century, and Japanese aesthetics. I personally love the white, but I get that you’ve been living there awhile and having so much white can get a bit old over time. I agree that the ceiling was a scare at first, still not my first choice, but it does look WORLDS better finished and dry than when you were in the process. I’m glad you are happy with it, and leaving the white walls in the dining area does make it look cozy. I can’t wait to see what you do with the lighting in that space.
Your bedroom is admittedly a more complex and tough space to execute all these new decisions. I’m with the majority + my personal bias that the blue would look best. I personally also like the light gray option because of how warm and bright LA can be (coming from Canada). As for the white dowel trim, why not add white dowel trim to the sides that don’t have it OR just paint over them to camouflage them. A third option would be to remove the dowel trims from all sides altogether just for the bedroom, and use them elsewhere in the future should you have a desire for them. This is an exciting journey (albeit labour-intensive), but I hope you enjoy the journey and the destination to come. Can’t wait for your next video. Been watching you regularly for the past 3 years now!
Awwh, something about that mini dracaena reflexa in your bedroom being the same species as your massive one in your living room is absolutely adorable.
Oh, Also: Idk what colour you should go for in your bedroom, but it definitely shouldn't be light blue. Something about the grey tone in the room makes the colour scheme seem strange.
The green looks so amazingly beautiful!!!!! It looks so calming and inviting. Great job!!!!!
I am so happy you guys decided on the green for the ceiling, I LOVE IT!! Looks so good. I think for the bedroom, I would paint the walls and the trim, then see how you like leaving the other section with the plants in it white!! Can't wait to see what you decide.
I know you got a Boyfriend but I miss you so much as I am drawn more into you as I kept watching ur vlogs ❤.
The green ceiling looks great! I was a little scared with the primer as well. I can't decide between the yellow and blue. I love yellow rooms but I do feel like the blue would look better with the wood furniture and brick (my yellow room had white painted brick, which looked nice, but I don't recommend that!). Will plants look nicer next to one of those colors? Could you also share where the bamboo blinds are from? I need some without strings and love the dappled light from bamboo.
Hiii Benji. It's so exciting seeing your place change color! In your bedroom, you might want to add matching ceiling trim (just the simple quarter round) to the wall behind your bed and the other wall where it's missing, even if you decide to color drench the room. In my experience, painting the trim/wall a non-neutral color emphasizes it even when it's the same color as the walls, so I'd try to even it out wherever possible before you paint. And the ceiling trim is a quick win!
love how the green ceiling came out! so calming and inviting.
can I ask where your striped shirt with the white collar/cuffs is from?
The green ceiling looks DELICIOUS ! so complementary to all of your beautiful wooden furniture pieces too
Here's my idea:
Paint the wall that your bed is against (with the painting of the basket), do not paint the trim around the brick on either side.
Also paint the other wall your bed is against (with the blocked off door) until it meets the trim on half the door. Maybe see if you can get some matching trim for the other side of the door, I'm not sure if there would be room for it to fit since there is that nob on the wall, but I guess you could measure it out and see!
Paint the wall with the windows up until the beam on the ceiling.
You can also look into adding matching beams to the walls, which would help "finish" off the look of the door, as well as "cut off" the extra part of the room and help transition from blue to white.
You can leave the door trim white and see how you like the blue. If you end up wanting to paint the other side of the room blue, I'd recommend leaving the beams white.
I am NOT a designer, but I love trying to design lol - anything you do I bet would look good!
Hi Benji, When you want to paint a room (but are not sure about the end results) take a picture and edit the walls in Photoshop or some other photo editing program. That way you can visualise how the room would look before committing to painting. Hope this helps 😄
You pronounced Louis Poulsen right the first time ;) If you want to get it just right say Po-ul-sen (slower).
In regards to painting the bedroom, I love the blue (had a room in a similar colour once and loved how calm it felt) but also grew up with a yellow room (so no hate towards the yellow).
Maybe you should leave the windowseat area with the beams and all one colour and then paint the trim and sidetrim where the fireplace in the same colour. They can act as accent colours if you dont want to colourdrench the room. Then leave the inconsistent trim to be the same as the wall/ceiling. Although it could also be fun to have the beams (all the way to the floor) be the same blue colour as the walls and leave the windowseat white/accentcolour. Or leave the windowseat blue but the beams and trim around the window an accentcolour (maybe red ??) haha I'm spiralling. Love the green ceiling+door
That green ceiling is so beautiful ! Great idea 🤩
Hi Benji. I love the green. I'm a green girl, anyway. I usually leave the ceiling white. I like the top blue in the bedroom or the bottom yellow.
Be careful of yellow walls. It's terrifying how much yellow can overpower a room. TRUST ME, I found out when I was in high school
Funny.... I thought Benji better deliver tge goods today. Well actually I thought plant tour 24 but this will do. Lol ❤
💛 I always love your frequent change & I obsess over your POV 🧡
the green ceiling is amazing, the bedroom would definetely look better with the dark yellow. yes, blue compliments warm tones sometimes, but i don't feel like that specific blue compliments the specific warms of your bedroom. the yellow is fun and, if it's too warm, it would just give that feeling of a warm filter over a movie, which i absolutely love. plus warm is a lor cozier than cool imo. if you really wanna go with the green, i'm gonna be the odd one out here and say that the grayer blue looks better with the warm tones lol
the dining room ceiling looks great! for the bedroom - i like the top left blue and think you could paint only the wall behind your bed and the walls/ceiling of your built in nook area. it would tie the blue together in multiple ways and not highlight the trim issue! also i think it would be very unique/visually interesting and showcase the architecture and character. can’t wait to see what you do ❤️
Hi Benji and family! I might would consider trying to match the trim throughout the room and entryways, that way you could see an opportunity for how you would want the trim and the walls to look like.
Absolutely love the choice for your home, and can’t wait for the reveal!!
Love, Ginger
I absolutely love the color "Hay"! Your home is so beautiful, it makes me excited about having my own one day.
Designer here 🙈 I would just paint the wall behind the bed and then go from there. After you can decide if you want to paint more or not. If yes, i would leave the ceiling and the window nook white or a much lighter blue. But not the trim though, that would look a little weird/inconsistent.
i looooove the green ceiling! also for pronouncing louis poulsen, the louis is pronounced without the s and the poul-part should rhyme with saul or call (source: i'm danish)
Benji maybe you should do an accent wall for the bedroom instead of painting the whole room, just the wall behind the bed and also to the bay window or the walls around it. There are so many inspos on Pinterest. That shade of light blue is airy and perfect for it. I wanted to have an accent wall in my bedroom too but our house owners won't allow us to paint, lucky you.
one of the booktubers I follow; thebookleo or leonie christel (her vlog channel) got herself a new place and painted her place with lots of different colors I would never dream of painting. And all of it turned out really well. I got a lots of inspiration there too watching someone try it for the first time..
Have you considered the idea about completing the trims in your bedroom,? Have you asked your landlord about why that room has inconsistent trims?
I vote for white trim in your bedroom. To make it look more consistent, you could add more of what you’re calling a “dowel” (I learned to call it “quarter round,” not sure if that’s just a regional term), OR remove the quarter round and install more of the trim like you have at the top of the brick, as a type of low-key crown molding. Be sure to decide about that before starting to paint tho.
As to the bedroom, just paint walls to start, leaving all the trim white. Then live with it a few days before adding more blue. Easier to add than subtract.
I believe you might attempt to add some of the quarter round trim, and trim the other side of the door. Adding trim is not hard and it would help with the current unfinished look of the space. Just think about it instead of jumping into the painting.
(I was also a paint consultant in a previous life!) I really like the light grey colour. It doesn’t look great in the swatch on the wall because it’s clashing with the yellow and blue swatches beside it (usually better to see each colour on a card separately so you can move around the room). I think on its own you will see the green more in it and it will contrast nicely with the wood and bricks. Be careful about the trim you leave white as those ‘shapes’ are going to stand out and annoy you (they’d annoy me) I think colour drenching trim and walls would work better and disguise the imperfections. Love your channel x
Im not a blue girl, but that one’s not bad. Yellow, orange & red are my colors. My home is very colorful, so I would choose the buttery yellow one for the bedroom, but your style is opposite of mine.
That lighter green is beautiful! I would paint the door & the ceiling with that color! Dark ceilings really lowers the ceiling 😢
You can add quarter round on the walls in the bedroom very affordably to make it all match. They’re not dowels.
Now you have to paint the red chairs black. I promise it will pull it all together.
Painting the ceiling. Cut in the corners and edges with the brush. Put a broom handle on the roller (you don't need a dedicated roller extender that costs $$) so you can stand on the floor while you paint. Long sweeping back-n-forth (up n down) with the roller gives a nice even coverage. Works on painting the walls too.
Liking the blue for a bedroom. If you're in any way conflicted with the color just paint one wall. Live with that for a few days or so. See how it is thru different times of day, different lights. Hoping it goes well with the brick.
Really like how if there's something going on that you have the family come over to pull together. Remembering how everyone came over to help clean the apartment when your room-mates moved out. And when mom comes over there's food.
Hey Benji, love the kitchen door, but, if i can give you one tip, at 16:18 it is pretty noticeable that there’s some old pain on the glass. It can be easily removed with razor blade, or the edge of a paring knife 🤞
I love your style Benji !! What if you paint the ceiling OR half the wall of your bedroom? That way I think its easier for the blue to not get overwhelming !! ❤
I’m definitely team blue. Especially with the brick.
Tip for painting with rollers, you can usually just screw in a handle of a broom! Most brooms universally unscrew from the base, so if you have a broom at home try to see if that works for you instead of buying an extender for the roller!
For the bedroom I think architecturally there is a lot going on so color drenching the trim + walls would and cohesion and consistency. Alternatively you could just get trim from Home Depot and install yourself it’s pretty cheap and then you can not paint the trim.
I like the blue for the bedroom.
I have the same problem with trim in my dining room. I may go to Home Depot and but the same style of trim and leave it white.
It's wonderful that you're family comes to help you with projects. ❤
I painted all of the trim and doors in our small, primary bedroom a deeper green with slight yellow undertones. I added a bit of that color to white paint and painted the walls. I added a bit more to the ceiling color. It turned out beautiful! It’s unique without being awkward and very calming. You’ll make the right choice for you. ❤
you pronounced louis poulsen correct the first time! (lou-ie pole-son). i recommend painting the niche in your bedroom blue, including the ceiling, top of the bench, and support beams to distinguish the space as a plant exhibition. i would even paint the light switch cover and knob + the base of the lights being installed. the blue compliments your plants and decor and sets an elegant backdrop. i would leave the ceiling in your bedroom white and leave the wooden trims exposed, but paint any white trims. the wood has more character and harmonizes with the other wood/earth tones in your bedroom. there's nothing special about the white trims, plus they're inconsistent so painting them blue wouldn't draw attention to them. beautiful job though! love the green ceiling and looking forward to what you decide for your bedroom!
I think I would leave the column supports white unless you go black/dark with them and also paint the windows dark to match. I’m sure you know but black windows recede visually so it feels more outside.
Loved all your paint choices. I’d paint the whole of the bedroom in the light blue.
Honestly the light blue pain color was so nice! It felt like a foggy color which I think would do nicely with the warm woods of the bedroom. Regardless of color though, I would suggest either removing the extra trim, or adding in some of your own on the missing walls. Another comment here said to maybe paint the inside of the window another color, and I agree it would be a fun idea to explore! Ultimately whatever you decide I know will be sooo cool, like the green ceiling. It was so perfect ❤
Keep about 7cm of white at the top of the bedroom walls. It is supposed to give the illusion of higher ceilings i have heard and the border looks nicer. Then also the trim is in the white part :)
The green ceiling looks sooo good! I’m still sticking to blue for your room, I say go for it all over. Maybe don’t paint the whole room all at once and see how you feel and if it feels disjointed then keep going into the nook and poles. Ooo imagine you did both yellow and blue. That might be tacky though 🌚 💙💛
soo brave going with such a dark color for the ceiling but it turned out really amazing! I personally would only apply the blue to the wall behind the bed for now and then see how you feel about the inconsistencies of the trim along the corners and if that being continued bothers you at all, i think painting both the walls and the ceiling could be fun but ultimately youll have the brightest room using a kind of feature wall i think :3 Regardless love how it looks, keep up the awesome videos Benji, greetings from Germany!
Definitely paint the “dowel trim” blue to blend to the wall and maybe the thicker one (the chimney one) leave white. That brick wall is unique in itself and the white trim there may allow you to showcase the wall if you wanted! I’ve seen those thin dowel pieces painted to blend many, many times and it works well. I love the idea of leaving the walls beyond the support beams white!
I truly believe nothing feels worse than the first coat of any paint color. The amount of work to get to that point is always more than you thought, the color always looks wrong because the coverage isn’t 100% and you get to do the whole thing again the next day. It’s truly its own level of hell
Love the green ceiling and door. The bedroom is a tuff one. Me, I would just paint the headboard wall and that strip of molding on the fireplace to make it look intentional.
The ceiling trim in the bedroom looks to be a typical quarter round. I'm not sure of the diameter but that's easy enough to measure it. With the painting paint one type of surface at a time (drywall then flat section of trim around the brick then the quarter round). You can also use the process with the painting of. the bay window part (paint drywall then trim then supports, etc). After painting each type look at it and see if the next portion needs painting. Much easier to paint the next portion than to repaint it white.