When Trish sent us photos of her vibrant living room walls we couldn’t wait to share the amazing before and after pics. Here’s her letter:
Here are a couple of pics of my transformed teal coloured walls for any of your colour-loving readers. We live in a tiny old cottage with tongue-and-groove timber interior walls and our living room needed some cheering up. It’s amazing what some happy colors can do to transform a formerly gloomy room! -Cheers from Trish in Australia
Isn’t Trish’s living room welcoming and smile-inducing? There’s just something about it that makes us hopelessly happy. We love her bold use of such punchy and fabulous colors (like how she spray painted that wicker chair red) and can’t wait to hear what you guys think! We’ve always loved the teal and red color combo- it’s so crisp and Domino-esque. Thanks so much for sending your lovely photos our way Trish. We’re off to enjoy some vegemite in your honor (ever since another Australian reader sent it over I’ve learned that I actually love the stuff!).
That is such a pretty shade of teal. Love the color combos and the beautiful plants!
That’s awesome! It’s so lively – I would want to start every day there with some coffee or tea. I think just the colors alone would energize me!
Love that shade of teal! The texture on the walls and tiles makes it all the more appealing.
I LOVE this color combo…it’s actually the colors we used for our wedding! The room looks terrific!
What a great transformation! The room looks so much more warm and inviting!
I like it. Nice transformation!
The red and teal look great. It’s so great to see someone go so bold with their decor and have it turn out so well.
What a beautiful color! The room looks fantastic!
This looks great! I love the wall colors and am considering doing it as an accent in our living room (with our red couch). Any idea what the paint color is called?
Hey Alanna,
Since Trish is in Australia she probably used a different brand than we have here in the states, but something like Benjamin Moore’s Ocean City Blue 718 should give you a super similar look. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
I love it! Thanks for giving us a close color match option. We have a guest room, with a sunroom attached that needs some color (ie the walls are stark white). We have some Red and Brown furniture for the sunroom, and the guestroom has cream colored bedding, so I think teal would look AMAZING in there. I want to go paint right now! Thanks!
** OH SO FABULOUS **
I am a big fan of teal and red as well… but let me just say that the other thing in these photos that my heart skips a beat for are the bookshelves!! I love that they are somewhat rustic and go with the cottage feel but also I just love to see books displayed in a living space. How cozy!
Love the color but I have to say, as an old house fanatic–I love the tongue and groove and the trim. When was the house built?
I honestly didn’t think I would like the color combo of teal and red, but I have to say, I LOVE it! It is really nice to see a makeover using bold colors. It’s amazing how the teal makes the room seem so much more sophisticated than the original creamy yellow.
YUMMO!!!!
Our sunroom is white walls (BM Atrium White), the upholstered furniture is white cotton duck and the furniture is mostly black. I use touches of red and teal in the accessories and pillows and love the color combination. Love her wall color too but we wanted white for the sunroom since it gets SO MUCH sun I didn’t want things to fade.
How refreshing to see someone use color on the walls!
I’m not sure I would have liked that teal if weren’t for the fabulous red accents. That chair is fantastic and it makes the walls comforting without being sleepy or overly saturated.
Teal and red are my favorite color combo! (I used it for my wedding) Love the transformation!
I love it! Does anyone have any idea what the plant in that last picture is? It’s really cool-looking, and I especially like how it looks in that basket.
Lovely color combo, thank you.
I have just added ‘spray wicker chair’ to my to-do list!
this is so fresh! i agree, the wicker chair in red is one one of the best parts.
kelly
@ Kim S.: Looks like some kind of orchid.
I love the look of the teal walls and red accents. The room looks so cozy and inviting! I need to find myself some Vegemite too :)
I loooove the color combo – amazing choices Trish!
I’m inspired. I have a red couch. and I recently purchased a teal, metalic ottoman from urban outfitters. This encourages me that I’ve gone in the right direction. Thanks!
That made me actually say “wow” outloud when i saw it. I LOVE the stove surround!
I love the teal and red colors combined with the dark wood in the room! I think it’s so sophisticated, yet colorful and playful at the same time. I definitely plan to decorate my future home in Tiffany blues, cherry reds, and light and dark browns (maybe with a little bit of citrus green thrown in there as well). Simply stunning!
LOVE the teal and I’m not a “teal person”. Like it so much that I’m now planning to swing by the Benjamin Store on my way home tomorrow :)
LOVE IT! But then again, I’m pretty teal obsessed :)
It’s absolutely fantastic – what a transformation! Could you ask Trish what colour brand her walls were? I’m in NZ & we use the same brands as Oz. thanks!
Hey Anne,
Here’s hoping Trish stops in with that info soon! Stay tuned…
xo,
Sherry
I love how the ceramic tiles are painted to look brick-red behind the built in fireplace. How clever.
I’ve never thought of teal/red together. This looks so amazing – I love it! I’m inspired. Thanks!
Oh, I love it. Reminds me of Jessicas’ living room on noaccountingfortaste.com !
I’m wondering (in a rather chicken and egg sort of fashion) if she matched her colors to the tile stove surround or vice versa! At any rate – a FIRST rate job. I’m very drawn to this room, even though I’m not normally a fan of teal!
LOVE teal and red together! A brilliant colour combo.
Inquiring minds want to know if that is fabric or paper over the door (in the pic of the red chair). It appears to be in the ‘before’ pic, but really stands out once the teal is on the walls.
Lovely color combo full of energy.The tile effect behind the stove is fab. Cant say I love vegemite, give me liver.
Wow, thanks for your kind comments, everyone.
Lacey – I’m glad you like the bookshelves.
In fact, we have two whole walls of the living
room covered in bookshelves. We love books and
although the room is tiny, we love how cosy it is.
Kari – the house was built in the 1920s, as a
little holiday house by the bay. The water’s
edge is just down the end of our street.
Sherry – We have 4 of the red chairs. They are
in fact new chairs produced by a local company
who will spray paint chairs to any colour you
want. We picked this upright design because the
chairs have multiple uses. They are used as
dining chairs as well as living room chairs.
When it’s just us, we have two in the living
room and two at the dining table. When we
have visitors, the two from the living room get
used around the dining table.
Kim S – the plant in the basket is an orchid, but
I’m ashamed to say I don’t know what kind cos
I’ve been bad at keeping records. Living in
the sub-tropics, we are able to grow orchids
year-round, in the shade of a tree in our garden.
The ones that are in pots are brought into the
house as they flower.
Mary – the tiles are not painted. They are
ceramic in that colour. The walls were painted
before the tiles were found.
Anne – the wall colour is Dulux “Middle Blue”.
As usual, it really looks different on the
colour chart.
Dusa – I think you are talking about the
transome above the door to the bedroom. These
are standard in old Australian houses in the
tropics – lets the air flow through. They are
carved wood. However, the existing one over that
door was in such bad shape, my husband had a
new version laser-cut to replace the old one.
Thank you all again for your kind comments.
I do get cross occasionally about the lack of
space, but it is a special little place and we
love it.
i love the punches of colors. Especially in the last photo – the color punch from the flowers tied the entire room in. That was a great shot.