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Husband’s Office Makeover

6 years ago

My husband wants to turn the ”white cube”

of an office he has now into a snug and warm space where he can relax, play video games and display his interesting collection of art and books.


He loves green and isn’t afraid to go dark and moody and wants plenty of low-light loving plants, mahogany and leather accents and interesting warm lighting.


I read that a small room benefits from

dark paint as it helps the walls recess, but should all 4 walls be the same color? There is one, nicely sized window but the room doesnt get blaring direct sunlight because of the massive evergreen outside the window.


Adjacent to the window is a closet, we took the doors off and put his tv on a tasteful stand inside the closet to add space and it fits perfectly, should I paint the inside of the closet one or two shades lighter than what we choose for the walls or all the walls the same?

Comments (18)

  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Sounds like a plan. Could you post pics of the room? Any existing furniture or all new?

  • 6 years ago

    It’s literally a white square room with a standard height ceiling and a window... just super generic bedroom but since we don’t have children it’s going to be his office/man cave. I’d take a picture but the light is terrible rtnw

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    It would help, regardless of lighting...

  • 6 years ago


    This is what the room looked like when we bought our home (minus all the furniture obv) it’s just empty now and completely blank white walls.

  • 6 years ago

    Im inclined to do dark wood slated blinds with long curtains, a large richly colored rug, dark forest green walls with mahogany floating book shelves and framed art in rustic gold, bronze and wood frames. An interesting chair that is both extremely comfortable and visually interesting, perhaps something leather and old- fashioned with an ottoman. a side table for resting a whiskey and a book, not sure maybe wood? Just not sure about if all walls should be painted the same.... or maybe a textured wallpaper on one wall?

  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Sounds delilghtful. Here are some pics I'm looking at....

    A textured wall would be lovely. I would paint all the walls the same color.




  • PRO
    6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    A dark, leather wall would make it look very rich. Just brainstorming some ideas.



  • 6 years ago

    Oooooh that would be really interesting

  • 6 years ago


    He is very attracted to this paint color

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    What style desk are you leaning towards?

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Do exactly what he likes!

  • 6 years ago

    Yes but I’m just not sure if all walls should be painted, if not, which one? not sure about the painting “rules” for such a small square space....

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Paint them all, one could be with leather. You might want to consider white moulding.


  • PRO
    6 years ago



  • 6 years ago

    The white moulding does seem to lift the ceiling, I was inclined to do dark wood moulding to lean in to the “whiskey club” feel and maybe paint the ceilings a warm beige but perhaps white would keep it from feeling too confined.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    I think your ceiling might need some treatment. To give it that snug and warm feeling you want, you might want to consider dark coffered ceiling tiles. Don't worry about it feeling confined once you get everything placed in the room. They will also help to minimize sound in the room.





  • 6 years ago

    We used BM Tarrytown green for the built in bookcases. It has a rich depth of color. It is in theIr Historic Colors collection.

  • 6 years ago

    I feel like I wrote this post! Ha! We just did the same thing in my husbands office. He does have high ceilings but walls were bland and he wanted moody green. We used SW 6475
    Country Squire and are so happy with it. We did the trim in a bright white and all frames on the wall black to match the desk/chair. Got a light rug from rugs USA. I will post some pictures if it helps you to visualize your room. (We haven’t done anything on the windows yet).