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Is It Weird to Use Same Paint Color in Multiple Rooms?

last year

We recently moved and the only room we've repainted so far is the downstairs powder room. We went with Sherwin Williams Sea Salt. We'll also need to repaint the five upstairs rooms: bathroom, master bedroom, both girls' rooms, and the office. My 4 year old has requested pink so we'll do that, but I think the Sea Salt we already have would also look great in my nearly 2 year old's room.


In our previous house, our master bedroom was Restoration Hardware Silver Sage and I've read Sea Salt is the closest SW match, and honestly I wouldn't mind using that again, especially since our bedroom decor already compliments it because of the other house.


Would it be odd to have so many rooms the same color? And then maybe pick a coordinating light blue that can be used in both the office and bathroom upstairs?

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  • last year

    I like a little variety in wall color, like on the same strip. I also like to keep all my trim the same, usually White Dove.

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    It’s a pretty color and works with your furniture. As long as it looks nice with the light in your new home, go for it. Save decision angst for other issues.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked lisaam
  • PRO
    last year

    LOL, lisaam gave you very good advice. If it's a color you like and that works well with your furnishings it really shouldn't matter how many rooms it occurs in.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked Norwood Architects
  • PRO
    last year

    I agree if it works in those spaces with your stuff go for it .

    atlpdl zone7b thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
  • PRO
    last year

    I don't think it would be odd at all. Some folks paint the whole house of walls, ceiling, and trim in the same color in different finishes. Others paint every room different. It's all personal taste.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked beesneeds
  • last year

    I like off-while or cream for walls. Then, you can add color with furnishing and decor. That said, we bought a house with different colors in most rooms and have kept all the colors, except for the tween dream room in multiple shades of purple with vertical lavender stripes and a fuchsia border at the top of the wall.


    I would go very pale with the pink. Some kids end up being over pink by their mid-tweens. Others love pink all their lives. But you don't want you kid to hate their pink room in less than 10 years. The trick to getting 4 year olds to be happy is to provide some color options --- all very pale. They pick the one they like and are happy. If you let them pick from an unlimited range of color, you might end up with a neon shade.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked Sigrid
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    @Sigrid

    Thanks! This is exactly my plan for my 4yo's room! Pick 5 or so pale pink and let her choose one. When she's a teenager I'll be more than happy to give her free reign of the store and let her design her dream room as you did! My parents let my brother and I do that as teenagers and we loved it!

    Our previous house had most rooms a different color when we bought it and we loved most of them so much we only repainted two (ironically one was a pepto-bismol pink room they had their twin girls in, and we repainted to a light gray).

  • PRO
    last year

    People develop a color scheme for the total home so all the design decisions relate to one another.




    atlpdl zone7b thanked BeverlyFLADeziner
  • last year

    Maria Killam, a color expert, says you need to pick 5 colors and use them throughout your house -- maybe not all in the same strength or tone.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked Theresa Peterson
  • last year

    My whole house is a champagne color. Well, the WALLS are. Not the trim or ceilings.

    I like it because I lean towards warm colors in everything.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
  • last year

    I've had houses where I painted public rooms in different colors and houses where I painted all public rooms in one color. Current house has mostly BM White Dove Walls throughout. I have plenty of color in my art, upholstery and rugs, so the warm/simple off-white background color lets the other elements stand out.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked chispa
  • PRO
    last year

    You can have the same colour throughout a home and it's the decor in each room that makes it look different.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked lisedv
  • last year

    It’s not weird at all. If you love the color do it!

    atlpdl zone7b thanked njmomma
  • last year

    Not weird. For pinks -- when our daughter was little, her room was BM Pink Moire at 50%. So pretty, light and flattering. Her room was everyone's favorite, even my husband's. It just felt good in there. Now her room is FB Dead Salmon, which is a more sophisticated brown-pink. I totally love it, but she's a teenager now and wants a white room. Sigh. Anyway, add Pink Moire to your list to sample; I think it would go well with Sea Salt too.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked stiley
  • last year

    Here is a recent whole home color palette that I helped a home owner select . . .



    Both Labrador Blue and October Mist are found throughout the home both as wall colors and in the art, area rugs, upholstered furniture. It is what brings the home together as a cohesive unit.



    atlpdl zone7b thanked Jennifer Hogan
  • last year

    No one thinks twice if a house is all white. Go for it having similar or the same colours in all the rooms.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked Rho Dodendron
  • last year

    I love having a story about how one color leads to another, what you can see from which room, and based it all on the direction the light is coming from, and what the room is used for. I had that all planed out in my current home with the help of an arrogant color consultant. Then I painted my living room Farrow and Ball White Tie. It is so freaking fantastic I want to lick my walls and so do some of my friends.


    I decided to paint my kitchen White Tie too and now I want to paint my office the same color. Forget my color story.


    If something really works for you - go for it. Sea Salt is a well loved color and won't look harsh while peering from one room to the next.


    I'm particular about having my bathrooms look distinct and different from the rooms around it so they feel more like private, separate, and unique spaces. A nice psychological distinction for a room where you do your business. But why make anything a hard and fast rule?


    Yes to a very pale pink. You can also let her get a cloying pink comforter so she really feels like she can bubble gum it up - much easier to change out in a few years.

    atlpdl zone7b thanked Kendrah
  • PRO
    last year

    For heavens sake!!! You are talking about a private area, bedrooms! The only folks who see them are family. Your bath color hinges on tile and other finishes, and your bedroom color.

    A four year old will outgrow a room in no more than five years. ........You will paint again! Little boys, same thing!

    The only thing you aren't telling us, or considering? What is the flooring in all this private space. It's a lot more important than your wall color.......and should drive it, if it is carpet: ( ?