Painting my room??

Question

Ok so I'm painting my room red white and black) I'm sorry I more punk then like girly girl so yeah its not gonna be pink and purple so sorry. SO what I ORGINALLY wanted to do was paint my whole room black...........but my mom said no...............so we compromised and she said I can paint the two longer walls red.........so I said ok.......but today before we started putting the primer on she said do you want me to go out buy black paint? and I'm Like WHAT!? she said I don't give a c**p any more so why don't we paint it black? but the thing is I have these black curtains that I LOVE they block out the sunlight. but the thing is if paint the room black then I would have to change the curtains to red.

so here are my choices:

the two short walls BLaCk the long walls RED and keep the BLack curtians

and keep my closets white and the trim white

the two long walls BLACK the two Short walls RED keep the closets WHITE and THE trim white and RED curtains

The WHOLE ROOM BLACK

Answer 1

What wall is/are the window(s) on?  

If you are very attached to the black curtains I would paint the wall and the opposite wall with the window(s) red. The other walls being black.  I like the trim being white idea.  

I think the black curtains on the red wall would look sharp!

Answer 2

I am a painter and I will tell you I would do the walls red and paint the trim a high gloss black and leave the doors white.  You need to use a grey primer or you are going to be doing coats and coats of red. The grey primer will help you keep it down to 2 coats. It wouldnt hurt to prime the trim with grey also since the black is so dark. Good luck if you have any questions feel free to email me.

Answer 3

since your punkish, along with all the other ideas...maybe print or spray paint some song lyrics in contrasting color--ie on black wall--write or paint lyrics in white--on red wall---paint lyrics in black--just a thought. and if you're artistic paint a black and red and white mural too!!

Answer 4

welcome to black mania club.

To make the whole room black is not good idea even it will show the character in you, but it's too strong for you. So

The two short walls black and  other  walls red and keep the black curtains. whilst your closest could be black and the trim in black.

The point is that better to put black col for accessoriess and small portion in the wall as an accent.

rgds, Anna

http://freetipstricksdecor.blogspot.com

Answer 5

How about painting the window wall black to go with the black curtains and the rest of the walls red?  White trim sounds good too.

Or you could paint just one wall red, behind the bed and the rest of the walls black.  Then bedspread black, white & red.

Have fun with it!

Answer 6

paint the long walls black and the short ones purple the black curtains and bed duvet u could always paint peice of paper black and splater then put on wall like poster?

Answer 7

look i'm with the second choice cz' it's not so cute even for a boy to have black curtains.

but if u reallyyyyyy love the black curtains,so it;s u'r chioce to have the black curtains

hope i've been helpfull for u and gd luck wih u'r mom

Answer 8

I do not like black.  It is simply morbid.  Paint it a cheerful color.  Do not paint it black.

Answer 9

stianed glass film.

choose a pattren you would like

and than try it with on one of the  black walls.

pick one of the more opaque designes.and see what happens

heres a website to give you some ideas

http://www.creativewallcovering.com/wall...

another thing you can do is take some wall paper stick it on the ceiling. and then trace it's patteren's with fluorescent paint

shine a blacklight on it at night and

vualah!!

Answer 10

what about you switch black white black white for your walls and you have a white trim and the black curtains

Answer 11

i would paint the long walls red and the short walls black.i would keep the closet and trim white it sounds cute.have one red curtain on the black wall and a black curtain on the red wall. if you wanted to you could write your name in white on the black wall without the window on it.hope i could help.

Answer 12

i say the first option...  if your whole room is black, it will get boring after a while and red closets sound kind of weird.

also, have you considered getting mirrored closets, it will reflect back more color.

Answer 13

keep the two short walls black, the long walls red, and black curtians with white trim.

then have a red bed set or something!

Answer 14

add some red

Answer 15

i would do the second one with the curtains red

Answer 16

keep the curtains.

you could get some fabric to sew on them to change them, so it's not solid black, like red w/e u like. can u do designs? like not splatter, but maybe stencil stars?

what kidna lighting do u have? a good selction of lights that have red encompased in them would be nice, or LED lights, those always look cool.

i've wanted to do my room all black before, but then my friend talked me out of it and it's just like woah, yeah....

maybe have like black and red walls. striped or checkered maybe?

are u painting the ceiling as well?

a pic of the room would be of great help

what kinda floor? color carpet/hard wood?

hmm... i'm getting a nice picture of what it may look like, but is probally no where close to what u have....

um, depends on u. get a pic in ur head of what u like, and go with that. it's what i do all the time.

also, will u have things on ur walls?? shelves or posters? best to keep that in mind. u don't want it to clash and look horrible, not a good idea

and u don't want it too dark. u need light to read by and to be able to see around so u don't trip over anything.

black and neon lights are awesome most of the time....

Answer 17

I wouldn't limit your wall color choices based on the curtains if the only reason you have black curtains is to block out the sun. If you decide to hang red curtains, simply put a heavy window shade or thick blinds behind the curtains.

Answer 18

Unless you want your bedroom to have the feel of a long and narrow bowling lane, the short walls should be painted red, with the long walls painted black.  It will make the rectangle seem wider and the room will seem more spacious.

Answer 19

First of all, I LOVE your bedspread. The pattern is really artistic and unique. I would paint three of the walls black and the one that your bed is against--paint that red. I wouldn't worry about the black curtains on a black wall. You really wanted an all black look anyway.  

Or, I would paint all the walls red with the wall for your bed black. Either way would look good but the room will look a lot smaller if you chop it up by painting two walls black and two walls red.

But, I would get some big silver studs at a fabric store and decorate the bottom part of the curtains with them in a geometric pattern. The studs have little pointy tabs on them. You just push them through the fabric and then bend the tabs over in back. They're washable, too.

Then I would get some shiny silver fabric and cover your toss pillows with it. You can cut it about 6" bigger than the pillow all around and just gather it up at each corner and secure with a black scrunchy. Let the loose ends of the fabric at the corners just flare out. You could do some in red, too.

A big silver ornate cross (made of resin) on one of the walls would look great, too. They have them at Wal-Mart for halloween and at party supply stores year round, usually. Skull decals (like they use for tattoos can be interesting, too.

Have fun decorating. It sounds like a super room!! : )

Answer 20

First off love the comforter!!!!

How about painting the window wall black to go with the black curtains? And the window seal keep white.

Also if you do not use your top sheet that comes with the comforter add it around the room.

Make a pillow with it or use the fabric to cover the dresser or whatever. Just be creative and use it around the room. And red pillows if your making pillows. And if covering your dresser top add red fabric.

You can even tear a piece of the fabric and use it as a bottom trim to a candle. My son did this and added gold tacks to a red and black candle he got from the mall. (spencers i think in the mall.)

Also On the red wall hanging a larger picture frame that is covered black or with the sheet I was talking about before.

That makes the two walls not stand so apart in contrast. With dark curtains it seem to do that. My sons curtians are black and the other two are white with cheetahs lol I think. I forget. but they made the room not look like a cave any longer.

Oh with the red closet doors you could add black door k***s that would be cool.

Answer 21

Even though your a more punk, I still think you should have a little color in your room. Otherwise it would just be kind of dark, and weird. No offence to your style! But, you might wanna go with the second choice.

Answer 22

depending on how big the room is...I would do the large walls RED and the small black...reason is....that black will really close in the room and make it look smaller if u do the large wall black. So...keep it simple...more red than black!

Answer 23

my mom wouldn't let me paint my room black either (many years ago) - still hate the b even tho she dead !  Now I'm more girly, but my heart is black & void BWAAAAHHHHH !!!!!!!!

Answer 24

I would paint all the walls a deep red and keep the trim white and closet white. You all ready have black curtains so there is no reason to buy new ones. And what are you going to do with the black ones if you do get red. And having walls diferebt colors don't look very good. Having black walls and black bedspread doesn't work either. I found this cool black night table at Ikea called Melbu Bedside Table. I also found a cool chest with 8-drawers that could be used as a dresser at Ikea.com called Hopen. Look these things up and see if you could pull off a makeover soon. Hope you like it!