A question: do I paint the inside of the window “boxes” when I’m painting a room? What I mean is that I don’t know whether to stop the paint at the edges of the windows, or carry the paint into the 3-inch deep “box” that the window is set in. It would be easier to not carry it into the window box, but I wonder if that would look strange.
Related: Rounded sheetrock corners look nice, but they make it difficult to get a nice straight line where the paint color of one room ends and another begins.
So we’ve begun painting the large family room + kitchen + breakfast room + dining room area. After many, many discussions about color, we finally just bit the bullet and made a decision in under two minutes. We’ll go with it, and if we hate it, we’ll just redo it. After all, it’s just paint.
We chose gray for the dining room — darker “Winter Flannel” below the chair rail and one shade lighter of “Autumn Fog” above. The gray was Jose’s idea, so for the kitchen he gave me a bit more free reign and I chose a dark blue/green/teal called “Starry Sky.” It’s both dark — for him — and bright — for me — at the same time, if such a thing is possible. As an accent, we chose a red (that looks brighter in person than on the internet) and I have a slightly crazy idea on how to use it that’s based around a piece of art for the dining room that we don’t actually own yet. (But I really want!)
Here’s the whole color scheme. I threw in the dark brown of the kitchen cabinets and the tan that’s already on the walls and will remain in at least most of the family room. I like the way it looks on my computer, so we’ll see what it looks like on the walls.
I vote for painting inside the box – I think it would look weird otherwise, especially with the bolder colors you’re looking at. I did it that way when I repainted one of our bathrooms earlier this year, and I didn’t think it was all that much of an extra pain. Then again, it was only one window 🙂
My wife is convinced the window boxes should be painted. So, ours are painted.
Yeah, I always struggle with what to do with the inside of the window box. presumably you could use an accent color. But I think the right thing to do is paint it.
I agree, I think you need to paint the boxes. I love the teal. I’m having trouble picturing how the gray will look in that room, but I can’t wait to see how it turns out.