I know what you mean. I tend to think it might look ok if it was just the wall facing the kitchen and not the end bit of wall as well and also if the skirtings were left white like the rest of the skirtings. At my first glance it looked like a big heavy-looking metal cabinet had been put there because everything is that colour! Try keeping that end wall white and I think it could look ok, especially once there are other things in the room and a picture or something on the wall.

Great, thanks everyone. I am certainly planning to put things on the wall and had looked at lots of photos similar to what @dkin0577 kindly showed. However our floor is not as light as planned, and that really shifted the colour. Plus the grey in that pic is softer. It's already dried, Jacinta, and in fact it's still patchy due to the white undercoat, so I think it will darken further :(

Good points about following through the idea to the end, and adding in white trims etc.

dkin0577 I should have added... this is the wall our dining table sits in front of. Presently it is an old yellowy pine table and chairs, but I think it needs lightening up or at least freshening up with some paint if it is to work next to the wall as is.

OMG thanks for sharing this colour, I've been looking for a dark grey! :) x

Hi Sue,

Don't give up on the colour yet.. It may be dark but it gives a striking appearance in the room.

If you can display the photos in various sizes with a generous mount around them and a slim pine look frame to tie in with your Scandi-eclectic theme and floor colour, you've got yourself one beautiful gallery wall as a feature!

Good Luck! :)

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I love a bold wall like that. Is it bothering in contrast to the colour of the couch and cushions? Perhaps that palette is working against this wall? Perhaps a slightly different tone of grey that would work with an olive - mustard tone rather than a blue-purple might give harmony. But it's hard to tell from photos. I like the idea very much though!

I love the colour! Looks Bold, picks up on the darker colours on the floor and enables you to add other brighter colours with your cushions etc But yes I hate that yellow/mustard colour in the cushion...goodluck

The cushion palettes plus mid grey are more to my taste than the bold wall so I think I'll need to tone it down a bit.

Stay with it, a bold colour always looks imposing in an empty space. Once it's furnished and decorated it will soften.

Your sofa is the big money item here so you may not be e changing that soon.

I suggest you take a cushion off your sofa - and head to the paint store for COLOUR MATCHING!!

This is the colour for your "feature" walls.

Definitely suggest painting the woodwork on the kitchen divider as well ... to give it a more sharp, more now "contemporary" look.

The whole area has now been linked ... colour-relationship!!!

If your cushions are reflecting your current favourite accent colours... then look for compliment accent colour/s when you go hunting and gathering for artwork, floor and table lamps, throws, artwork, oranments,p ots and plants etc. etc.

Have fun!!

Love it and love taking it around the corner. What is behind it. i would take all the way around

I like it. I also think you should keep going with it. Some kind of a sheer blind over the window would help hide the window frame (which is in a different style altogether) and maybe a bold splash back in kitchen behind stove to help pull it all through. I think the skirting should stay as you have it and the timber table and pendant will look good. Good luck and please post an after photo when it's all done!

Some more great comments, thanks all! The splashback is going to be white, but it is really beautiful - many facets of hexagons. I'm not one to go too trendy with my core items. My kitchen is just 2 weeks old, so I won't be changing anything in there.

This is my tile, for which I am waiting... waiting... :). It is pure white same as cupboards and walls.

Gill OB and others, I am planning to put a blind and a sheer white curtain on the sliding door window.

I have heard these blinds are good quality and good value.... looking at the roller blind range: https://www.halfpriceblinds.com.au/roller-blinds

Most are urging you to persevere, to reduce the bold impact by adding pics, pendants etc. I disagree on the grounds that you'll be happiest living with a colour/shade that lifts your heart each time you see it. You write about your splashback as "really beautiful". Look for a wall colour you find really beautiful too, rather than forcing yourself to go with a dark grey.

Yes, brennz we are stuck with the taupe/black sofa for now but I'm keen to connect where I can. I have changed the feature wall colour for a warmer grey but I'm definitely going greyish as the sofa will change in due course. Mixing warm with cool can work, it just takes some skill. Eg, scandi style is warm wood with cool greys and whites.

rwalton5, you have totally nailed it! If I have to adjust my room because the wall feels wrong, then it is wrong. Hubby and I went back to our colour inspiration, and we like the greys found in rocks like pumicestone. So I mixed the existing grey with white from the wall and some warmer paint I had in the garage and I now have a warmer grey we both like that it much more Scandi, softer, picks up the kitchen benchtop and works better with plywood and the floor.

Here's the new wall, my own colour mix dubbed 'Pumicestone'. I will be using white and copper with it (cooler weather), or perhaps a punch of yellow (summer/spring). I am seeking a grey/copper cushion to add to the sofa. We may be having banquette seating along this wall at some stage, in either white or ply.

Sue, congratulations. You've not only identified a colour you feel happier about, you've actually created it. I suspect you'll now be able to create a pleasing mix of warm greys, plywood browns, stone tones, coppers or bronzes, warm whites, etc; maybe with a bit of yellow added come spring; and you'll be able to live with the brownish sofa until you're ready to update or reupholster.

I have some KAS cushion covers from a couple of years ago which show how this kind of colour mix can be done. One has stylised flowers (a la Mexican) in grey, brown and caramel with a touch of burnt orange. (You mention liking ochre.). Another is lighter grey, brown, taupe and bone-white on a natural linen. A third (less subtle) is warm greens with brown, taupe, yellow, white and a little aqua. I'm not saying go for styles that are a few years out of fashion. But do be confident enough to resist a harsh, hard-edged option if a gentler one is right for your temperament and household and the room's aspect. Robyn

Thanks Robyn, beautifully summed up and yes I like brown when used in natural textures such as leather, stone etc. Those colour mixes you suggest are good. I'm happy enough to go with Scanclectic :) instead of Scandustrial as it's more my style. In the past, I've sometimes been a step ahead of the trends (accidentally!) so I wonder what this will turn into. Warm yellows and rusts are lovely with the right context. I'm figuring the warm grey wall will provide a lot of fun options for table settings as this wall sits behind a dining table. Should be versatile!

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Hi Sue, I would love to see a follow-up on this post, with the room put together. I am thinking of painting a wall in my living room in a colour similar to your pumicestone and I'm curious to see how you accessorized it. Thanks in advance.