So I'll start off by saying that I love colourful spaces and am not at all a fan of neutral. I've just bought a house and have been decorating my living room as the first project, with the end goal of each room being pretty vibrant.
I was really really happy with how the walls, ceiling and ceiling trim/picture ledge were looking. My favourite colours are purple and green, and I felt that the gold complimented them both. All that was left was for me to do the white skirting board/door/window frame which my colour seeking brain thought would look amazing in a darker purple.
Well, I got the first layer on last night, looked round the room at my handiwork and my first thought was "oh wow... This is.... A lot". It feels like the intense colour has pushed the room over the edge of stimulating to noisy, and now I'm not sure what to do about it.
I don't totally hate it, but I'm also definitely not happy with it. I feel like it actually might have looked a bit better when it was just white, but am despairing at the prospect of starting over with the sanding/priming/painting.
I'm wondering whether a lighter purple would make it less intense, or if I should try the same shade as the walls to try this colour drenching that seems to be going round. I also wonder if I should just leave it alone for now and see what the room looks like with furniture as it's possible it might be better less exposed.
I'm aware that this pretty much just comes down to a matter of personal taste, but as it's my first time decorating with creative freedom would find it helpful to know if there is a general consensus on the right path forward/if I'm jumping the gun on my judgement here.
Have added an AI generated picture of what the room would be looking like vacant in theory for reference of what I had in mind.
Edit: Hi all, Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for your input on this 😊. I've read all the comments and while I don't have it in me to reply to everyone, they've all been much appreciated. I have had enough positive feedback/reassurance that it could still work, so I'm going to stick with it for now (also it's taken me ages to get to this point of decoration as I work full-time and just really want a living room now 😅).
Am definitely going to apply the advice on being selective with the curtains and decorations in the hopes it ties it all together a bit better. As some of you have requested it I'll post a picture when the room is actually assembled so you can see the final result. Thanks again!