Paint trick for a dark room

This paint trick for a dark room is a great way to brighten up a dark space with just a few words to the person at the paint counter.

As much as I loooove our porches on the outside of our house (we have 3!) it really takes away from our natural light. Especially in our kitchen.

I found out a trick a little while ago when we did our bedroom makeover.  I found a paint color I loved, but it was just too dark for our room.  I asked the person at the paint counter to lighten it by 50%, which means that they only use half of the pigment.

I LOVE Revere Pewter in our house.  It looks different in every room, but it always looks good.  It’s a true “greige” (gray/beige) without any funny undertones.

See all of our modern farmhouse paint colors in our home here.

Butttt I was a little worried it was going to be too dark in our dark kitchen.  So how do you use a paint color you love – but might be too light in a dark room?

My best paint trick for a dark room:

All you have to do it ask the person at the paint desk to lighten up your paint by a certain percentage.  When they lighten a paint color 25%, they use 75% of the pigment, etc.  

It will still keep the same undertones of the full strength color, but will just be lightened up accordingly.

I ended up lightening up Revere Pewter by 75%.  I figured I might as well be “bold” and lighten it up a lot!  

I really wish I had some fun finished pictures for you – but…not yet.  Right now I’m just painting at night while my kiddos are sleeping and doing it one section at a time.

 

And just LOOK at how well it turned out!  We’re so happy – the lightening of the Revere Pewter was just what this room needed!  See the whole finished space here.

See the whole plan for this room right here

 

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