I literally cringe every time I see this stone by the fireplace. I'd rather see a house painted all white rather than trying to make this stone work with the rest of the color scheme for a home.
It's not that it can't be worked in but the pink stone that you see really, really stands out depending on which color you choose for your home and a lot of people don't have or like pink in the home.
There of course are tons of color options to make this stone work but you have to be careful. Do you want to choose a wall color to make that pink stone blend or stand out? Here are some options.
If you paint your wall green, the pink will really stand out and perhaps have what many people refer to as the “Christmas syndrome” and all they see is red and green. Especially this green and the sage greens are a bit dated.
You can choose a beige wall color which will be fine but very safe and maybe a little hum drum? You'll still have to choose a “color” for the room unless you want your room to be all beige.
You can add the oh so popular gray as a wall color and this would be really nice. The pink in the stone will be your feature in the room. See how it stands out? You'll have to bring pink out in to the room to tie it in a bit better - if you want. Pretty though.
So what else can you do? Well let's take a look at some colors that will give your room a really different look.
You can use a dark blue, dark teal or navy as an accent color by the fireplace. No too bad right? Navy is pretty popular now and there are tons of decor options for the rest of your room to tie it in - as long as it goes with pink.
Now red or burgundy is another option - not so original but still an option.This black cherry red is strong enough where it distracts your eye from the pink yet it's in the same family. It's a good option and I love black cherry red. Don't you? This red really goes with so many decors too.
One other option is to go matchy-matchy which personally, I don't care to do. It's super safe and really looks picture perfect. I'd rather have interesting or unique as an option.You can pull the pink right out of the stone and use that as a wall color but I think that will be a hard sell - at least I've never chosen a color like that for a living room.
The middle color is ok, it's like a slate blue and would probably be the best choice. I've seen and used similar colors in a home with fantastic results. So let's go get a paint sample and try that one out.
The last color is a light blue which is also found in the color of the stones. Now you also have to be careful with light blue because it's really, really close to being a nursery hue - which is it. It can work but just keep other colors in mind to stay away from the nursery look when choosing furniture. Try using black or brown furniture instead of light woods.
So, what would I choose? Actually, this is a file from one of my virtual clients. What I'm going to do it this.
The client wants something fun and happy so fun and happy it is! I chose
Persimmon by Benjamin Moore to go with this stone. It doesn't match, which I like, but it coordinates. There is enough pink/red in this color to be next to the pink and the colors that I chose underneath also coordinate with the colors that are in the stone.
So here you have a choice to choose color that will coordinate with your pink stone and you can still develop a color palette around it without being matchy matchy. The Persimmon is so prominent that you don't really notice the pink in the stone anymore or it just not the feature as it was before.
