8 Bold and Colorful Rooms for Reading (8 photos)

Yummy blue. This room is a lesson in what lacquer can do to a paint color. Interior designer Meredith Heron warns that a lacquer finish can look significantly different than the color you see on the paint chip. While this paint, Lead Gray by Benjamin Moore, is a charcoal gray on the chip and in other finishes, the lacquer brings out the colors that make up the gray. Because of this, it reads more “yummy blue” than charcoal in this cozy library. Heron used the same color paint for the trim in a semigloss finish and for the walls in an eggshell finish. This provides subtle differences between the three surfaces in color as well as finish.

Rug: one-of-a-kind Persian, Weavers Art in Toronto; chair and mirror: antique; sectional, drapery, ottoman, pillows and millwork: custom by Meredith Heron Design; ottoman fabric: Beacon Hill; basket: Vintage Fine Objects; table lamp: Arteriors; picture lights: Visual Comfort

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