Remodeling laundry room to give me more sewing space. Any suggestions on wall color? Now it's a sort of "off-white". Is a subtle color better? If so, what color? I don't want anything bright and flashy. I just want whatever will make the room feel larger and not interfere with the color perception of the fabric. Thanks for any ideas.

pale pretty yellow is much more cheery than off white. I painted my downstairs a color called "filtered sunlight" from Benjamin Moore. It is beautiful and won't overpower a room

My walls are white and I find it clean and comfortable.

I would go with a light color that makes you smile. Yellow is my favorite :)

Martha Stewart puts out a great yellow called "goats beard"
which I have in one rm but I found my sewing rm needed to be light and bright so it's white.

I agree that yellow is a good color. It's very cheerful and there are a lot of really pretty pale shades of it. Pale blue is also something to consider. When we moved into our house we repainted most of the public living spaces a very pale aqua (Valspar "Distant Valley" ) and it was as if we'd knocked walls down, the way it opened up the space which was previously a caramel color. I was shocked.

But really, any pale shade that makes you happy is going to work. The more you like it, the better you'll enjoy your time there. :)

My sewing room is the northeast corner room. I painted it a yellow so it would feel warm & cozy in the winter. I've got white bead-board on the ceiling so it feels like an outdoor porch in the summer with the windows open. At least that's what I tell myself.

My color is Vellum by Sherwin Williams..very neutral and light

Whatever color makes you happy when you look at it. My sewing room has a wallpaper with a pale yellow background and flowers in peach, blue and white. I love it!

I love soft, light colors. Dark colors can change the appearance of fabric colors and be a bit depressing. That said, mine is hunter green on one wall and has burgundy carpet, but only because it was that way when we moved in.

Mine is lavender because my husband won't let me paint our bedroom that color. I made curtains to match. I finally have my purple bedroom I have always wanted since I was a kid. It has hardwood floor, easier to find the pins that way.

I did pale yellow because I'd read somewhere that it won't influence the shades of other colors and will help you see the true colors of your fabrics. Not sure it's true, but I loved it.

Mine is a light, cheery yellow and I love it.

I think I'm leaning towards some kind of light yellow. I'm off to find some samples and bring them home to "study". Thanks, ladies. Might put a wallpaper border in there, too. I love wallpaper, though folks don't use it much any more. My grandad and my daddy were paint contractors, and in the day, everyone had wallpaper. I guess that dates me; doesn't it? (LOL)

Whatever color you decide on, please don't purchase a color that resembles "skin". This is the color of my sewing area which happens to be the living room as well. If it wern't for the fact the my ceilings are 16 feet tall I would repaint in a soft grey.

My room is a nice buttery yellow. It's very calming and welcoming. Can't wait to get in there everyday!

I have yellow walls in my sewing room.

My sewing room was the den. I haven't repainted it. The walls are a forrest green. It went with the oversized green plaid couch and green recliners that were in it. I'm just happy to have the room for sewing. I gave away the practically brand new couch and recliners to some friends at church since my husband was moving me out of the dinning room for sewing. I'll get it painted one day. Right now, I'd rather visit this board and sew instead of paint.

I am a huge fan of yellow also; but a pale blue or soft shade of lt.olive green would be nice.

I would keep it as light as possible, so you can see the 'true' color of your fabric :). Have fun!

I use to help my Mom wall paper the ceiling....how old does that make me!! LOL I too like wall paper!

I painted my room I think it was called Honey Beigh Yellow...I liked it so well ended up painting my hallway the same color...

The color of your lighting will have a bigger impact on seeing the "true" color of your fabrics than the wall color will.

Mine is cheerful. Yellow above and red below chair rail. I made a valance with sun flowers. Love that little room.

I recently found out I can repaint... since we have to do new floors too... I think I'm going to go with light breeze from Benjamin moore.

I have the same lighting in two different rooms, and the color is different. I took some batiks that were clearly navy blue into my sewing room...took them into another room to look at the wall color with the batik and it looked black. :shock: Maybe it's because the two wall colors were so different, but that's just my experience.

Even just a small difference in the direction of your windows or the number and size of windows can make a difference in the way your brain perceives colors.

Incandescent lighting is fairly yellow. Florescents can be blue or green and I've even seen some that's sort of pinkish orange.

Sunlight ranges from blue to yellow to occasionally red or orange.

But your brain likely perceives most of it as white.

Mine is lavender. I love it.

I prefer mine white...

Mine is cream color -- with all the fabric colors I needed a place to rest my eyes.

Me personally I really like a pastel turquoise but that is just me

Yellow is a great color for a sewing area. There is a great range of shades to choose from. It simulates sunshine and reflects more light than any other color. I don't find that it alters the perception of colors at all and it makes for a nice cheerful place to work. Ann in TN

Martha Stewart's colors are wonderful!! However, I can't help you- what I like may not be what you like.

By looking at the picture, I realize y'all mean that you can actually see your walls.lol With everything in my sewing room, I can't see much of my walls. I have a large antique quilt on one wall, a large closet, a large tapestry of a cat with an antique machine, 2 windows, a wall mounted TV, 2 large shelves mounted on the wall close to the ceiling so I really only have about 6 feet of lavender wall space left to see above the corner computer desk and that has a clock in the middle of it. Personally, I think the lighting is more important that the wall color. Wall color should make you happy. Lighting should make the fabric happy.

Yellow is a great color for the sewing room, because it is not only a cheerful color, but it is more like the sunlight, which is perfect for sewing.

White or off white is best for me. But each his own.

I looked at the reflectivity rating on the paint colors (often listed on the bottom or back of paint chip strips) before I chose my wall color. I found that a pale yellow had more light reflectivity than white! I ended up using a color called "Havanna Cream" by Behr for most of my house (expcept kid's room/bath). My husband hates yellow, but loves this color. We find it very soothing.

I vote for pale yellow. That is the color of ours and it is bright and cheery.

I repainted mine a very soft yellow green. Kind of like a field in early spring. Very very light color.

I have two walls that are white and the other two are greyish-green. The white areas and windows are in the sewing portion of the room. Since I find the the morning mist in the tress peaceful, I chose the greyish-green for the accent walls.