Here is my interior designer 2 cents worth. You want a light neutral color on the walls best light reflection and color rendition. For years I have recommended Benjamin Moores Linen White, it is a standard color, adjusts with most tile and carpet colors, and gives a soft background for just about anything. It looks ivory when compared to a stark white, but isn't cold and definitely not yellow. Good Luck.:D

Our sewing room color was chosen, before it was our sewing room. We converted our sun room into our sewing room. The walls are a light yellow, but the thing we really like is all of the windows. It really gives you a lot of natural light to work by and also great to be inside, comfortable doing something you love and still be able to see outside.

Thanks for the visual. Do you remember the name of the color? I seem to find yellows with green in it and really don't care for them.

I was going to paint a room in our new house that was dark and uninspiring. It has two windows on the north side and medium color inexpensive paneling. The room was telling me a melon color but I couldn't do it. I'm sewing on a sun porch right now and am loving it, but still need to paint the room. (It's too cold on the porch during the winter.)

Thanks!

Thanks for the tip. BM has samples I can try.

purvissp

I am envious! You have a great sewing/quilting room! My room in down in the basement, and it is dark so I have a few lamps however I need more! The good thing about my room in the basement is that I have music!

TreeFrog

I have one wall with 5 coats of trial paint. lol

I choose a soft yellow, because my sewing room is in the basement, has one window that faces north, so I get no sun in it and I wanted to give it a warm feeling. My accent colors are mainly lavender...but I love pink and lavender together, so I have some pink things too!!!!

I would go with a beige or sky blue because you could put any colors up on/near that without them clashing. Have heard that a light green is supposed to be soothing, but it's not one of my personal favorites.

I went to the paint store and asked for a white (not stark white, like bright snow). I told them I wanted to be able to see the true color of my fabrics. Good luck!

I painted mine 'vanilla ice cream'. It makes it easy for me to 'see' colors, which is an issue for me. My curtain is a pale green cloth shower curtain, it lets in light, but it is diffused light. I love my sewing room, and someday it will be finished. ;)