Collection: Eco-friendly living room paint

Our tips for successfully decorating your living room

Let's get painting! Painting your living room isn't something you can just improvise, and we have a few golden rules to follow before you start painting your living room.

First, it's a good idea to prepare your surface before applying the paint. Remember, your surface must be clean, sound, dry, and consistent!

To achieve these four criteria, you will be advised to wash your walls and sand the surface. Once you have finalized the preparation of your surface, you will only have to apply an undercoat to prepare the finishing coat.

Choosing the right paint for your living room is important because it's the room in your home where you likely spend most of your time. Choosing the right paint and color is therefore definitely not something to be overlooked in your living room.

Choosing the right color for your living room is all the more crucial as it affects our moods and some of our feelings at a given moment.

Algo supports you in carrying out your work: from preparation to determining the color you will apply.

How to choose paint for your living room?

There are several criteria to take into account when decorating and choosing the paint to use to paint your living room, starting with the size of your room and the interior furniture in your living room.

If you have a small living room, then we recommend that you opt for light and sober shades so as not to overload the room and ensure as much light as possible to give you an impression of spaciousness.

Conversely, if you feel that the room is too large, then you can opt for deeper shades to visually reduce the space: all you have to do is choose from our wide range of colors.

Another tip: the room's orientation is also an important factor. Depending on the exposure of your living room, the choice of color to apply may differ. If your room faces north, warm tones can provide contrast. Conversely, if the room faces south, then cooler, neutral colors can bring a certain freshness.

Direct the color towards a modern and trendy decor

Colors will play an important role in the atmosphere of the room: warm colors will bring a warm atmosphere into your interior, which is a positive point.

However, these colors can create a feeling of omnipresence depending on how the colors are applied: it is therefore recommended to use these shades in small touches or simply on a section of wall.

Neutral colors are also a great option if you want to give your living room a sense of simplicity and clarity. Among these colors, white, beige, or gray are perfectly suited to this type of need, guaranteeing as much natural light as possible.

Pastel colors will brighten up the room, which will help increase the sense of space. Conversely, dark colors will give your interior an elegant and chic look.

If this is an alternative that can be interesting: we specify that this type of color is all the more enhanced when they are applied in harmony and highlighted by another shade.

There are several ways to harmonize colors: monochrome, monochrome, contrast or tone on tone.

Our color ideas for your living room or dining room

Almond green

For your living room walls, we can only recommend almond green, which stands out for its warm and chic character.

A color associated with nature, it is also prized for its sober spirit which emerges from it, explaining why we recommend it in a room like the living room.

A soft green, almond green will give an impression of space to your living room due to its softness, which makes it a very popular color.

Clematis blue

What other blue than clematis blue can bring color to your living room while bringing you softness and warmth?

A very slightly grayish blue with a hint of green, clematis blue is a shade that will be perfectly suited to your living room.

The other advantage of this color is its ability to be combined with other colors: such as off-white, for example, or another blue, to guarantee a range of colors.

The Rose Bréhat

Who said pink was only for little girls? Rose Bréhat is one of our trendiest shades, and it's obviously one of our most recommended shades for your living room.

A soft and warm color, the earthy side of this shade, close to terracotta, makes it a color that is perfectly applicable on a section of wall, and more particularly in your living room.

Our customers have asked us:

What paint finish should you choose for a living room?

There are several finishes available and it is normal to wonder about the finish to apply to the walls of your living room.

While the matte finish is particularly suitable for damaged surfaces, the satin or velvet finish is more recommended due to the aesthetics of its finishes but also for their washable nature.

What is the ideal color for a living room?

While there is no such thing as a good or bad color for your interior, it is true that certain shades are more suitable for use in a living room: we are thinking, for example, of greens which are generally very interesting applied to a section of wall or as a total look.

Terracotta is also a safe bet when applied sparingly combined with more neutral colors like beige or warm white.

What paint color should you choose for a bright living room?

If brightness and a sense of space are important to you, then the range of beiges, whites and, to a certain extent, light grays are shades that will allow you to have the best possible brightness.