In the Billiard Room...

It was Colonel Mustard in the Billiard Room with the wrench. That's kind of how I feel every time I reference that room. As house-layout-room-names (official term, I'm almost certain) go, that room is the formal living room. Originally we talked about putting dark-stained built-in bookcases along one wall and giving the whole room an "old world library" feel. I talked about getting a nice, rich leather couch that would span most of one wall. Richard talked about having heavy, antique pieces in there along with the beautiful round table that we acquired through family friends. 

And I definitely wanted to paint the walls a deep, dark teal. That was the only paint color that I already had in mind for any of the rooms in the house. I talked and talked about the dark teal and how it would change the whole feel of that room. The paint color idea made its way into conversation in every one of those early-homeownership house tours. Somehow, when talking about it a few weeks after moving in, Richard referenced the dark red walls that we would have in there. To this day, I have no clue how that miscommunication happened. 

Then I went on Craigslist and found a pool table. In excellent condition. For an absurdly low price. And it was so close to Richard's birthday. 

So we got a pool table. 

It really does go so perfectly well in that room. But, of course, that changed our whole plan for that room. The built-ins no longer make sense, nor would there be room for them. Definitely no room for a couch or other antique-y pieces. But the dark teal walls. Those can stay. :)

When we picked out our paint color options for the den/kitchen walls, we picked up a couple of choices that could potentially be the right one for the pool table room. I already had Plumage from Martha Stewart in mind, but a couple days before we went paint hunting, I came across this photo and subsequently checked out the entire post. 

And that color, Benjamin Moore's Dark Harbor, looked like my dream color. Then while we were at Home Depot purchasing the paint samples, Richard pulled a paint swatch of Glidden's Totally Teal. Of course, I wanted to test them all out on each of the walls and view them in different lighting before deciding. 

Dark Harbor

Plumage

Totally Teal

These colors are surprisingly close to how they actually appear on the walls. We painted a square on each of the walls, and Dark Harbor is my hands-down favorite...during the day. At night, it seems overwhelmingly dark. When it's dark out and we have the interior lights on, Totally Teal seems to be the better option. 

Dark Harbor (sloppily painted with a foam roller since all of other small rollers were in use)

L to R: Dark Harbor, Plumage, Totally Teal

So, ultimately, we're still deciding. Maybe we'll paint bigger sections of the two front-runners and see where we land.