Need Advice On Color Schemes For Open Floor Plan Home
Hi, my husband and I just purchased our first home in November 2011. All of the walls were white when we bought the home...we CANNOT stand white walls..BUT the living room, hallway, dining room, and kitchen are all connected and open so this makes it difficult to choose which colors to use on which walls. We would like to avoid using just one color, so we are needing some inspiraton and advice on color schemes throughout an open floor plan home. We really prefer light brown and beige colors. I have attatched pics to kind of show you our 'blank canvas'. Haha. The pics of the kitchen are from before we moved in, I couldn't get the same pics with my camera...we are also planning on replacing the laminate with a 'jeweled coral' laminate and doing a tile/stone backsplash before we paint,so it will all actually match. The theme in our house is western and we want it to look cozy! Sorry for the book! lol This is my 1st ever post on this sight!! If anyone would care to share their photos for inspiration, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
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Please help with my open floor plan color scheme!
Comments (4)I GOT SO LOST IN looking at your wonderful house and the view!! Are you near the water maybe, and up high?. I couldnt tell what i saw out there. Gorgeous! Anyway. I think you've nailed it on the brown for the dining area, especially with the lighter floors. The entry door? I also like that deep brown against the brick but you COULD do a deep purple/violet or eggplant there but with the gold in the side light...hmmm. Do I see a burgundy swatch on the kitchen wall? That might look nice. As far as the prints on mantel. I see something more abstract with some color and rounded or wispy shapes to contrast all the straight lines I see, and keep the prints propped in various sizes, 3 of them since you have '2 of' of other things there. Maybe you should build a built in lower bookcase/console unit that would match the trim and put the TV on that where the tv is now. I dont think it should be any higher than the top of the inside of the firebox so your TV would still stay at an eye level. Thats all i have for you right now. Good luck....See More10' accent wall in open floor plan, design decor advice needed
Comments (58)@Beth H et al.. yes, and I'm really thrilled with all of the recommendations, everyone has style and it's great to see varying opinions. So I don't want to think anyone has wasted their time, I think down the road in the near future, we will go with something built out pretty much like you were suggesting early on. As we just finished the remodel within the last year, we are not up for building anything out or even tiling the wall at this point. We don't need new furniture at the moment (kids will ruin it anyway). For now, we were looking for something minor / superficial, if that's the correct verbiage. While we know now, that it may not look "perfect", it's where we're at now. That said, we don't want to do anything (now) with the fireplace, what we are open to is: some type of shelving (which would have to be shallow in depth, I think), definitely plants (faux preferably), artwork or like I mentioned (which may have gotten lost), is maybe B&W canvas print collage (I'm a part-time photographer and we have zero photos of our kids displayed). We are also open to putting a small corner piece to the left side, but it would have to be very small footprint as we only have about 12" from the wall to the lightswitch near the slider, but after hearing/seeing some of the plant options, I think we prefer that. Another note, we (I) have a floor subwoofer to the right hand side, you can see my wife's aerogarden sitting on top of it until we find a home for it :) Hopefully, that helps, again, I really do appreciate everyone weighing in and taking a lot of time for the mock ups. -Matt...See MoreOpen Floor Plan - colour scheme
Comments (2)Thank you. We bought the temperate taupe and ceiling paint on sale so that's my predicament. I didn't buy the accent colors yet though. Will post some pics soon! :)...See MoreNeed Advice on sectional for family room in open floor plan!
Comments (7)Now you have posted the rest of your space I will say the mirror does not work and I am one really think smirrors should always reflect something woth seeing twice , Now on to the furniture , why a sectional at all? Since I am giving you my opinion i think sectionals are the most expensive way to get the least number of co,fortable seats why not post you to scale floor plan here and then maybe start thinking a sofa or a sofa 2 chairs , a sofa and 2 chairs gives you 5 seats 4 of which have an armrest and armresrs = comfort and those pieces give you flexability .I think the TV on the other side of the FP faly against the wall with an articulating arm would be a nicer choice too....See MoreRelated Professionals
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- 12 years ago
grandmaof3..the pictures of the kitchen were from when the previous home owner lived here..I'm attaching some updated pics. Sorry for the confusion. Also, I have always had a hard time arranging the furniture in our living room since it is so oddly shaped! :( We are thinking about getting a wrap around couch and maybe a recliner to make things easier and look better.
yayagal, thanks for the link! You hit the nail on the head with earth colors! Exactly what I'm looking for..just hard to choose which ones. lol I've seen a lot of turquoise crosses and turquoise western decor, which I think would compliment the colors well!
Would you mind sharing pictures of the family room and dining room? Thanks again!!I hate posting these pics because our house is so bare! lol But I always stop to remind myself that we are only 23 and just starting out! :)
- 12 years ago
Just wanted to post a picture of our spare room/family room so you can see how we have it. It was already painted when we moved in. It used to be the garage.
12 years agoWhat a nice starter home! You can most certainly use more than one color in that space. You can use a small piece of trim to cut the color from the hallway to the kitchen. See my dining room/living room color change and white trim piece.
Other than the advice already given, may I add something that I have taught my 3 children when setting up their homes? After painting, lower your pictures and wall groupings to be about eye height to the middle of the subject (unless you are super tall) as this rule will "marry" your subjects/objects to your furniture underneath. Hope I explained that OK. ;)
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