Searching for a nice *clean* beige paint for my hallway...
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Comments (10)I've been lurking on here for months now (usually hang out in the Texas Gardening Forum), so I guess now is as good a time as any to jump in! (Jump in before I start asking for help of my own) Anyway...Liz, I feel your pain! I went through the same thing with my DR. Tried SW Mannered Gold, Gallant Gold, Restrained Gold and a slew of others. While I LOVED the colors, I just didn't like them in MY DR. I ended up using SW Baguette. I felt like I was settling, just wanting to get it finished, but when the painting was complete, it was EXACTLY what I was looking for! A nice warm gold, a touch of "mustard" along with a little tan. It really surprised me. Don't let the swatch card fool you, give it a try! Michelle...See MorePaint color for entryway, hallway and kitchen
Comments (3)2 possible solutions/options. 1 find a grey/blue in their color offering that is just right, although way too dark, meaning that is goes with both tans. Then using that too-dark color as the starter find the very lightest shade on that chip, and use that as you foyer. Add in a little more color [double formula? maybe] as needed. 2 blast it out of the water from an opposite-the-color wheel rich deep purple or something wild that just sets off the whole house. I was in a bay front house on the Chesapeake once and the lady had a stairwell painted in a fantastic purple that just made the house. Your color might not be quite so bold but try thinking outside the box....See MoreHow to paint a dividing wall/hallway/staircase
Comments (7)Hi Makeithome. I'm not in love with that blue, but it's not my house, so that doesn't matter. What matters is not the specific color, but how it's handled. The existing scheme, with a different color on the stairway wall, looks really off, like the room was never completed. If the stairs were in a room of their own, having a different color in that area would make sense, but this just looks like the painter didn't come back after lunch. So yes, paint the stairway's walls--both sides--the same color as your living room. And don't worry about painting the upper hallway the same color. Use whatever makes sense up there, and let the blue begin on the two separate sides of the stairs. Easy. But here's a caution: the paneling on your inspiration photo looks awkward, and here's why: the dado rail (and the panels below it) is too high. These days, in new houses, building codes mandate higher stair rails than they used to, which messes up traditional proportions. But safety (or "safety") concerns trump aesthetics, so we just have to deal with it & do the best we can. At any rate, dados now need to be higher in stair areas than they used to be, in order to match the rail on the other side & keep the visual balance. But in your inspiration photo, it's even higher than that, and as a result, the panels look clumsy & amateurish. They're too big, there's not enough height between them & the baseboard and there's too much horizontal space between any two adjacent panels. The overall design of this wall makes me think maybe the layout was done by the carpenter, not the architect, and while a few carpenters are up to that sort of thing, many are not. For someone with a better sense of proprortion, coming up with a better design would have only taken twenty minutes, while others could work on it all day and never figure it out. Anyway, all the problems stem from the height of the dado itself. The height of the dado on the stair wall (not the perpendicular landing wall) should either have been lowered at the point where the two landing walls meet, or there should have been a step-down from the current height of the landing's dado down to a lower angled molding at the first step, in the same way that the actual stair rail drops down a foot or so at the same point. That would given the stair wall's panels much better proportions. The good news is that since your stairs have a straight run without a change in direction & you won't be doing any structural work that might triggers the new codes' railing-height, you won't have to deal with that problem. Just make the dado top out at the height of your existing railing. Then add the panels. BTW, if you're going to add a chair rail to your living room, I'd carry it all the way around the room. That way, it will look like it's always been there, rather than something somebody decided to add, then changed their mind....See MoreCoordinating Paint Colors Shaker Beige/ Lenox Tan
Comments (4)Thank you for all the input. I will be painting over the Laura Ashley gold in the back hallway, ( but was mentioning that I actually like that color- but just won't be the right tone go gold against the lenox tan). What I am leaning towards now is the shaker beige in the 2 story foyer ( which runs into an upstairs living loft area) and use same color in the downstairs formal living room as well. It will look nice with the burgundy dinning room. Instead of lenox tan in the kitchen - I am now leaning towards going a golden/light brownish color. I like sherwin Williams whole wheat ( and it would go well with the burgundy dinning area as well. Then, I could keep a golden color in back hallway- SW believable buff or BM monroe bisque). I would like to have a green color in the family room ( it's currently gold). The small square opening into the kitchen is going to be opened up to the ceiling and I will be adding a tall wainscot to the family room as well ( painted creamy white). All cabinetry will be replaced in the kitchen with a creamy white and will go to the ceiling. From my kitchen you can see the dinning room, family room and back hallway. The front foyer is not seen from the kitchen. Most of my home has greens, golds with some burgundy mixed in. However, for the front of the home ( 2 story foyer, loft area) wanted to go with more of a taupe ( as it shares walls with the upstairs loft/living area) and the upstairs bedrooms are off that loft area. All trim will be in BM mascarpone. Living room Part of foyer runs into loft area Front hallway off living room and foyer Continuation Hallway off foyer Family Room ( opening will go up to ceiling). Also, thinking of putting tall wainscoting in this room painted in creamy white). Massive fireplace almost covers one entire wall. Kitchen ( cabinetry being replace with creamy white cabinets and will go up to ceiling. Appliances being replaced with stainless and lighting will be recessed). Flooring - debating lighter hardwood or tile. Other side ofvlitchen ( shares walls with another loft area) Back hallway ( off of kitchen). Flooring will be replaced with lighter hardwood or neutral tile...See More- 12 years ago
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