Lime green fireplace - what color do we paint this room? Please help!
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Ack! My warm white paint reads lime green on the walls!
Comments (21)@everdebz the washer and dryer are some random white that a family friend is giving her now that they've bought new ones. She's really putting this all together on a tight budget. The walls were cool gray with blue-ish undertones, which I know is popular but she doesn't care for. So painting is a high budget priority. @Jennifer Hogan I don't think shadows are the problem. It's basically a little 7x8 room with a comparitively big window the size of a standard door. But I've got some 4800K lights that were in the living room that we changed out after closing so that I can try those. But when you guys talk about "gray" without some descriptors you start to lose me a little. "Gray" is really only something I understand as a generic or as it relates to light--white is all the light, black is the absence of light and "gray" is a scale without chroma between the two. In paint, white is no chroma and black is all the chroma and the way you get "gray" is to mix complimentary colors, but all the grays when talking about paint are really just muted colors that have been lighted. And when you start adding color in light wave lengths over top of chroma my head starts spinning! ;-) Here's something that might be helpful to someone who is trying to learn to see and work with subtle colors from a non-decorator perspective as well as explain myself better: If I'm trying to mix a puddle of paint on my palette to match a color that's "gray" I start trying to name the color I see using a primary or secondary color: "Very light baby vomit green." I found a color in the description: green. Start with bright full chroma green, add white until I match the value. Now use a the compliment to mute it (red) then push and pull the temperature by using the yellow on the warm side of red or blue on the cool side of red. When someone taught me that process it completely opened up how I saw neutral colors and my ability to make, match and combine them. Chroma, then value, then muting, then temperature. I'm sure you pros here have a way to do it, but sometimes hearing things outside your exact disciple can kindle up something good. Thank you every one again. I can't wait to get over there tomorrow and try some of your suggestions....See Morewhat do we do with this fireplace wall?
Comments (17)The hearth is the main issue. Technically, you must have the hearth to meet code. It is a wood burning fireplace with a gas log installed. There is no code that says you can remove the hearth if you install a gas log into a wood burning fireplace. So I highly recommend against removing it because you will likely need to put it back if and when you sell your home. With that said, the way the hearth is built throws everything off. So how about taking what you have and working with it: Extend the hearth the entire width of the fireplace wall. Replace the mantel with a reclaimed wood beam that also spans the entire wall. Change out that fireplace door and have some new grills made to match. Get a nice potted plant. Now the fireplace does not give the illusion that it is taking shrinking the room, it becomes part of the room. Here's what you end up with: Shown above: Craftsman Fireplace Door in Forged Iron by: Hansen Wholesale...See MoreWe can’t pick exterior paint color. Stuck! Please help!
Comments (9)You are on the right track as far as pulling a color from the brick for the front door area. Use the same color on the garage doors. While you will need to sample, I think you're going to find the best color to be the color of your siding. The front door is perfect. The shutters would look good in a sage green similar to the color shown in the picture Patricia posted. You could probably go darker if you like a darker color. We used BM Nantucket Gray on our previous house. It is more green than gray, contrary to the name, and also looks more green than the blob below. Sunlight brighens up colors on exteriors. Also look at SW Evergreen Fog which is very popular....See MoreNeed help deciding on a sofa for our lime green color living room
Comments (15)I love green sofas, that one is fab. If you have your heart set on it, and decide to explore other paint colors, the Farrow & Ball IG account always has great inspiration. I don’t know what the other sides of the room look like, or connecting rooms, so can’t advise for sure what would work. And F & B is pricey, but maybe similar colors could be found in other brands. These aren’t the exact color of your sofa, but I think could still work with it — This one is Setting Plaster, one of my fav F & B colors: This is Jitney: Treron: Hague Blue (notice how the lighting makes it look darker than the one above): Cornforth White: Green with DeNimes: Obviously, the styles of some of these are very different, but again, just color ideas. If you have an IG account, look up hashtags such as ’green velvet couch’ … ’green couch’ … ’green sofa’ … etc. ETA: Cawaps’ second mock-up looks good. A bold and eclectic look that could work....See Morenosoccermom
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