Help Updating Grandparents 1980s Walls Doors and Trim
My grandparents finally want to do some updates to their home! Whoop whoop! Took them a long time to get to this point so I want some tips. The less costly the better.
My grandmother wants to start with painting. She will be using a professional painter. She is leaning towards a tan or yellow color For the walls (FYI they are pop corn). I'm not a fan of yellow but we need to get rid of this brown trim. Suggestions ?
any advice is helpful
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Wood floors coming soon.
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torreykm
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoCrisp, clean white for trim and doors. I prefer bright white, but many of our designers like Benjamin Moore's White Dove. Will yellow work with her furniture? If so, be careful choosing the color. I would lean toward a very pale, golden yellow. Since you won't know how it's going to look until you get it up, I'd strongly suggest you get some sample cans. Paint a piece of poster board and put it up. Different lighting, times of day can affect the way it looks.
BM - Milkyway
Glidden - Candle Glow
Benjamin Moore - Hawthorne Yellow (my interior was painted this color for many years and I loved it. It worked with blues, greens and reds)
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PROBeth H. :
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agothat's not popcorn. The ceiling is 'heavy knockdown'. walls are probably a texture as well, maybe orange peel.
here are some whites. do all of the trim and doors in bright white.
see if grandma likes any of these. Pick a finish in eggshell,,trim in gloss or semigloss
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jhmarie
6 years agoIf it is in the budget to switch out the doors to white paneled doors (or even wood paneled - a bit more expensive) that would look pretty with the white trim:
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