Paint color help!!! (It's been a year since the kitchen was completed)
I am stuck!!! We had out kitchen renovated a year ago. Over 30 paint samples later, and the perfect color still eludes me! I really wanted an aqua/duck egg sort of color. Our room faces southeast. There is not a lot of natural light most of the day. I really want the room finished. We did start to paint it BM Stingray...but I am not crazy about it. I really think I am a color girl! Plus, I don't think Stingray flows with the color in our Living room. LOL Here are some pictures. PLEASE HELP!!!
The first picture shows the BM Stingray and a rug that we were auditioning...that didn't work out.
Here are some of the colors I have been trying. Normally, I hang a quilt on this wall. I want a color that works well with the fabrics I like to use. (Stingray is the wall color in the background)
This picture shows the main kitchen area. (The darn island color is a bear to try to find something that works!) I do not like the color the BM Stingray takes on in this section of the kitchen
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It's been two years...what I've learned, would change, etc...
Comments (35)Thanks for sharing your experience. It's so great to hear from others who have gone through the process. We are building a house out in the country, as well. We are planning on doing the back up generator (we are in wyoming) so it's nice to hear that it is worth the extra cost. We are not putting in a basement (the water table is too high on our property) but I do have some concerns about my laundry/mudroom. I don't know the dimensions but we ended up stealing space from that area to make our master bath even larger. In the end we are doing a stackable washer and dryer but that will leave me room for a big closet for coats, as well as, a smaller closet with a doggie door for the cat boxes. We will also have room for a bench/cubbie unit. I've worried that I will hate the stackable washer and dryer (I'm short and with 3 small kids they will be used alot) but I thought I'd appreciate the extra storage. The mud is ridiculous here but we've been living in a mobile home on our property for a year while we built so I'm hoping that just the extra space (3 kids, 3 cats, 3 dogs in less than 1100 square feet now) will help me look past the mud that will be inevitable for a long time. We are afraid to pave our road because my hubby worries he will just tear it up snowplowing with his tractor in the winter. And it's true that gravel is cheap (relatively) and can make a big difference. We are doing a playroom in the bonus space above the garage but otherwise our house is just one level - thank you so much for sharing....See MoreCompleted Kitchen--Finally, after 3 years! (Many Photos)
Comments (73)Hi Michellemarie: Thanks for the tip on the soot issue. We had some trouble getting a specialist to install in that area, so the guy who installed maybe got the logs a little bit off when positioning? When we first installed, the flames did not show up as well as the showroom model did. I asked about the log placement then, and he told me there was only one way to install the logs. After some use, I began noticing the soot--but the flame, for some reason, looks much better. (Maybe DH got in there and moved the logs....I'll have to ask him about that.) I will be going into the showroom where we bought the unit, as the switch which controls the blower has not been working, and I have to pick up a new one of those, so I will see what I can learn then about the log placement. Guess I can show them that picture. The "local" vendor (which is on the mainland) told me they use a generalist from another island to service those units, so I was not sure he would be any more knowledgeable than my install guy was. I'm so glad you mentioned the soot though, because I did not know anything about the log placement, only that the flame seemed not right to begin with, and then the soot appeared. Now I know there is an issue for sure...so at least I can have some confidence when I talk to the folks who sold me the unit. Despite these installation/adjustment issues, we really love that fireplace though! (Makes me want one in every room each time I walk past it). Thanks so much for the help!...See MoreI've been wanting to do this since I bought them!
Comments (34)Thanks so much for the encouraging comments! I'm really happy with how they've turned out so far. I hope you guys will provide me some assistance with the accessorizing them part, I'm much better at the building and more clueless when it comes to accessories. Kitchendetective .. this is an auto body paint. I'm going to give you all the info on the can, because I'm not sure how it's pulled up at the store. The number is 43814 Prime. The OEM code is MX704966,WT7010. It's labled Ford ( N America ) Light Green. The actual brand we bought is Omni AE (MAE ) .. which is an inexpensive auto paint, the quart only cost $24 and it did all three cabinets inside and out. Lynn, I have a 1 1/2 inch wood countertop that I'm going to recycle into this project. I just need to paint it a satin black, then I have some flat BM poly hanging around that I'll put on top for durability. I'm going to have my DH cut it to size, then router out the middle a bit, so it sits down on top of the three cabinets and provides a lip to cover just above the drawers....See MoreNew kitchen almost complete, but need paint color ideas
Comments (11)The problem with a really brown shade is that it will dull down the appearance of your wood countertops. The counters read as red-gold. The highest contrast to that would be a blue green. A more yellow green would pick up the gold and be a softer contrast. A more blue tone, like a spruce or a deep blue-gray, could be very soothing. If you want to stay with warmer colors, try going for a good value contrast (i.e., light vs. dark). A reddish beige tone, for instance. All of these tones are in your backsplash tiles (I'm assuming you were showing us the mosaic, not the hidden subway tiles). The best way to choose paint is to get samples of all the different colors you think you could like, paint large patches of each on different walls, and see how they look in different lights. Daylight, shaddow, rainy light, electric light, etc. Some which look fabulous in one light look dreary in another. One, at least, should look good whenever you catch sight of it....See MoreKicksychick
6 years ago
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6 years ago
Your entire kitchen and dining area is neutral, so I applaud you for wanting to add interest by using an actual color. But in order for it to not be jarring or "cartoonish' you might want to keep the elements you already have in the room in mind when choosing a color. I think the reason you don't care for the "stingray" is that it has so much green in it. The suggestion made above for the Stratton blue would work fine.
But it appears that you have tried every shade of aqua/blue green imagineable. Perhaps that is not what you are truly drawn to??
The color I posted is Sherwin Williams Waterloo. It has the depth to give you interest and it goes beautifully with all the wood in the room as well as white cream etc. Take a look on the Sherwin Williams site and see the colors you like and then see what they recommend for coordinating colors. Sometimes that is a method to visualize your room and possibilities for other colors.
PROLori A. Sawaya
6 years agokim R
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoIt is an old Behr color: Haze Green This isn't the best picture. The closer walls are the Haze green, the back room has the Stingray We are in the process of changing to white trim.
PROBeth H. :
6 years agoJudy's color is very pretty with what you have.
So is Buxton Blue.
if you want a very pale robins egg, try Birds Egg by BM. I've used this on a dresser and it's a beautiful color. paler than what it appears.
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