Paint advice for mud room with honey oak trim

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

My entire house is painted mushroom brown with brown furnishings with honey oak cabinets and trim we are not going to paint.

Want to keep my window picture. The sample paint is SW Quietude. The board is BM Stone Harbour. Quitude seems too bright and Stone Harbour too dark. I tried Comfort Gray which seems too gray to go with the picture. I am not wanting a color that reads yellow. Ideas please for colors to compliment my window painting that are not boring brown and not too bright? It is a 1976 house on the farm

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sheloveslayouts

5 years ago

Dark blue/navy is my favorite with oak cabinets after seeing this on thekitchn.com. Paint color is Behr's "Starless Night," an inky, midnight blue.

https://www.thekitchn.com/this-is-how-to-deal-with-honey-oak-cabinets-paint-the-walls-midnight-blue-kitchen-spotlight-201548

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South Redwood Design Studio
5 years ago
Navy, or like your dish towel.
ci_lantro
5 years ago
Pick a wall color that you like and paint the window frame a complementary color if the green frame doesn't work.
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Beth H. :
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
do a color like Quietude, but a bit softer. that blue is a nice match w/what you have.

But why don't you just get a lighter tone of the green in the frame?

you could also do a range of the sage green tones

these neutrals all work w/oak. stay away from blue grays and purple grays (like your sample)
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Beth H. :
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I believe she wants to paint the entire house, not just the kitchen. while navy blue is nice, she's already said her gray choice was too dark.
sheloveslayouts
5 years ago
Oh! Missed the whole house part. Whoops! I thought it was just a laundry room
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Beth H. :
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
whoops,,my bad. I think you're right. just the laundry room. Ok then! but she wants it to go w/the green frame
denaeng
Original Author
5 years ago
Hi all! Thanks much! I also posted today in another discussion for help on the rest of my house for the hallway, living room and kitchen. It is a mushroom brown. Way too dark and just finished redoing the ceilings.

Beth, in the same post you put up on colors that go with oak I believe BM Stone Harbour that is the gray board is also suggested in that post. But you believe it may be too purple and not go? I just thought it looked too dark. Yes I thought quietude was too bright. Do you know a softer color of it? If I go to Comfort Gray it looks too gray. Or are you suggesting going to the next lighter on the quietude color strip?

Is blue not a good color for oak?

Great advice! Appreciate all your help. I really am color challenged
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Beth H. :
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
blue is perfect for oak. did you see all the colors I posted in my other comment? I put a few blues in there. this blue would look really nice w/the oak

I also like the greens. Sage greens look great w/oak and will work w/your green frame.

This is Silver Sage

SW Svelte Sage

Behr,,Quiet Moments

bring home some other samples (if you use Behr, you can get the $2 samples. BM is at $7 each. )'

these are some gray/greens and would look nice. I don't like the blue/grays w/the oak because those paints tend to run on the 'cool' side, whereas oak is warmer.

Pale Oak (BM) may be nice for the other rooms.

maybe try this link for the best wall colors w/oak cabinets

https://www.hometalk.com/2389914/5-top-wall-colors-for-kitchens-with-oak-cabinets

this one is Pleasant Valley