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Help! Need advice on paint colors in open floor plan

6 years ago

Hi! Our house is fairly wide open on the first floor with ONLY a wide archway separating our living room/dining room area from our kitchen/family room. Upon entry into our house, you can essentially see the entire floor and you step down into our living room first. Our living room/dining room/hallway is a beige color (with darker chocolate brown accent wall). Can I select a different color in the kitchen/family room area (through the archway) or should it feel more cohesive given the open floor plan?

Ideally, I would like to paint our kitchen/family room a light grey (perhaps revere pewter) to match our FUTURE white kitchen with carrera marble...with grey/white tones. Can I make this work OR should I pick a color that more naturally flows with the beige from the living room into the kitchen? When we purchased our house, the entire house was painted the same color and would really like to differentiate. Thank you for your advice!

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Home Interiors with Ease

6 years ago

I would stick with the beige you already have...if you know the paint color you could have it mixed at only 50% so it is a lighter version for kitchen.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
6 years ago
IMO beige and cararra marble do not work together and in an open plan one wall color is much better that a bunch of chopped up walls As for accent walls I would leave those until all your other stuff is in and then decide if you need them at all.You can use rugs , accessories to make spaces look different.
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Home Interiors with Ease
6 years ago
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mark_rachel
6 years ago
Beige can work if it's the right tone. There are a lot of beiges out there. Revere Pewter can play very nicely with beige. Edgecomb Gray is also a good choice. We have Clay Beige in our house & it's very nice. I would suggest getting some samples & putting them in different areas before you make the decision. I love RP & really wanted in my living space, but it looked completely different in entry & I didn't like it.
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Sapphire0905
6 years ago
go with Benjamin Moore natural cream for the walls with white trim and doors. (that's my vote)
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inspire9
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you for your opinions. Am going to get some paint samples this weekend. Will first try to see if I can make a shade of beige work...I really want the look of a white/carrera marble kitchen so might have to rethink paint color for entire floor IF I can't find the right cream/beige. I love the warmth of browns/beige, which is why I did not go with grey color originally in our living room area. BUT, the vision for my new kitchen is throwing me. My kitchen currently has brown cabinets so brown tone made sense when we moved in! Would appreciate any other specific paint colors to look at to coordinate with carrera marble. Thank you all!!

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