Want to paint a smaller LR in SW Sea Salt but my sofa is a maroon colo
chronicook
6 years ago
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chronicook
6 years ago
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoIt is your house, and make it if you like it ,and enjoy!
Jeffrey Bilhuber IN ARCHIDECTURAL DIGEST – this is such a marvelous example of breaking all the rules and coming up with a dynamite room!!!!
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6 years agoIt seems you are in love with Sea Salt. I don’t blame you, it’s a wonderful color. Blue in some lighting, green in others, it’s soft and breezy. I still don’t think it’s a great color for a living room (maroon included or not) and it’s so light it probably won’t be visible in the hallway at all, BUT... it would be pretty with the white cabinets in your kitchen and with the black and white floors in your bath. Comfort Gray, which is one shade darker on the strip is just a little darker version of the Sea Salt and is quite pretty as well. As I mentioned earlier, we had the Sea Salt in our new master bath, however the lighting in there wasn’t a good match and too dark especially in the winter. We repainted with the Comfort Gray and that did the trick.
This blog has some great gray tones that I think would give you that light airy feel your seeking but will not clash with the tones in your sofa. BM Gray Owl is a stunning gray that’s pretty popular. (And SW can mix BM colors) As you can see from the pic below, it’s beautiful.
https://graceandloveblog.com/2015/03/04/fifty-shades-of-gray-paint/
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