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Help choosing paint color to complement wood tones in dining room

6 years ago

Hi Houzzers! I’m working on choosing paint colors for our main living areas before floors are installed. And I’d love advice from pros and homeowners who have won the battle of paint!! So, here’s our new floors. Mid-tone brown that are warm but with a smidge of grey. And here’s dining room furniture I’m purchasing. It’s a ‘rustic weathered charcoal finish’... or dark brown with hints of grey and a smidge of green. Rooms next to dining room will be SW Requisite Grey (40% lighter). I’d like to do a darker/cozier color in dining room...and something different. Was thinking a slate grey/blue but not sure if that will work wit the wood tones. Any suggestions on paint colors to consider? Thanks a million!!

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Bev
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
There are so many paint colors out there that look great with brown! Neutrals, green, blue, and the list goes on. What colors do you like and what colors are in your decor? That is where I would start and it's where I do start when choosing paint colors for my home! You were asking about a slate gray/blue and here is what Newport Blue from Behr looks like with my wood dining room table:
donnatrus
Original Author
6 years ago
Hi Bev, thank you for your comment.. beautiful dining room! So, I love blues and greys most. I’m going for a classic/streamlines Mediterranean coastal/rustic look. (Is that a thing?) Here’s our kitchen that’s open to the dining room (need floors and paint). In our adjacent living room, we’re working on putting silver travertine stacked stone all up the fireplace. Would love advice on colors, tones, etc. and perhaps what to avoid too (prefer not to pull out/ highlight the green in the furniture... our table/chairs also has a smidge of green). Thx!!!
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Again, there are so many blues and grays out there that will work with all of your colors. I suggest that you go to your favorite paint website (I love Behr and I go there all the time to choose colors for my house) and play with paint colors that you can visually paint in a room (you can choose the room). Once you find something you like, even if it's a couple of colors, I suggest buying paint samples. Once you get the samples, paint a decent sized section on a wall or two and see how it looks during the day and night. Give yourself a couple of days to decide if that is the shade you want. It's what I did when I moved in our house 3 years ago. It's how I found the shade of blue in my dining room and the shade of gray in my living room, which is in the below photo:
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