HI ALL..SO GLAD TO HAVE FOUND YOU..I NEED HELP..WE JUST MOVED INTO A NEW CONSTRUCTION COLONIAL..WE HAVE A SEMI-OPEN 1ST FLOOR WITH THE KITCHEN BEING THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE AND ENCLOSED ROOMS SHOOTING OFF FROM IT(IE: FAMILY ROOM ON RIGHT SIDE..DINING IN FRONT OF KITCHEN ..AND FORMAL LIVING ROOM TO FRONT LEFT.. HERES MY PROBLEM: THE BUILDERS PAINT IS ALL OVER KITCHEN IN PALE BUTTERCUP YELLOW/WHITE..THE DINING ROOM HE PAINTED IN A SAGE COLOR WHICH WE WILL KEEP..THE FAMILY ROOM WE WANTED TO WARM UP SINCE IT IS VERY LARGE AND RECTANGLULAR SO WE PAINTED IT AMERICAN TRADITIONS(LOWES) FAINT MAPLE WHICH CAME OUT A TAD TO DARK AS I WAS GOING FOR A CAFE AU LAIT LOOK AND IT IS MORE MILKY CHOCOLATE..BUT I LIKE IT ALRIGHT SINCE WE HAVE VERY LARGE WINDOWS WITH WHITE MOULDING.. NOW HERE IS MY QUESTION..WE WOULD LIKE TO PAINT THE KITCHEN BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A FLOW FROM ROOM TO ROOM..WITH THE FAM. ROOM MAPLE, THE DINING ROOM SAGE, WHAT COLOR SHOULD WE PAINT THE KITCHEN AND ITS ADJACENT HALLWAYS SO THERE IS FLOW?..LET ME MENTION THAT THERE IS A BATHROOM AT THE END OF THE HALL WHICH IS A DEEP AQUA/TEAL LIKE BLUE, VERY PRETTY WITH WHITE BEADBOARD..AND I WANTED TO PAINT THE LIVING ROOM IN A PALE BLUE BECAUSE IT IS SORT OF A POTTERY BARN/CAPE COD NEW ENGLAND LOOK WITH A HUGE CLAIRE MURRAY CAPE COD RUG.. I LIKE LIGHT COLORS BUT NOW WITH THE FAMILY ROOM AND THE DINING ROOM COLORS I AM AT A LOSS..I AM GOING FOR A FARMHOUSE/COTTAGE/POTTERY BARN/RESTORATION HARDWARE LOOK FOR THE HOUSE..YOU GET MY POINT.. HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE FAMILY ROOM..KITCHEN AND DINING.. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS..IN ORDER IS FAMIL ROOM , THEN KITCHEN /FAMILY ROOM..THEN KITCHEN DINING ROOM: http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN1.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN2.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN3.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/APPLEJACK1/GARDEN4.jpg THANK YOU SO MUCH..:>

OK. I'm always hesitant to post shots of my house, because it's so difficult to photograph such small spaces without it looking like Barbie's Palace of Clutter -- but I know how hard it is to get images of what paint colors really look like. The dining room is Hubbard Squash on top, BM Affinity Buttered Yam on bottom (the Roycroft Adobe was too burgundy-colored); looking into the living room which is Roycroft Vellum. (For some reason the Hubbard Squash always looks peachy in photos, it really isn't.) My study when it was Morris Room Green, looking into White Hyacinth hallway: My study freshly painted in Buckram Binding, not sure what I think of it in there yet (I live in terror of 1950's chalky peachy off-white), but it makes the room twice as big and blends very well with the other off-whites: Kitchen in Antique Yellow (very similar to your Bungalow Gold) looking into breakfast room in White Hyacinth. I know my trim is lighter than yours (we had to strip everything of 10 layers of paint and re-shellac), but perhaps this helps just a bit.

Consider making the laundry special just because it is always in view. I’d wallpaper it. Choose a washable paper and use the gray/blues of the paint color in the design.

IMO no pictures no help.