Need Idea to "pretty up" kitchen wall.
Alicia Freeman
4 years ago
Hi!
Wanted to get some advise on our kitchen wall. This will be a rental home in a year or so but we are looking for some small updates for the remaining time we are here and that renters could use/like.
We replaced countertops but didn't gut kitchen. This is a wall that is seen from our living area and I'm looking for ideas on how to make it "prettier".
I was thinking maybe to paint it a darker color? add some gold wine wall mounts and get rid of what we currently have there? I am a little concerned with a darker color against the brown cabinets.
I'm open to any ideas! Light fixture is also changing and that's why it's circled.
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pretty up the lady.....need advice on house colors! (pics)
Comments (21)Yum yum! I love the sound of your new colors. Actually, of all your colors. First I want to doublecheck with you about whatever color you choose for your eaves: in your first post you write that the current "grandma green" fades away. While I love a black watch green I think it will fade even more into your eaves. I think it could also highlight the black in your roof shingles. I know your first choices (straw, rust) seem v. bright but that's partly because you're unused to them. Anything over time loses its pop! And yes, the straw and rust are brighter than your current colors ("grandma green" and dark brown). That being said, your current color combination (which is on your house) is more sedate but does not draw attention to the windows / doors. Is that something you want to do? To draw attention to the windows / doors? Okay, as mad as I am for the green, what do you think about painting the addition's siding the rust color and then also using it (the rust) for your eaves? Or painting the addition and under the eaves the dark brown (the dark brown you currently have on your windows)? That way you don't have to change anything other than the siding / eaves. Or, just painting the eaves the dark brown and leaving the siding that pretty pink? Rereading your posts I'm getting the feel that you want to both play up the eaves as well as distract your eye from the new roof (which you dislike but which I think looks great). Before you purchase any more paint, let's think about what you're really after so you don't have to paint any more (or any less) to get what will make you happier about your beautiful lady!...See MoreI want to remove a kitchen wall & open it to an addition. Need ideas.
Comments (4)I will try to attach a picture of our home where we removed most of a wall between the kitchen and family room but left a boxed 4x4 post in place to keep the structural integrity. This is a one story house with a cathedral ceiling over the kitchen and family room. The boxed post goes up to to a ridge beam that is boxed and stained to match. Bruce...See MoreHow Would You Pretty Up This Home?
Comments (7)"hedge takes years to form and it's high maintenance with pruning and shearing" Hedges can be loose and unpruned except to do minor shaping, and the speed with which they grow varies by plant. They don't need to be formal. While I like mixed shrub borders, I think that mainly a single kind of plant would look good here. In my area I might do a mid-sized slow growing rhododendron, or one of the smaller mountain laurels/Kalmia, or one of the smaller panicled hydrangeas such as Bobo or Little Quickfire, but I don't know where you are, so I don't know if rhodies or mountain laurels would work since they need acid soil. I would choose shrubs for the hedge that will stay or can easily be maintained no higher than a few inches above the level of the porch floor unless you want privacy for the porch as a seating area. I do think that adding a seating area or two out of the main traffic flow would look nice, but as mentioned above, style varies with where you are. I would choose something appropriate to the building age such as wicker rather than a modern looking set, and I would use brighter colors than what is currently there. Right now the furniture blends into the siding too much to add to the welcoming look....See MoreKitchen wall ideas? See next post for other size needed decorating
Comments (2)Wallpaper Shiplap Wainscoting Built ins Art Console with mirror Options are endless I’d go for wallpaper 💖...See More
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoAgree, would change the multiole small things to one large piece of art.
Would repaint, probably a shade of green to complement cabinets & floor.
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4 years agosuezbell
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4 years agoeverdebz
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoginatay124
4 years agoAnother vote for a large colorful piece of canvas art such as the fall season canvas suggested by Everdebz. A rule of thumb that’s been helpful is to shoot for filling about 65% of the wall width. I like the website GreatBigCanvas.com.
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