Help me get the paint right before moving in!
Help! Will close on this 2005 home at the end of the month and am tying to arrange whole house interior painting (and carpet for the bedrooms) before we move in. Overwhelmed trying to choose a timeless, neutral, versitle color. Leaning toward SW Natural Tan, seems very neutral, not too gray or beige, with white ceiling and trim. So hard to decide not having lived in the home. Will purchase new rugs for living, dining and eating areas once paint is up. Home has beautiful hickory floors and medium tone built ins and kitchen cabinets. House definitely has mid-2000's aesthetic. Will eventually change out granite/backsplash and most lighting fixtures but everything stays as is for now. Master bath is a lot of natural stone and that won't change. Would like to keep to one color except perhaps for the master bath.
Looking for a tried and true color that will look good with the hickory floors and built ins. Any advice is appreciated! (These photos are from the listing and not my furniture.)
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4 years agoI'd suggest using the same creamy offwhite for both walls and ceilings, maybe an accent somewhere (like a color from the stone on the chimney wall).
And either a pastel (seablue) for the bedroom or a darker earthy color. I've only done one wall, but could just as well be the entire room.
That current bathroom color looks hideous (in my opinion), perhaps pick a color that goes with the stone and flows with the bedroom color.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoAll those windows bring in all that light. Keep it in mind when choosing a color for the walls.
North light:
B.M. Goldtone
South light:B.M. Gray owl
West light:B.M. Patriotic White
East light:
B.M.. White Winged Dove
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4 years agoI like existing colors.
Here is my visual for Conservative Gray SW
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