paint colour is all wrong ! ugh. need help picking a new one
Beth T
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Comments (2)I have no idea on paint colors, I struggle with that myself. I just wanted to say I'm totally in LOVE with your flooring. It's gorgeous!!!!!...See MoreHelp! New house, need to pick paint colors
Comments (24)Distance would be a beautiful color for the DR, but I may be biased. Mine is a similar color. Silver, gold, brass and crystal and wood tones, espcially darker tones, all look great against it. Hale Navy is a great color too, but I'm not seeing it in the kitchen with dark wood cabinets (paint the cabinets white and I'd love it, but the counter might need to change too). The FR could take that dark color on the walls, with the vaulted ceiling, light carpet and lots of windows. Am I understanding correctly that these are photos from the listing (looks like and MLS watermark)? And you are moving from another area so you can't go back and check colors? Can your realtor or anyone you know go back and take some photos with the color chips? Would you be willing to have the realtor and a color consultant look at that for you and work with you via photos/videos? My SW store has one or maybe two consultants and I know some folks here have used color consultants via phone and nternet. Maybe they can weigh in on how that could work for you. My biggest concern is the kitchen, and I'm not sure if by painting the trim lighter you mean the baseboards (don't), the trim around the entry door (do), the mantel or something else (like painting the cabinets white?). The issue in the kitchen is the dark wood with a lot of red in it. There also appears to be some warm tones (pinkish beige) in the countertops. If you are going to paint the cabinets white and change the counter, I think you can use those cooler greys in there, but I think you might need a warmer grey in there if all you plan to change is the wall color. If you go with a cooler grey or a blue next to the stained wood, they will accentuate each other -- you will see more of the warm tones in the wood and counters and more blue in your grey. There appears to be some of that going on with the current wall color and the green/grey. You could have similar issues with the brick and mantel in the FR. Collonade is one of the colors I tried in my home and it definitely has more green in it. It has more grey than what is on the walls now, but may not give the look you seem to be after. Can you try Agreeable Gray or Accesible Beige -- possibly Alpaca (all SW) in the kitchen? Requisite Gray looks like another possibility but darker. Mega Greige is warmer (slightly more toward beige) and darker still. I would probably chose one of the lighter shades for the entry and then go a shade darker in the LR, but not too dark so it contrasts with Distance in the DR. The FR could go lighter or darker, but it isn't clear where you can transition between the kitchen/breakfast area (looks like that needs to be the same color) and the FR....See MoreRoofing Company used wrong shingle- need help picking paint color
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Comments (33)OP - I'm no pro, but I don't think you need to worry all that much about furniture and certainly not about art clashing with those floors. I probably wouldn't put something really light like birch with them, but I don't think you really need to be limited by the floors. With my spotted gum floors, which had a fair bit of variation and a reddish tinge, I had a mix of Danish teak, blackwood (very similar to the teak), a dark walnut piece and an antique mahogany china cabinet: they all seemed to live quite happily with the floor. Area rugs also change the dynamics and create some separation between floor and furniture. As for art, buy art you love - it doesn't need to match anything, and certainly not the floors!...See MoreBeth T
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