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Comments (6)Iristi, while I love that Firenz orange color, I am thinking that against the maple cabinets, it is to similar. It needs more contrast IMHO. Here are a couple examples I found and your wall color for others to comment on. The decorating forum is really great with paint colors, so you might try and post this over there as well. This isn't the Firenze color, but is a similar look to show a grey countertop and tan floor. This next one below, I like better because it is with a creamy off white cabinet. See how it has some contrast? Hope this helps! :-)...See MoreNew, Open-Concept Colonial Needs Fab Wall Color. Advice Needed Please
Comments (26)Here is the problem - you are looking for a paint color based on 2 inch square swatches compared to huge expanses of the colors already in your home. If you have a sample of the countertop that you can take outside - that it the ideal answer. If not you will need to make do with a gerry rigged method using the counter top in place. Get a large white sheet. Gather samples of the colors that must stay ( a drawer front, a sample of flooring that closely matches if an actual sample isn't available, a sample of the granite. Gather as many colors as you can from the neutral and heavily muted colors at the paint store. The lighting in the paint store will confuse your brain - pick up everything even if it doesn't seem good in the store - you may be suprised by what works when you get them home. If possible, take all the colors outside and cover a table with the white sheet. Lay the samples of the colors that must stay on the sheet and place one color sample at a time next to the colors that have to stay. If it works in natural daylight it will work anywhere. If it is not possible to take a sample outside cut a hole in the sheet and let a small section of the counter show through the hole in an area near a window. If that is not possible get a good lamp with a 5000k lightbulb and place the lamp so it shines on the hole in your sheet. You can limit the amount of any sample of the things that must stay by doing cutouts on the sheet. Typically one or two colors will feel right. This is going to be the hue you want. More than likely when you purchase a sample and paint a large section of wall it will read more vivid than the color you picked from a tiny sample. More space- more color. But you will know that you are in the right ball park and can use tools like EasyRGB to discover similar colors that are slighly less saturated. I worked with Miller Paint when I first discovered Devine. They were amazing. Don't know how they are today, as it has been 20 ish years ago. If I were in their service area I would work with them again in a heartbeat. Hope this helps narrow your choices :-)...See MoreOak color kitchen cabinets , need advice for wall colors!!
Comments (13)Your kitchen is so lovely! I really like your cabs. I think the wine rack adds so much to the aesthetic, but get that it is probably not the best use of the space. rather than getting rid of it, I wonder if the curves could be cut straight by a carpenter and the space used as plate storage. Maybe keep 2 as wine storage. A new slide in range, hood, counters and undermount sink, and that would be one chic little kitchen. I'm a fan of white walls, but I think because of the off white counter and range, your white walls aren't quite working. Can you post more pics of the rest of the kitchen to see what other walls there are that would be painted?...See MoreNew Property Remodel needing advice on fireplace and wall paint color
Comments (18)Thanks for your "mission statement" - love it. I was going to say re the fireplace wall - just get Grandma's hutch out of there and your off to a good start LOL. If you really must change the color or tone down the contrasty pattern, then use a semi transparent masonry stain - not house paint which looks cheap, obscures the texture and looks like someone slapped on a layer of plastic over it. Which, come to think of it, is exactly what acrylic house paint is. Skip the romabio and the whitewash - this house is nowhere near being a farmhouse, modern or otherwise, or a country cottage. Embrace the retro rustic lodge (with modern twist) that it wants to be. Someone above questioned whether the wall panelling was original - I will await the answer to that question before speculating further. Where I would suggest starting - come up with a comprehensive whole-house pallette, which embraces/incorporates wood tones and other fixed elements. Deciding on a possible color change for fireplace then becomes clearer. People around here like to say that paint color choices come last. Its true that exact shade from the paint store is chosen last, after fabrics and furnishings, but you really should have some idea where you are going from the beginning. ....See Moreeverdebz
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