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Comments (43)You guys are GREAT! I'm soaking up all the suggestions and feeling better about my space. I agree crystal/lighter/shiny accessories would brighten the space. I have to be careful accessories because that adorable cat/kitten you saw in the first picture LOVES shiny things! I've got two 12-15" antique lead crystal lamps that my MIL gave to me. They are gorgeous with dangling crystals that pick up the light beautifully. But....that whole dangling thing attracts the cat, so the lamps are packed away in a cabinet for a while until she grows up a tad! I love blues and although some of you suggested reds/rusts/oranges, our lake house features those colors, so I'm going to stick with the cooler colors, like blues/teals,etc. I'm sitting here looking at the built-ins and thinking what I can remove to simplify and "clean up" the look. When we built this house, we downsized from over 5,500 sf. I pulled favorite accessories from those spaces and felt somewhat obligated to use them in this space. Well......that feeling's gone now! Rugs, rugs, rugs!!! I'm starting to envision a rug with a cream background and touches of blue, teal, beige, etc. Would that work? And would you suggest a more traditional pattern/oriental look, geometric, or solid with color in the border, etc? We're heading to the lake this afternoon so I'm off to pack up the lamps for transporting! Poor DH, he's going to wonder what I'm up to! :)...See MoreOpen concept main floor paint suggestions please.
Comments (8)I love Pale Oak BM or Balboa Mist BM... Sherwin Williams has some great shade of paints too. Egret White Sherwin Williams is almost exactly like Pale Oak BM Zurich White is very similar to Classic Gray BM Here are some images of what the paint looks like Agreeable Gray Sherwin Williams Shell White SW (I think this would look great with navy blue) crushed ice sw Mindful Gray Sherwin Williams...See MoreWall color transition in open-ish concept
Comments (7)I wish your kitchen cabinetry and the entertainment center were the same finish for a more coordinated look in such a small space. Lack of lighting (other than one lamp and what appears to be light from a skylight) is the main issue that might force you to go with white. If you can improve the lighting, I think you can add some color if you want to. How about installing some LED lighting in the e-center? Your end tables are too short for the sofa; replace them and add table lamps for that side of the room at night (see chart below for measurements.) You could move the floor lamp slightly behind the two chairs for a reading spot. Last step would be lowering the three pictures so they are centered 5' above the floor and only one hand's breadth apart. A more interesting way to hang them would be vertically where the lamp is now with the middle one centered 5' above the floor and one hand's breadth between them. If two are the same size and one different, use the larger one in the center for a focal point. May be the camera angle that makes them look different sizes....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 Morebridget helm
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