Will painting my kitchen walls white clash with my ceiling?
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Do my curtains clash with my proposed BS? lots of pics
Comments (15)Hello Everyone, No one shares my vision that the white would work, that doean't surprise me. However when I look at the third pic above (the pic of the eat-in dining area, there is a sample of white glass tiles on the counter. I think it looks great! It looks so bright and fresh!) I'm not into neutral, I like contrast and I like color. My cabs are obviously traditional, but my syle is moving more modern. I'm trying to take my traditional looking kitchen and move it more modern. buffetgirl - I really don't like brown! LOL! I am trying to work with a situation where "If I knew then, what I know now", I'd do things differently. I've thought about brown instead of black in the backsplash and it doesn't do anything for me, I don't want more brown, I want less brown. Sherrman - while others like it, I don't. It is floor tile and not designed by me. The tile installer picked it and I went with it at the time. Also, due to the new granite, there is about a 1" gap between them. Annz - not changing any of the big stuff, cabs, floors etc. Just can't cost justify it. House is only 5 years old, We built it. We have about 39 sq feet of backsplash to do, Dh and I are discussing the balance issue that you mention. Yes, I want to make sure that it will look good. Thanks for bringing it up! Busybee3 - all green? Well...I thought about that...but just feel that it would be too much green. My walls are green, my countertop on the island is green...I just thought an all green backsplash would just be too much green. Plus I really like the idea of bringing over some white to brighten and de-neutralize the space. Auntjen - Oh...I am so happy that you think it will work!! I don't feel so alone! LOL!! Thank you all for your comments and suggestions, it helps me a lot. I appreciate it....See MorePainting the ceiling in my dining room, Pic
Comments (34)dpriscok, you did not hijack my thread, we are all talking about painting ceilings!!!!! If I inspire someone then that makes me feel good. When I started thinking about drapes in my dining room, I really knew what I wanted. I started shopping around and kept finding the same fabric at different fabric stores. I was at one and got a price and it would have been over $800 per panel. Then I went to another fabric store and got a sample of the same fabric. The lady there then told me that they had panels already made in the back of the store. I paid about $120 per panel and they are lined. I jumped on that!!!!! I bet if you went to your local fabric store/stores you would be able to find drapes already premade....See MoreThinking about painting my trim a color - not white - thoughts?
Comments (15)Barb - I love your ideas. And it is so funny that you wrote about Powell Buff. I have about 5 samples of that plastered in different places in my kitchen. Also, I had to laugh about how nice you were with calling my foyer a grand foyer. :) I come from a 1300 sq. ft 1920's house (just moved about 4 months ago to PA from upstate NY). I call my foyer, a waste of space. I would much rather have another bedroom upstairs for a playroom, crafts, etc. Not that I'm in need of space, but I'm not one much for tall spaces. Small and cozy does the trick for me. Just weren't those kind of houses for sale where I was looking...at least not that we could afford. Anyhow - back to the task at hand. My house completely connects - the kitchen to the family (almost one room). The family has a back staircase (another silly thing), that runs to the hallway upstairs that connects to the foyer downstairs. So in other words, every room upstairs and downstairs connects. ugh. So my plan is that all trim in the connecting part of the house (minus LR, DR and bedrooms) will be Navajo White. Because that matches my kitchen cabinetry. And all ceilings will be Navajo White as well. This is being painted during nap times by me. (which is why it takes me too long to respond to the GW forum!) Yesterday, I managed to prime all of the trim in my foyer downstairs. Hurray! So, whatever is in my walls on the foyer needs to run to the upstairs hallway, which runs into one wall in the family room and will also be in the kitchen. blah. So I'm thinking of using Powell Buff for that color. I'm hoping it is a good match to Navajo White. Three walls in the family room will be SW Baguette. I'm very happy with this color. Just wishing that I didn't have the whole back staircase issue that makes everything connect. So Powell and Baguette, with Navajo will be the two primary colors in the downstairs. I could always consider Wilmington Tan for the LR/DR trim. Only issue is that it doesn't look quite as good with the Stickley furniture and sitll might be too dark around the windows. But perhaps you were on the right track by suggesting Powell Buff for the trim. Maybe something with that depth, just another color (because I will be using that in my other spaces.) OR I could just flipflop those rooms and use Powell on the trim and Navajo on the walls? Would that be strange, too? I'm not sure if any of this post will make sense. I'm sorry to ramble. Perhaps, if you are interested I can post more pictures of my space to help it make more sense. I've been working on this since I moved in, and now that things are finally getting primed, I need to make decisions so that I can get to the exciting part. In any event, thank you again for your advice and help. I am so grateful! Carolyn (aka repainting, again, and again)...See Morepainting my walls and want to paint the ceiling beams
Comments (0)I was wondering if I should paint my ceiling beams the same color of my walls. Will have two tone walls, Light on top and darker on bottom with white chair rail....See Moresassicassi7
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