Help with paint and green tiles please for living room

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I am competely stuck on what colour to paint the chimney breast/walls with these green tiles…The bookcases either side are Plummett from Farrow and Ball. I did want to wallpaper to make it a lovely feature but struggling with the tiles as so striking, happy with paint as well though. Have two walls to paint as well, south facing room with lots of light as bay window opposite fireplace, its a working fire.

Things on shelves will be moving elsewhere. new sofas on order, dark navy and blue flecked tweed Please HELP 🙂🙂Thanks

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Nobody in their right mind would paint those tiles. OMG. They are absolutely gorgeous and truly a feature worth saving. I'm so glad you're choosing to embrace them, Sharon. You're well on your way to a fabulous space.

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JAN MOYER
last year
Paint the tiles out to black with high heat paint ..........match the surround or use a metallic silver Hang some art over the fire, and leave the wall as your Farrow and Ball. , or your trim white.

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Paint-Industrial-Paint-High-Heat-Paint/N-5yc1vZ1z18gz5?mtc=SEM-BF-CDP-GGL-D24-024_003_SPRAY_PAINT-NA-NA-NA-DSA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-FY21_SprayPaint&cm_mmc=SEM-BF-CDP-GGL-D24-024_003_SPRAY_PAINT-NA-NA-NA-DSA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-FY21_SprayPaint-71700000081717310-58700007148590338-39700064269300938&gclid=CjwKCAjw14uVBhBEEiwAaufYxwRBncQx13c7L4wki5S-ITjbd7uP16hGe-l83F2cO1h9SQ6vernHiBoCHm8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
Thanks Jan but the tiles have to stay 🙁
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It's the scale of the lamps that you need to concentrate on the most. I've found that most homeowners tend to purchase lamps that are too short/small. I use 28"-30" as my guide. I rarely use shorter than 28" unless maybe in a bedroom or for an occasional table, and over 30" starts to look odd in most homes. If you're looking at a lamp in person, rather than online (which has the measurements) just measure from the top of the shade down to the table. Also, purchasing inexpensive end tables and lamps first can really help change the look of a room, while you're saving up for the more expensive items (sofa, nice coffee table). Here's a before/after of a living room I did for a homeowner, where all I added were lamps, end tables and throw pillows (just reworked her other items). The end tables I used are really great, they work with a lot of furniture styles, plus they have a shelf and they're less than $100. I use them with a lot of clients! Since end tables don't get a lot of abuse, a "cheaper" one is a real budget saver. Great End Table As you can see in the Before, this furniture is large and overstuffed. A too small lamp would look silly. Using the above linked end tables and 30" lamps: You can use an end table like those (they're 24" high) and the proper size lamp, and it will work with just about any sofa you choose. Also, when choosing throw cushions I would get rid of the two red cushions on your sofa, and replace with a neutral. Maybe throw in a lumbar on one of your two chairs. And here's a room (while we were rearranging furniture) where the homeowner's furniture was not oversized/overstuffed. As you can see, these same end tables come up higher on her sofa, but still work. I can't remember how tall these lamps were, probably around 27"-28".
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roarah
last year
I love the tiles. When i color capture the tikes on the Benjamin Moore app the read as fresh spring. The are the Two complimentary colors suggested.
njmomma
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Keep the color of the fireplace wall the same as the shelves.

Add a beautiful piece of art over the fireplace that has some of the tile color in the art. That should help the color of the tile look like it belongs.

Have you picked out an area rug yet?
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Jilly
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I love the green tiles. Are you in England? Those old fireplaces are so cool.

If you have an Instagram account, peruse the Farrow & Ball account. Quite a few pictures with similar rooms.

Whatever color you choose, I’d do the built-ins, too, rather than chop it up — especially as you’ll be painting the other walls, too. So I’d either just keep it all that gray or choose an entirely different color.

Doing the entire room in Plummett:

Or Plummett for the entire fp side, the other three walls lighter (F & B Blackened, looking very purple in this room):

Just for fun, some other colors, because I love Farrow & Ball rooms. :)

Setting Plaster

Next two are Green Smoke

Smoked Trout

Duck Green

Next two are Sulking Room Pink

Card Room Green

Drop Cloth

Peignoir (I do like this with the off-white built-ins)

Hague Blue

Pigeon, a softer gray.

The Edward Bulmer account might have inspiration, too.
Sharon Ellis thanked Jilly
cat_ky
last year
Love the tiles. They are so fun. I do like the blue in the post that roarah posted above. I would also like the same green as in the tiles, in that area. Once you get your sofa's, you may be able to match the dark blue of them, for that wall, and then carry the lime green from the tiles, over to the sofa with pillows, and in other areas with accessories.
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
That is an excellent idea…thank you
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
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Thank you to everyone so far who has contributed and really helped🙂

I am in England in an edwardian house, I am annoyed with myself, those alcove shelves were onlydone in February and the carpenter painted them as asked by me…..I never thought about the tiles though 🙄🙄Plummet stays as too expensive to repaint and a lot of work.
Jilly
last year
That’s understandable.

I came across this room that has Plummett walls with Hague Blue cabinets.

Of course all the natural light in there makes a big difference in tones, but it might be worth testing.

I still think you should keep that wall/built-ins all the same color and just add art and such. The Plummett rooms I posted are beautiful.
palimpsest
last year
Maybe the fireplace breast in Babouche
Jilly
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Oh, now I like that gold with the gray, that looks good! Love how the tiles look with it.

ETA: Now I’m wondering about finding a wallpaper pattern similar to these fabrics, and using a gold (Babouche or India Yellow) on the other walls. Too much going on?

(Source: https://clairejefford.com/farrow-ball-india-yellow/)
palimpsest
last year
Or maybe Plummet on everything and a dark green mantel
Jilly
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Now I want to play with wallpaper. :D
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
I so wanted William Morris and still do but yet again matching up with the tiles is proving difficult! Love Bellflowers…we have no app here for putting wallpaper on walls.🙁
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
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Is that third photo Strawberry thief by Morris?
Jilly
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It is, I have it on a pillow. :)

I agree — a William Morris print would be absolutely perfect in there with that tile.

Sorry, lousy mock-up, but an idea …

Golden Lily:

Seaweed:
palimpsest
last year
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Or Stiffkey on the mantel, it may really be the black mantel that needs to be painted to work with the Plummet... even if you use wallpaper, which I like the idea of.
olychick
last year
What an awful idea to paint those gorgeous tiles black and take all the personality away from your space. Glad you are keeping them. What a great bunch of other suggestions you've gotten about using color with them. It's going to be lovely!
cubby14
last year
I think that strawberry thief wallpaper looks fantastic with the green of the tiles and it seems to work with the color of your built-ins too.
Jilly
last year
I’m loving that and Seaweed. :)

There are so many others that might work, wish I could do better wallpaper mock-ups!
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
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I thought that too….so clever everyone on here….I'm in awe 🙂
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
Love this wallpaper too

Arbutus Wallpaper 216452 by William Morris & Co
Jilly
last year
Sharon, which color of Arbutus? I know of three or four.
Jilly
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This is slate/russet …

Pivot/black:

If you decided to use wallpaper, would you be painting the rest of the room Plummett?

I’m excited for you, sure hope you post updates. It’s going to be a fantastic room.
Jilly
last year
I’m really wanting to see the windows.

HINT HINT SHARON.

😁
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
Bay window….arbutus blue
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
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Not painting the rest of the room Plummett…..my husband has just said it would be like being back on the Royal Navy warships!🙂
Jilly
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Ha! 😄

Another lousy mock-up, but maybe an idea of the blue:

Strawberry Thief again (I added sides):
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
I think these mock ups are superb…..we are in garden with wine, its 8pm here in UK and we are loving all your expertise!,
Jilly
last year
That makes me smile! Cheers! :)
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
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Doesn’t that SThief look good…will get a sample sent…the only thing I worry will it detract from all the lovely things we will put on our shelves! ?
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
What coloyr SThief is that please?
Jilly
last year
I don’t think it will … I think it’ll enhance. But yes, it’ll be good to get a sample in there because none of my mock-ups are to scale. In person, you might feel the pattern is too big and busy, and you want something calmer.

The color is Indigo.

I found it with black:
Sharon Ellis
Original Author
last year
Ordering now…thanks
Jilly
last year
Ooooo, I found some other colors I wasn’t aware of! Give me a min, it’s mock-up time … :D
pkpk23
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Of course you wouldn’t paint original tiles!

Think Strawberry Thief looks good. You might consider also papering back wall of shelves, painting back wall of shelves deeper shade on Plummett color strip or color picked from paper.
Emily R.
last year
I think that seaweed print @Jilly mocked up before looks awesome.
Jilly
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Ok, gang … I can’t decide if I like this. I do, then I’m not sure.

Strawberry Thief in gold (with gray and green):

What’s the vote?

ETA: Back for an encore, Seaweed with sides done. Maybe too much with the tile? I‘m feeling iffy seeing more of it. It is a cool print though. Striking.

And just saw this … the Indigo over fireplace. It is a large print!

A bar in Bristol is named after it. :D

https://www.strawberrythiefbar.com
cubby14
last year
My favorite is still the Indigo Strawberry thief one.
Emily R.
last year
Yeah, I retract seaweed. ;) I love the indigo Strawberry Thief, but am wondering if that pattern is too big. What about something funky like this -- this is the wallpaper in my daughter's room (came with the house!). On the one hand, it looks like Where the Wild Things meets MJ Farm. On the other hand, it's seriously awesome.

(This is a screenshot, not my daughter's room! ha)

https://www.wallpaperstogo.com/p-222328-chiavi-segrete-leaf-green-wallpaper.aspx?gclid=CjwKCAjw14uVBhBEEiwAaufYx6FNZK56AEC0ZHUZQTmohm3_hfduZXCde7OnyUnzhk2jYMxG6E5jIhoC67MQAvD_BwE
Jilly
last year
I like that paper! It is awesome.

I wasn’t able to get a decent mock-up to show you, but from the little I could play with, I think it’s too much green and actually clashed a bit with the tile. But … monitors don’t show colors 100% true, so it might be different in person.