White Paint for my dark Garage/ laundry room
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Comments (6)Ideas are fine but they don't always help unless the plan is to gut the space. Painting is the right idea, I think but, of course, the wallpaper needs to be removed first. Then there are 3 decisions to make: 1- Will the counters be left or replaced. 2- Will the cabinets be painted as well as the walls. 3- Is there room in the budget to change out the window covering to correct the space mistake that makes. If the plan is to remove the counters then the color scheme is basically what you like. If the plan is to leave them then I feel the cabinets need to be painted. Because the cabinets are sort of stuck up all over, I'd plan to make them blend vs pop. That can be done with paint. To do that, I'd plan to pull paint samples of whole wheat bread color browns and creams. Hopefully you like those colors (that's always a factor). But with a travertine floor, especially a light one, those colors are logical. If there are extra floor tiles somewhere that would be very helpful to take to the paint store. The color of the floor could tilt the scheme one way or the other. If that's ok, then find a greyish brown (I'd try to avoid reddish brown) that works with the counter color well enough to make it look more related to the lower cabinets. Then I'd try to find a cream/ivory color that works with that brown and has the same undertone. I'd paint the walls and top cabinets in the ivory and the base cabinets in the brown. I'd do the trim in satin and walls in the same color but flat. Then I'd look for a window covering (with that scheme a natural fiber look would be good) that fills the entire window niche and install it right up under the top of the indent in the wall. I wouldn't get a dark window cover as that will make it look like a hole in the wall rather than blend-y. Changing the window cover will make the wall look much better when everything is done. (If there is budget, I'd change the window to fit the whole space first but that's not necessary)....See MoreI can't decide to paint my dining room dark grey or dark navy.
Comments (4)It really depends like Color Zen said. Pictures would help. Personally, I love navy. It's a color while also being a neutral and it works well with warm and cool colors....See MoreI painted my garage door and trim white today.
Comments (24)Remind us of the color you decided for your roof. Was it a grayish color? I would look at a greyed green door maybe, along the lines of the first or third door shown by Lukki. Very striking and welcoming with brick. Are you sure you want white gutters? Normally gutters are meant to blend in more with the brick or roof color or both, not create a prominent stripe across the house. Maybe too late to change if you have ordered. I do like the fresh white color of the garage door and trim and agree the lighting makes a difference too....See MoreTransitioning Dark Painted Ceiling to White Ceiling room
Comments (6)Ya, that chair rail not only looks choppy, it looks unfinished, and not right at all, the way it stops mid wall. It really does need to be removed. The crown moulding either needs to be finished up and into the next room, or if you do not want it in that larger room, then it needs to be removed on this room too. It looks ridiculous just stopped in mid wall. It can be left around the top of the fireplace. I cant see into the room, to see if there is anywhere else it could be left. The room, will look like the ceiling is higher without that crown moulding anyway. The crown shortens the room. and then the chair rail, shortens it some more and adds the choppy look....See Morebeesneeds
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