Oohh!! Smoked mulberry is very pretty!

Here are the recent suggestions

Galt Peach:

Smoked Mulberry:

Thanks Lori! With so many great ideas, it’s all in your court Diana. Looking forward to your final decision. Have a great holiday!!

This thread has been so fun, so many great options. Looking forward to seeing what you end up choosing!

It's a no to SW blackberry. It looks like grape Kool aid on my walls. Sorry Flo, both for the rejection of your idea and also for painting it on the walls. I also did on a pice of poster board but that photos like a weird red so it's not very accurate. At least on photos.

My eye keeps going back to big dipper, left side.

Only you can know what looks good to you in your space.

A beautiful color you might look at is Ben Moore Wet Concrete. https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-colors/color/2114-40/wet-concrete

Here's my attempt to show what that can look like:

You might also check out the 'Similar Colors' at that link.

I think at this point you just have to pick one and do a good two coat job on one wall. You can’t tell anything from what you are doing now. I think you will not be happy til you get the whole room done. Looking forward to seeing final look!!

Agreed Flo. Thanks for all your help!

I looked up Big Dipper and it’s a Taubmans Spectrum paint. I am not familiar with but looked it up and it has an LRV of 18 so has depth but a nice level of light reflective quality. It is in the Blue/Green Hue family so looks good to me. Doesn’t look like Internet impression at all. I think it is a pretty color. Give it a go!

@Flo Mangan Taubmans? Isn’t it this Sherwin Williams Emerald shade?

Diana- what brand paint are you looking at for Big Dipper? If Sherwin Williams it is completely different color than the Big Dipper from Taubman. That color has LRV of between 8 and 9. And it is in the blue hue family.

Sherwin Williams. On my wall it's a dark charcoal blue green. Ish.

Ok. Great. Sorry for the misunderstanding. All that matters is you guys love it. No worries.

Diana I Think any of the charcoal paints will be amazing…..I like Big Dipper…look this is fabulous together..

Here is SW Big Dipper once again so you don’t have to scroll:

@Flo Mangan if I remember correctly, the closest match you could find for the sofa was Ben Moore Tucson Teal which was at 220° and SW Big Dipper was at 226°.

Correct. Now, it is personal decision with the light and complete elements in their home. Happy they are close to decision. Yay!!

This room is from another thread here. I thought you might like to see. Similar wall color.

Wet Concrete. Craftsman remodel.

@Flo Mangan, that room you posted below is fantastic. I've seen her transformation of that space, and the new wall color with the green velvet sofa is fantastic. Take heart Diana, it will be amazing...go bold.

Alll I know is Im lusting after a green or green-blue velvet sofa!

Is SW BlackBerry out of the running? This was a favorite about 50 comments ago…
Here it’s the combo so no one has to scroll.

It is. Looks like grape Kool aid on my walls. It dried down darker but still more purple than I want.

@Diana K keep in mind that all the colors will look different after having two coats applied and when they’re all over the walls. What’s still in the running, did ya’ll officially rule out Sierra Redwood?

@Diana K it seems to me that you keep heading back to a warm color for your walls. You've always hated anything close to purple. And very early on you nixed anything looking like a dark teal. You chose a fantastic rug. Choose a warm color or two from the rug yo compare. Use the recommended primer for the color you choose; it makes a huge difference in the final effect! Also consider the appropriate sheen level, usually a flat matte, but could be one step up with a dark color.

Something down on this corner...

Galt Peach and Copper Mountain are in the same hue family range. Copper Mountain is darker, more colorful. Just for grins, here's a list of a few colors that fall in between in terms of Hue, Value and Chroma.

I also looked at copper mountain (SW) and didn't like it as much as sierra redwood. 

I liked borscht better than sierra redwood. 

I put those two next to mount Etna, big dipper and still water on my wall (with stickies) and I left them for at least a week. I ruled out still water and mount Etna pretty quick. My eye kept flipping between borscht and big dipper.

Husband doesn't like borscht but he ultimately doesn't care. Dipper is closer to my couch color than I originally wanted, but my eyes kept flipping to it. I don't know what else to say.

This was a fun article…

https://www.southernliving.com/vintage-paint-colors-7375466

Diana no worries I think the rich charcoals with a undertone of the blue green is a beautiful choice we are not in the room….you are your eye no matter what will find what is pleasing…..we just picked the paint for the outside of our home….20 samples later we still liked one of the samples we picked….after many friends and family gave us an opinion…and now seeing it being painted we are so happy we went with the color that made us comfortable. It is looking beautiful..

@Diana K does your husband also like Big Dipper? If so, it may be the winner as it seems like the only one you both agree on.

Hahahaha...you can be forgiven for going back and forth. Still love your teal sofa and that rug! You'll get the walls eventually. ☺️

Hahahaha...you can be forgiven for going back and forth. Still love your teal sofa and that rug! You'll get the walls eventually. ☺️

Here is my twist on your living and dining room. I would put a deep blue/gray (Cyberspace) in your dining room. Your white built-ins and trim will pop and a great backdrop for lighter wood table and chairs that bring in some neutrals. Then in living room (with properly primed walls go with Burgundy or Borscht. Both wall colors allow sectional to pop and you can go off white in entry if you wish.

I like that Flo. I really do! I like the way the deep purple walls compliment the oranges in the carpet. That's one of two colors I've hoped for all along, the other being dark teal. So much so that I am heading that direction in my own spaces. Diana has inspired me. ☺️

Ahhhh! It is very pretty, Flo. Not into cyberspace. I was thinking a rich yellow? I don't know if that would go with either burgundy/borscht or big dipper though? 

And damnit, now it's borscht vs burgundy vs big dipper again. Why u hate me.

Too funny! @Diana K! I really hope you go for the deep dark raspberry wine Flo showed. But hubby something special so he knows you still care, and remind him it's just paint. Do make sure you use the dark grey primer though...P06? And I agree with Flo that using the dark teal in the dining room will connect the two rooms together without looking forced. Only possible because of that great rug choice!

Any deep grayed color you like if not Cyberspace. Gosh I hope you can do the more intimate color in your dining room and livelier color in the living room. Keep the bones of the home in mind too! These two rooms need to sing together. No hate allowed here!! Lol

Ok so, the dining room isn't used for food. It's a pass through. People congregate in the living room usually, unless we're playing a board game. Idk if that changes anything?

Nope, it’s adjoining room with built-ins. It’s a complementary room. Once it’s painted you may find it is more inviting and will change how you use it too. Also, over time a “multi-use” room has more purposes. Could be library/study space maybe work space. Never know.

Mmk. Talked to husband. He said any of the colors we've talked about would be fine. The reds are at the bottom of his list though. And he agrees, I just need to pick one and go with it but of the two in the picture Flo, he likes borscht. 

Ahhhh! I honestly don't know.

I love the idea of using a dining room as a library/game room/crafts room. We do!

When you get the proper primer and two coats of paint on it will be gorgeous!! You just have to jump in!!

So many fun ways you could set up your adjoining room. Here are a few. You can use the Big Dipper with white trim and white on that built in and have fun with it.

Oh those last 2! I love that teal paint and both sets of chairs.

@Flo Mangan would the teal in the picture you posted above be similar to Tucosn Teal, which has an LRV of 4.6 or do you think it would be too bright? (chroma of 3). Also Also, @Diana K are the built ins already white or would you be painting them? I don’t remember seeing pictures of your dining room.

Burgundy:

Borscht:

Sierra Redwood:

Blackberry:

Big Dipper:

I posted the pictures just to show how a multipurpose room (some calling it a “flex room” could be designed and utilized. Not for particular colors. Just creative concepts. The pictures of Diana’s dining room were posted early in this thread.

Borscht! We have a color!!!!!!! Honestly,  @Diana K  it's a very good color for your room. I don't remember if you have experience with bold wall colors, but there are things you can do to bring out the richness and depth of a bold paint. I hope I've already convinced you to use the correct primer... Flo agreed if you noticed. I also recommend eggshell gloss level (aka "velvet" for an obvious reason), just one up from matte, for the effect of illusionary depth. Another important factor is using a paint roller with a long nap. This is just one of many articles I know your engineering brain will appreciate.  https://www.hunker.com/13413012/the-best-way-to-paint-eggshell-without-roller-marks

And @Flo Mangan what ceiling paint color? White Duck as Sherwin Williams suggests? A different white? The wall color? @Diana K is there a break between rooms, or does Flo need to find a white for all your rooms' ceilings because there is no break between rooms at the ceiling? My go to is Ceiling White, because it is a tiny bit blue and I like blues. Get the concept?

After that think about multiple small lighting sources to bring out the richness of your teal seating and your fireplace at night. Reading lights near seating and a couple of high or low lights for the fireplace, an up-light for a plant or sculpture, art lights... Focused on other objects, the light expands outwards and overlaps like ripples on a pond after throwing in multiple small pebbles, this creating different colors from a single wall color. Physics. https://www.hoilandstudios.com/post/lighting-secrets-for-dark-moody-spaces