Traditional blue paint color for historic living room quandary
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traditional blue paint color found in Southern formal rooms?
Comments (8)Ah, yes. I know that color, and the best ones I've ever seen are custom colors. Not the answer you were looking for! Look at Sherwin Wiilliams' Mount Vernon series. "Sweet Water" and "Silver Spoon" are possible contenders. Pratt & Lambert's "Bracken Architrave Blue Verditer Light" from the Williamsburg collection is a contender. If those are a bit too saturated for you, look at Martin Senour's "Alps" (1086-D), and the Sherwin Williams strip that has SW 7128 through 7134, particularly "Water Squirt." SW 6477 "Tidewater" and 6763 "Retiring Blue" might also be in the running. Donald Kaufman #37 might fit, and #57 is paler but without much of the robin's egg tone. Blue is challenging, and very dependent on your light, which I am sure you know. You might like to go on line, look up things like "Historic Charleston Interiors" or "Virginia Plantation Houses" or some such thing, look at the interiors, and if there is a color that is what you are wanting, call them up. Whoever runs the houses will likely be happy to tell you what the color is....See MoreNeed advice for living room paint color!
Comments (7)I probably wouldn't do red in there, but that's mostly because I just painted out the red kitchen, the berry red master bath, and the terra cotta hall bath in my own home. I'm into more grayed shades right now. I just used Behr Rope in my hall bath. It's kind of a grayed green but also reads blue where I put it in a bedroom. I'm doing Ben Moore Ashwood in my Master bedroom. I love it on the blog "For The Love of a House" in her living room and reading room. It's much paler than I usually like, but I'm in a paler frame of mind these days, especially when a not-in-your-face color is on the walls and windows and the furniture is darker or stands out more. I love your home, your contemporary furniture and the other colors you have chosen. You guys have great taste and will find something that works well in your living spaces. I'm not a huge fan of contemporary, but in your home, you've done it very well! Beautiful. Red Here is a link that might be useful: Paint colors I'm loving right now......See MoreLiving Room decor needs in historic home
Comments (26)I would put the brakes on buying until you come up with a plan, removing *at least* half (more in the case of the fireplace,) of the "stuff" cluttering up every surface since the cover-every-surface is a modern day affliction and is in total competition with the amazing architectural details you have- that floor! That stairway! That fireplace! Oh, except the hanging light fixture- that I would replace right away. Probably something era correct- cast iron, most likely. Lots of choices on sites like ebay and rewiring is super simple so it's safe. Instead of buying TJ Maxx furniture that will always look like TJ Maxx furniture save the money until you find the right *real* pieces for the house. Era correct furniture will be so much better quality and do a much better job of honoring the house and the hard work you and your husband have been doing and they become heirloom pieces that your children value and may have in their own homes some day. Is that a printer in the corner? Try putting it inside the furniture instead of on top of it. I'd probably look for an era appropriate armoire for ALL of the modern electronics that can be closed when you're not using them and give you some more hidden storage. I would not put a table behind that couch, instead of looking like you have a couch that doesn't fit in the room it will look like you have a couch and a table that don't fit in the room and it will just end up with more "stuff" on top of it. If you can't replace the couch set now deal with it until it's time to buy new furniture and then buy something that works with the space you have. Our house is a few years newer than yours (1914) so we went with the Sherwin Williams Craftsman paint palette and love it! Darker walls really highlight the woodwork....See MoreConvert traditional formal living room to updated home office
Comments (23)Is there enough room behind the sofa for a very narrow console table? It could hold a lamp (or two) instead of using any end tables. I could imagine myself sitting sideways on the sofa facing the fireplace and using the table for my coffee cup while I talked on the phone. There is something about the drapes that bothers me. They are beautiful and a lovely color but seem to block the beautiful window. Could you have all the panels at the two ends instead having four groups? I, too, have struggled with a backdrop for ZOOM calls. Remember that on Zoom you see only what is directly behind the person and a couple feet to each side, not the whole wall. So only a few feet of the bottom any large panels would show. You may have to make a trade off on what looks good in the room versus what looks good on ZOOM. For my ZOOM calls, I ended up not using my desk. I took an unused corner of another room and put an old laptop on a small table to make a ZOOM “studio.” I put a console table behind my chair with a large Grecian bust and a small topiary plant over one shoulder and a tall pair of brass candle sticks with two small family photos over the other. The wall directly behind me is blank and coincidently is painted a color that contrasts with my coloring, which also looks better on ZOOM....See Morecatherine_sienna_marie
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