I've been picking out paint colors to HOPEFULLY start adding some color to my house in the next few weeks. I have white walls everywhere but my daughter's room and it's driving me nuts! When DH and I got married I finished my Associates degree in Interior Design. The whiteness everywhere and lack of window treatments is driving me insane!!
Soooo.....who wants to hear what I've got planned?
(If you don't have time to read my reasoning; feel free to just check the links for my colors and weigh in!)
My kitchen/dining areas are open to each other in an "L" shape. They also open to my living room by one 5' opening in the dining area and a 3' hallway that puts the laundry room in the middle of all that. My living room also opens to the foyer and hallway leading to the bedrooms. So the back wall of the livingroom extends all the way into the kitchen. This is why I've had some trouble deciding what to do. The rooms need to flow together; but I want them to be distinct at the same time.
I've narrowed my paint choices down to 4 swatches. I want to install a chair rail throughout. For the kitchen area I've chosen 2 shades of a dark purple for the bottom and 2 neutrals for the top. This is my fav purple: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144549-86-C4...0051&langId=-1. My 2nd choice is: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144549-86-D4...erry&facetInfo=.
The top of the walls would either be my fav: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144501-86-D1...0051&langId=-1 or my "safe" 2nd choice: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144501-86-D1...0051&langId=-1.
I love the Stonington because it's a neutral gray vs the warmth of the classic khaki. I love the Purple Coneflower; I'm just afraid DH won't. I plan to keep the trim white for now. So those colors need to blend with my living room AND the foyer/hallway.
So I've decided to use a green in the living room and do 2 neutrals in the hallway/foyer. That way I can bring green accents into the kitchen and purple into the living room. So my green choices are #1: Cavern Moss: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144532-86-C6...0051&langId=-1 or #2: Green Tea Leaf: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144532-86-D6...leaf&facetInfo=.
I'm leaning toward the Green Tea Leaf because it is on the cooler/gray side of green which blends nicely with my other favs. But then the Cavern Moss one is better with the Khaki; which is just a safe choice all around.
I want light colored window treatments in the living room and possibly green in the kitchen/dining areas. Oh....the paint needs to look good with those too of course!
For the chair rail I'm considering using a simple mullion instead of the traditional chair rail: http://www.lowes.com/pd_3285-1487-95...lion&facetInfo=. My reasoning is that it has the flat profile to hopefully take less of a beating than something that extends farther out. But there is also this: http://www.lowes.com/pd_715-19-52970...%7C0&facetInfo=.
So whatcha think? Did you survive my lengthy explanation?
(Poll coming shortly)
Soooo.....who wants to hear what I've got planned?
My kitchen/dining areas are open to each other in an "L" shape. They also open to my living room by one 5' opening in the dining area and a 3' hallway that puts the laundry room in the middle of all that. My living room also opens to the foyer and hallway leading to the bedrooms. So the back wall of the livingroom extends all the way into the kitchen. This is why I've had some trouble deciding what to do. The rooms need to flow together; but I want them to be distinct at the same time.
I've narrowed my paint choices down to 4 swatches. I want to install a chair rail throughout. For the kitchen area I've chosen 2 shades of a dark purple for the bottom and 2 neutrals for the top. This is my fav purple: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144549-86-C4...0051&langId=-1. My 2nd choice is: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144549-86-D4...erry&facetInfo=.
The top of the walls would either be my fav: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144501-86-D1...0051&langId=-1 or my "safe" 2nd choice: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144501-86-D1...0051&langId=-1.
I love the Stonington because it's a neutral gray vs the warmth of the classic khaki. I love the Purple Coneflower; I'm just afraid DH won't. I plan to keep the trim white for now. So those colors need to blend with my living room AND the foyer/hallway.
So I've decided to use a green in the living room and do 2 neutrals in the hallway/foyer. That way I can bring green accents into the kitchen and purple into the living room. So my green choices are #1: Cavern Moss: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144532-86-C6...0051&langId=-1 or #2: Green Tea Leaf: http://www.lowes.com/pd_144532-86-D6...leaf&facetInfo=.
I'm leaning toward the Green Tea Leaf because it is on the cooler/gray side of green which blends nicely with my other favs. But then the Cavern Moss one is better with the Khaki; which is just a safe choice all around.
I want light colored window treatments in the living room and possibly green in the kitchen/dining areas. Oh....the paint needs to look good with those too of course!
For the chair rail I'm considering using a simple mullion instead of the traditional chair rail: http://www.lowes.com/pd_3285-1487-95...lion&facetInfo=. My reasoning is that it has the flat profile to hopefully take less of a beating than something that extends farther out. But there is also this: http://www.lowes.com/pd_715-19-52970...%7C0&facetInfo=.
So whatcha think? Did you survive my lengthy explanation?