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Paint Color Advice

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Date: 10/17/2009 Topics: Home Improvement > Decorating > Bedroom | Readers Request > Decorating  
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I have dark gray carpet and modern laminate (gray/white/flecks of black) (looks like granite) bedroom furniture. I've had a very light blush paint for the first three years, currently satin white for 15 years. Can someone tell me what other colors I could use without making the room appear too small.

By Mara from Willow Grove, PA

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By Lorelei (463) Profile Contact
Light shades of color make rooms appear larger. If you have a lot of natural lighting dark colors look good. I am thinking a soft blue would go well with your gray shades if you don't like colors that shout at you in the bedroom. You can add a brights splash of color with a silver vase of flowers, wall picture or decorative mirror frame. Have fun whatever you choose!

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By Roxanne.sable (11) Profile Contact
Hi Mara,
You have a lot of choices.
Just a few ideas that come to mind:
If you like bright colors you could paint the wall behind the headboard a warm, deep red and the other walls a very soft gray, just add some red accents to the room; think about: throw pillows, small rug, lamp shade or red accent on the walls etc.

A very soft chartreuse is another route, you could consider.
Warm soft yellow could work too. Accent pieces in dark gray.
Ever considered soft mauve? You could complement that with purplish colors.

Good luck with your project! Roxanne

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Request: Paint Color Advice

Archived on 10/17/2009

Paint Color Advice
I need ideas for painting. Any suggestions would be appreciated very much.

By kenocyndy from FL

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RE: Paint Color Advice

I went to a store that sells Pittsburgh paints and found a folder there with colors that match and blend well. I choose a pale sage green, because I was only going to paint a couple of walls (ceilings too high for me to tackle) and left the others the original color. You could try looking at something like that in any paint store or paint department of Home Depot or Lowe's.

Since your area is open and each room is going to show from the last one the colors all need to blend and match. I favor light colors, because I happen to like lots of light and light colors make things look bigger. (05/07/2009)

By Glenn'sMom

RE: Paint Color Advice

With the brown cupboards, a soft blue would be perfect. Good luck. (05/14/2009)

By Poor But Proud

RE: Paint Color Advice

My first choice would be a shade of tan or beige that "goes with" the flooring and kitchen cabinets. Hold some paint swatches next to the floor and the cabinets and you will know which to use. I would not use a dark shade. Choose one shade lighter than the one you think is best. (Go up one on the paint strip.) Paint looks darker on the wall than it does on the paint strip.

To me, your rooms look dark. Bright light it streaming through the window, but it has little effect on the inside. Try to make your rooms lighter and more cheerful. Good luck (05/15/2009)

By Carol in PA

RE: Paint Color Advice

My kitchen is yellow because I like the brightness of it. Borders line the top of the walls with a garden/food design on it. How about putting plants like herbs on the window with a half curtain and putting what ever you like on the walls to go with your theme. Try something like apples, roasters, mine is food. Good luck and enjoy what you like. (05/15/2009)

By dietvanilla

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Archived on 03/23/2009

I need advice on two other rooms in my house. In the living room, I have a red couch and a fireplace that has red brick and a beige mantle. I just painted the ceiling white and the trim is white. Any suggestions on wall color and window treatments? The kitchen has dark brown cabinets. I need color ideas for the walls and floor. Thanks.

Ana from Chicago, IL

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RE: Paint Color Advice

Depends on how bold you want to go. Orange shade walls, and bright white, or yellow curtains would make a statement. Or go neutral and choose a camel brown. Kitchens often revolve around collections. Do you collect anything? I do grapes; so I went a slate color on the floor, and a muted sage green on the walls. Looked good with my oak finish cabinets. For dark cabinets it would depend greatly on the tint to the finish. Dark as in charcoal, go cool colors; dark as in cherry wood, go neutrals. (03/17/2009)

By Dedeswrkshop

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Request: Paint Color Advice

Archived on 03/17/2009

What color is best to paint my kitchen if I have lighter oak cabinets and stainless steel appliances?

Brad from Minneapolis, MN

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RE: Paint Color Advice

Try light grey on the walls and then put up a curtain over the sliding glass doors of a darker grey, and maybe some sparkling beads strung and hung as sheers. (02/05/2009)

By candy

RE: Paint Color Advice

Decide on what color makes you smile. And the direction of the patio door, is it east? West? Leave the white and add to it. The floor with the grey hue can be blue with colored accents in the room. I have a bathroom that is all white and the grey tile with certain curtains/towels make it blue smoke.

Personally, I am a citrus color person in the kitchen. You cook, you spend time doing dishes, etc. you don't want to hate being in there. So a pale green, orange or yellow with curtain over the sink--try a valance only at the top--same color you choose in paint. Since it is a smaller, closed area kitchen you don't want the window light closed off with a longer curtain.

The light will bounce off the white, I see you have small lights rather than long tubular. So make use of the light you can get. As you can tell, I like wide open spaces visually, the more light the better. I am west central MN, you are metro--our loss of light many months of the year makes us look for brighter rooms. (02/05/2009)

By T&T Grandma

RE: Paint Color Advice

Pick some colors you like, bring the chips home and hold them up to the furniture and cabinets. Some colors look great on their own but beside the wood they look horrible. Lots of colors sound good in the store but make sure they look good on the walls. (02/06/2009)

By Tonia

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Request: Paint Color Advice

Archived on 02/04/2009

I have marble tile, black granite counter tops, mahogany furniture, what color should I paint the walls? I just purchased my first home, and it is in desperate need of paint. Right now, the walls are white. The floors are a white marble, and carpet a light grey. It will eventually be replaced but am putting my money into other home repairs.

The kitchen has dark granite countertops, and my kitchen table and bakers rack also feature this color of granite. The floor is white marble, with streaks of blue. I was thinking of getting black appliances. Right now the cabinets are white, which I am thinking of antiquing. I am looking for ideas to paint the kitchen.

The dining room, I have a mahogany table and china cabinet. Again, the tile around the carpet is marble, with light grey tile. I've thought about doing a light tan for the house, just because I read it goes well with everything.

My bedroom furniture is also mahogany. Any tips for the bedroom or should I just go with the same color as the rest of the house? Any tips, advice, ideas appreciated! I am a 27 year old single man, and am not the best color coordinator.

Thomas from Lancaster, CA

Paint Color Advice

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RE: Paint Color Advice

If you have a theme in mind, go with the colors in that theme, for instance country type theme for kitchen, match your colors with that, black tops would go well with sage or light/cream colored greens, etc. Same with the rest of the house, go with what you might like, look at colors, lighter is better with the dark contrast of mahogany. Good Luck. (10/02/2008)

By piwacket

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I would stay with the same kind of wood first of all. I think without painting you should start with the furniture for the living room, set it up the way you want then sit in the sofa and just feel the room. If your sofa has color in it pick up the color in the sofa that is not as noticeable and use it to pick out the curtains and area rug. Do that with all the rooms in the house. It's more important to start with the furniture you like first, and now for the kitchen.

I would paint just the cabinet doors with black enamel paint and white knobs for the doors after you paint them. It will appear to be a black and white kitchen with black/white accents of your choosing, or you can be bold and go with vivid red accents as well. I know you want to have it looking like it's a man's home with no feminine touches so it is something you have to do yourself with the things you like. If you paint the walls use earth tones, beige, sand or even a forest green they will make your rooms have a warm feeling, it's pretty hard to figure what you might want not knowing what things you like etc. I wish you the best of luck in your new home, it looks really beautiful and has so much potential. (10/03/2008)

By Maddy

RE: Paint Color Advice

Get lots of paint chips from your local home improvement store. The beige colors will go nicely with the mahogany furniture. (10/03/2008)

By Maddy

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Request: Paint Color Advice

Archived on 10/02/2008

I am looking to repaint my bedroom from an original blue and yellow. My furniture is all a medium coloured wood, and I have a blue and white quilt cover and blue curtains. I have floorboards instead of carpet. My ceiling is an off white. Does anyone have any suggestions for painting ideas that match my quilt and blind?

Katie from Adelaide, Candyland

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RE: Paint Color Advice

Something in the peach/coral/apricot family would be good. Those colors make blues look brighter and warms them up, also. (04/07/2008)

By perfume and powder

RE: Paint Color Advice

I would paint the walls a warm pale yellow. It will make your quilt and drapes look great like a country pale yellow. Good luck Bonnie (04/09/2008)

By Bonnie

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Archived on 04/07/2008

I am about to put in cherry laminate floors. I have browny red leather furniture and all the trim is a dark wood. What colour should I paint my walls. There isn't much natural light in the room.

Tanya from Ontario

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RE: Paint Color Advice

Instead of light yellow, do cream. Still has the warmth like yellow but not as cheap looking. (09/25/2006)

RE: Paint Color Advice

I would take "samples" of the floor and furniture colors and start comparing them to samples of cream colored paint . There are so many shades of cream - you will find one that reflects your colors just right. Also, lots of places will custom mix colors to suit your exact tint. (09/26/2006)

By Sadiejoy

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Request: Paint Color Advice

Archived on 09/24/2006

I need paint color advice, my carpet is Grey and furniture is Navy Blue. The walls have just been painted a nice shade of Yellow, however we can see the Entrace (foyer) from sitting on the navy furniture and we are in need of a contrasting color to paint our entrance way. Please help. Trisha from Canada

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RE: Paint Color Advice

Brick red would be awesome! Very "Provence". (03/21/2006)

By Linda

RE: Paint Color Advice

I'd continue the light yellow of the walls in the room you're talking about right into the Foyer area. It will provide continuity and yellow is the most welcoming of colors. (03/21/2006)

By Carol in PA

RE: Paint Color Advice

A light shade of grey would look nice. (03/22/2006)

By Julie

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