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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
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RE: Paint Color Advice
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Post By Maddy (Guest Post)
(10/03/2008)
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P.S. Get lots of paint chips from your local home improvement store. The Beige colors will go nicely with the mahogany furniture.
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Post By Maddy (Guest Post)
(10/03/2008)
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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.
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Thomas, 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
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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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Something in the peach/coral/apricot family would be good. Those colors make blues look brighter and warms them up, also. (04/07/2008)
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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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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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Instead of light yellow, do cream. Still has the warmth like yellow but not as cheap looking. (09/25/2006)
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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)
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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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Brick red would be awesome! Very "Provence". (03/21/2006)
By Linda
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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
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A light shade of grey would look nice. (03/22/2006)
By Julie
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