Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls

RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post By Diane (Guest Post) (03/21/2007) I would add a nice wallpaper border above your cabinets to go with your decor using your color scheme. This would add color, but not be over-whelming. RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post by chrisco (2) | (03/21/2007) Contact P.S. We are also going to install a white crown moulding in the dining room: chair rail will also be white. We just painted the office a Benjamin Moore Brandy Cream and installed a white chair rail & are in the process of installing crown moulding. If all goes well, we will consider crown moulding in the kitchen. The office is at the opposite end of the house from where the family room is situated. In between the office & the kitchen, is the mud room. RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post By LRP (Guest Post) (03/21/2007) i'd try a seafoam green or a pale blue RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post by chrisco (2) | (03/21/2007) Contact Thanks so much everyone, for taking the time to respond. My husband thinks your are all so nice, he wished he could invite you for dinner! There are so many good suggestions. We are going to get more paint charts that show apricot, melon & wheat. We already have the blues & greens, since they were the colors we were considering. We had been thinking of a mid-tone color or slightly lighter, so it wouldn't wash out on a sunny day. I would like to add that we were considering repainting our dining room a mid-tone cranberry above the chair rail (to be installed) and a 15% of that cranberry below the chair rail. So, we were trying to come up with a color that would also go go with the dining room. You can see the kitchen from the dining room, but you can't see the family room from the dining room. Please keep your comments coming! Thanks again, for your help. RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post by cookwie (557) | (03/20/2007) Profile | Contact Ithink it's pretty as is. Just needs larger accessories with louder colors! And don't forget to add color cushions to the stools. RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post By Cheryl (Guest Post) (03/20/2007) One word: APRICOT! RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post By Malinda/Pa (Guest Post) (03/20/2007) I am an artist and color is my thing. I think a light apricot or a melon color would blend in with your blue and browns. Go with a satin finish. RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post by duckie43 (8) | (03/20/2007) Contact Have you thought about a pale terra cotta? It should go well with the colors arleady in the rooms. Just go to any store that sells paint and get paint chips to compare. If you like a color thats darker than you want, you can always have it mixed lighter. Hope this helps RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post By Michele (Guest Post) (03/20/2007) I went with sage green from Behr. I also have blues in my kitchen and it is open to the living room which also has some blues. Good luck! RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post by pamphyila (150) | (03/19/2007) Blog! | Contact A slate blue or baby blue would be nice - and you have space above the cabinets for a display of decorative plates - blue & white is a common color - or majolica -type patterns - I see you have some plates there already. RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post by Ariela (111) | (03/18/2007) Profile | Contact I responded to tell you that I like your kitchen and colors. It is the same layout and colors of our old house that we remodeled and sold. I miss that new kitchen :) RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post By bizziemom (Guest Post) (03/18/2007) Go DARK!!! Maybe dark slate blue. You have so much light in your kitchen with a light floor and light cabinets. I went dark recently and just love it. So much warmer, inviting. You won't be sorry. RE: Adding Color to My Kitchen Walls Post by tismom (17) | (03/18/2007) Contact I think a crisp wheat color of light tan would look nice. In the space above your cabinets and doorway you could then add a wallpaper border that have the various shades of tan, nutmeg, and country blue and cinnamon red to tie the already existing colors together. Or you could stop the border around the corner of the cabinet and add a swag of silk or dried greenery and flowers using all these colors, to hang above your doorway to create a visual "flow" between the two rooms by also tying in the color of your green carpet.