Home Improvement > Decorating > Room Color SchemesOctober 27, 2010

Creating Color Changes From One Room to Another

I have a dining room/kitchen that I would like to paint, but I am having a hard time coming up with colors. The cabinets are a light-medium oak color, as well as the floor. There is a dining room adjacent to the kitchen that has chair rail around it in the same color.

I would like to paint a striped deep red color on the bottom, but I have burgundy colored carpet in the living room that is open to the dining room and think the color that I would like to paint below the chair rail would clash. I was thinking about having the color on top of the chair rail be lighter than the bottom, and have the kitchen a different color than the dining room's colors.

My other rooms are painted in neutral colors, but I don't want creams in my kitchen/dining room. Any suggestions? I'm at my wits' end! I have a picture of the one wall where you can see the chair rail (which is the same color as my cabinets, and the burgundy carpet) Thanks!

By ashby440 from Midwest

Answers

Read answers for this post below.

By
11/01/2010

The dining room opens up to the kitchen which then in turn turns into a hallway with a single window leading out to our garage. I was thinking of doing homberg gray by sherwin williams on the bottom in a striped pattern (in glossy and semi gloss finish maybe?) and I'm stuck as far as what to use for the color on the top and in the kitchen. Any suggestions?

By
10/29/2010

Think Gray.

By
10/29/2010

The main question is : does your kitchen and dining room open up to each other or are they self contained? If they are self contained the colors can be different, if they are open they will need to match or coordinate to avoid clashing. You need a paint color that will make the wood POP! This needs contrast for the paint to the wood. The colors you have chosen is not enough to contrast. Good luck.

By
10/27/2010

I did a bit of research for you on the 'net. Colors that work well with burgundy are gold, pumpkin, terra cotta, rose, hunter green, royal blue, and copper. If you have a color wheel, create an imaginary triangle having one point be the burgundy. Those other two colors compliment the burgundy.

If you choose the gold, pumpkin, terracotta or copper, they should already compliment the oak wood.

By
10/27/2010

How about mauve? It's in the same color family as burgundy (red/pink mixed with blue) and would blend with the carpet.

By
10/27/2010

Talk with someone in the paint department at either Home Depot or Lowes.

Related

Archives

Here are archived discussions related to this page.

I am painting my house and the living room and dining room are one long room. The kitchen opens into the dining alcove.


My kitchen and dining room are an open concept with 2 walls 4ft wide separating the living room. The opening is 8ft. I am painting one wall in living room red and the wall behind the kitchen cabinets is also red. Other walls in the living room are a creamy beige color. I would like to paint the other wall in dining room pale sage green or a yellow.

Any ideas or suggestions?

By Marian from Canada


RE: Creating Color Changes From One Room to Another

I would just make sure all the tones blend. Not sure that red goes with sage, but cranberry would. Instead of the creamy beige, could you do a tan that blends with the red? (02/23/2010)

By Allison5


I have an open kitchen, dining room, and front room that all connect. The ceilings are 10ft tall with coffer ceilings. My couches are brown leather.


Answer this Question

Your thoughts are welcomed and appreciated. Enter your answer here!

Answer:

Image Upload:

Add an image to your post! Click the "Browse" button above and select an image from your hard drive. Please only select gifs or jpegs. If you have any problems, please contact us.

  

facebook like arrowLike ThriftyFun on Facebook

Browse Topics

Over 80,000 tips, recipes, questions & crafts.

Ask a Question

Submit a question to the TF community.

Subscribe to ThriftyFun Newsletters!

Email: