Color Selector Tool from Sherwin Williams
We need to repaint the dining room really badly. There are holes in the plaster from when the previous owner took down their art for one thing. For another, it is a beautiful misty green color, but I am learning that I am not really a green-person. I am a blue person. In fact every room I have painted has either blue as the main color or as the accent color in the fabrics.
So I’ve been playing around with Sherwin Williams‘ paint selector tool. Their dining room example is similar to my room, especially the large windows and the wide trim. I chose a deep brown for the trim in the selector tool to represent my dark stained wood trim. We also have a wood floor and a large rug, similar to the shown flooring in the example. Our living room is cream, with wood trim and white and cream fabrics. There are accents of robins egg blue and burnt orange. It’s kind of a clean slate. I chose the orange and white for the living room in the selector tool because those are the exact shades of the dominant colors in my kitchen which is right off the dining room and most likely to clash if the paint is chosen poorly.
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So, what do you think? I might want to take this down to a more powdery shade since the kitchen is so bright, but I don’t know. Keep in mind I just painted my bathroom “parrot head blue” so I’m not afraid of color. My poor husband.
Ha! This sounds like a post out of my life (esp.. the last line.)I think I would take it down a shade bec. remember it’s always darker when it goes up. I love the blue with the orange next door. I think it is incredibly happy and your husband will most likely love it when it’s done but not get the process (i guess i’m projected my S.O. onto yours.) i wouldn’t make it more powdery, though – it sounds like you wouldn’t really be true to yourself.
My husband doesn’t like the orange kitchen. But everyone one else does.
When I told him that I wanted to paint the dining room he said, “You do whatever you want. You’re the queen of the house.” TeeHee. I won’t do anything ugly, but I won’t shy away from the bold either.
I’ve been thinking about doing our back living room – the wood paneled one with a very light powder blue. and brown trim just like this trim. I may opt for a cream color though. We already have lots of colors going on in the house.
I think it would look cool in your dining room. However, I highly recommend Glidden ICI paints. There are some independant stores and it is also sold at home depot. I’m very happy with it, and they employ my FIL, so it’s sortof a local business for you.