Concord Ivory (BM)

18 years ago

I may get out to the new home too late to get some good pictures. Everyone helped me so much about relaxing with my color choices. I wanted to share what we have at this point. Our great room is fairly large and very open between the family room and kitchen. They are defined by tray ceiling and flooring. The "kitchen" area is painted now in concord ivory and I really like it. It is a deeper, darker yellow/gold/mustard. We will have cherry cabinets and brazillian cherry floor and I think it will look stunning:) The formal dining room can really be seen from this area too, as it opens up to the room with an arched opening. We did use moroccan red (BM) in there and I like it a lot. The colors seem to compliment each other well. The dining room ceiling we did a mustard yellow and it is a little too light and bright from my inspiration/vision. I think we will redo after we get moved if it still bothers us. We just don't have the time and it isn't that bad.

We are having a real tough time deciding on the family room area. We bought (BM) cornsilk for this area. our idea was to be in the same "color family," but not as bold as the kithen area. Now looking at a sample area it looks too yellow and bright. I was thinking of going and having them mix me the cocord ivory at 50% and 75%. What do you think? Would you just try to go lighter or try a different color?

A visitor to the home yesterday thinks I should do something different more in the taupe/tans yet with a golden undertone. I'm concerned about having two totally different "neutrals" My decorating will be based around the golds/yellows/red/some green. I was thinking the golds/yellows were like my canvas and not tans/beige/etc. Does that make sense? Oh, we did go with a sage green in the master.

I would love your ideas and suggestions on pulling these rooms together with paint! Thank you!

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norbel

17 years ago

I'm wondering what the result was, what color was selected to go with the CI? I'm in the exact same situation. Going to use CI in the kitchen and am looking for a lighter, complementary color to go around the cabinets with white doors. Don't want brighter or more yellow, just lighter. Any help you can offer is appreciated!!! The Barley paint chip held up to the CI painted part of the wall just seems so close and we too are looking for distinction.

Thanks in advance!

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brutuses
18 years ago
If you have them lighten it then it could change the color a bit, but than again, it might be by the bit you need. I couldn't believe it when I read about the CI and Cornsilk. Those are the 2 very colors I just receommended to my neighbor for her kitchen and living area. She likes yellow and wanted something that made a statement. Those 2 definitely compliment each other. Have you looked at Golden Straw and Barley? I don't have my sample of Concord Ivory anymore so I can't put them next to it to see the relationship. I know they are also pretty yellow/golds.
mommyto4boys
Original Author
18 years ago
Barley and concord ivory are very close on my swatches. I'm thinking not quite enough difference for what we are aiming at though. I just had an idea to perhaps try the barley at 50% too. I can see in the samples that the cornsilk definitely has more of a yellow compared to more golden/mustard as the others mentioned. I just love the concord ivory. I took pictures tonight and won't even post them as the color looks so "off" in the pictures. I'm not sure if it is the flash or what? The walls looked bright yellow, not at all like in real life. Any other ideas? Thanks!
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brutuses
18 years ago
I have a zillion BM large paint chips. I'll look through them and any that are gold and not too gold or too yellow, I'll post. Here goes:

westminster gold #200
harp strings #213
valley view #214
bronzed beige 2151-50
philadelphia cream #HC-30

And last but not least, the one I'm putting in my living area at my new house, Rich Cream - 2153-60

Let me know if any of these work for you.

I know the Rich Cream comes in a sample pot, but can't say for the others.

My neighbor, the one I recommended the other colors to, was also looking for a paint for her hallway and she found this Rich Cream on her own. When I saw it in her hall and saw how pretty it was, even in that low light condition, I thought i'd give it a try and am glad I did. It is a beautiful, soft color. Good luck.
brutuses
18 years ago
I found one more Key West Ivory
mommyto4boys
Original Author
18 years ago
Let's see, I sampled 6 more colors today at the new home. Can't remember them all, but did try rich cream, philadelphia cream, barley, bronzed beige, and concord ivory at 75% strength. I forgot the other one?! So we are trying something to look great with concord ivory. This is where we are... rich cream is a very nice color---very tempting, but we wanted something more bold & to contrast more with our painted (acadia) trim. Philadelphia cream was one of my favorites, definitely less yellow and gold in this one, more of the beige family. We nixed it feeling we wanted to carry the golds. Barley looks very good with the concord ivory. It is very similar in terms of belonging to the same color family. It is a very nice warm, yellow/gold. Bronzed beige was very nice too. I thought it was too close to concord ivory and I do want the two colors to be noticed as different. The concord ivory at 25% was a very nice shade, just a little brighter yellow than the barley. We are trying to stear from too yellow, bright in hope to get more mustardy, yellow, warm golden. If that makes sense?! So as it stands I'm back to the paint store to try one more thing...barley at either 50% or 75%. I'm just curious as to how it will look lighter with more contrast. So it should definitely be barley for our winner, with a possibility of taking it to 50% or so. Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions. I will keep you posted on our progress:)