please help. Is this too much green?

17 years ago

I am going crazy with paint colors and IÂm driving my husband crazy also. IÂve repainted many times and have spent $$$$ on paint (mostly Benjamin Moore and Behr).

In July we put in red oak hardwood floors (golden brown stain). So we decided to remove all of the trim and paint it white along with the doors and eventually our kitchen cabinets. Since we removed the trim we decided we should paint. We are painting our family room, eat in kitchen, dining room and foyer. You can see all of the rooms from each other. I love color and I love neutrals. Our furniture has reds, yellow golds, sage greens, cream.

I currently have BM brookside moss (50%) strength on 3 of our dining room walls with the 4th wall BM fernwood green. BM baby turtle in the family room. This weekend I just painted the foyer area with fernwood green. I had carrington beige in the foyer going into the kitchen but something about it just wasnÂt working for me. I think maybe it was too boring with the oak floors.

Now IÂm wonderingÂis it too much green? I like the fresh look of the brookside and fernwood but is it too much for an entire downstairs area? I tried a bunch of neutral colors, but I think maybe I didnÂt like them with our oak floors. Oh yeah Â the downstairs half bath is green too.

I tried hawthorne yellow, concord ivory, pittsfield buff, carrington beige, wheeling neutral and some other beigey colors and nothing saidÂthatÂs it. We had coastal fog for many years before we started painting. I wanted something more cheery. Please help before I go crazier. :-)

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dabunch
17 years ago
LOL. My husband said that he was going to have me "committed" IF I painted the kitchen ONE more time!

I'm going through the same thing. I've painted the entry, dining, Family rooms, master bath...well the entire house minus 2 rooms!

If you have the time, take a breather. Read some threads on paints, and look at photos of finished rooms. You may be stuck in a one tunnel vision mode. Other threads may give you ideas.

I sort of panicked because the holidays are coming and my house is a mess from a recent remodel, so I went into overdrive to get the paint up. I have a feeling that I may be changing some paint...

Here's what I used:
Bath upstairs- some beige darker than Palace White. It's just ok.
Master Bath- Saint Martin Sand. Love it.

All Open:
Entry, Dining- Powell Buff. Like It.
Family- Victorian Garden(soothing green) with Powell Buff in the tray ceiling. Love it.

I've painted my darned kitchen 9 times(counting 2 coats of primer) this week!!!
I just wasn't happy with the long wall of "any" color. I finally stopped with BM Rich Cream, and part with RicHmond Grey (this one is kind of green but changes to beige with lighting).

Aditionally, I have 3 green rooms and a green mudroom. OUCH.

I have Oak floors, natural. I seems that the beige or browns are too much with that floor. I'm afraid of too many dark colors.

I love greens but am concerned that it's too much in my situation.
The scary part is that your colors seem to mimic mine.

Oh, but I'm going to paint ONE room BLUE tomorrow. It will be Gray Wisp. I HAVE to.
aworkley
Original Author
17 years ago
dabunch - Thank you for the feedback. I feel your pain. I have stopped counting how many times I've painted...I am so tired of painting. But I want to walk in the door and say, "I LOVE IT." I'll have to go home and check out Saint Martin Sand and Victorian Garden. At least you have some other colors on the main floor...powell buff. You're right...it seems like the beiges just don't look right with the wood floors...too much tan/brown...looks boring. What does powell buff look like in your house?

I have read many many many posts on paint. The only thing is when I see the paint on my monitor it looks great but when I get it in my house it's just not the same. Like Pittsfield Buff...everyone loves it...but in my house it was just not that great. Maybe I needed to give it time or maybe it was because I had a confederate red wall with it and the fernwood in the kitchen right next to the pittsfield. O

ur guest room is blue...wyeth blue...but it was too blue for my hubby so we had the paint store add some gray to it. It's ok..I like the color but I think maybe it's too deep...kind of made the room look smaller...but I'm not repainting it...I'm gonna brighten it up with some lighter bed linens. Isn't Gray Wisp supposed to be the same/similar as Restoration Hardware's Silver Sage? That's a soft color.
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kathec
17 years ago
I am not a neutral person, so I totally get where you're coming from. I agree the other poster about taking a break. Sometimes you have to live with color for a while. I've done this and had colors "grow" on me. I've also had colors that I've just grown to hate with a passion. I think repainting too quickly can just make you more frustrated if the color is not "just" right. Decide what you don't like about the color. Is it too dark, too light, too brown, to yellow, etc. This should help you decide which direction to go. Sometimes all the color needs is a bit of tweaking, a little white, a little brown, a little yellow, etc. I've been known to mix my colors to get exactly the shade I want.

If I were you, I'd start looking for color palatte inspiration. Benjamin Moore has a great magazine called Color Style. I've found it sold a BM stores. The issues I have are from '07, but I still find it relavent. I also just picked up a magazine my mom recommended called Color Made Easy. I got it at Lowes, but it's published by Meredith (Better Homes & Gardens), so it's probably at book stores too. It's heftier then a monthly publication and the price was $12.99. The cover has a dark red room witha cream couch with an orange striped cushion. It's NOT the book published in Feb. '08. The captions on front include "color schemes that work", and "44 No-Fail Paint Palettes". It shows colors from several companies. Some of the combinations are not "typical".

Good luck to you!