My foyer/hallway is sage green. My kitchen has been over the years-- blue, ivory and buttercream. It has never, ever matched the color in my hallway.

I say paint your kitchen the color that makes you happiest and let "some decorators" do what makes them happy in their own homes.

Dianne

Have never heard that one before. It might look awkward as you say, if you don't have an obvious point of transition for the two colors, but there's no "rule" saying the two colors have to be the same.

I guess what I was trying to say is that when you paint rooms various colors, it chops them up, making them appear smaller. (just like different types of floors tend to do - hardwood, to carpet, to tile) When you have all one color (or floor type) it makes it look more fluid. Does that make sense? Do you think there is any truth to that?

I would love to paint my kitchen a darker color than my foyer, but I'm afraid it won't look "fluid."

Our kitchen and foyer are two completely different colors (Wilmington Tan in the foyer and Flower Pot in the kitchen). The spaces are connected, but there is casing around the entry into the kitchen, so there is a clear transition point. I can understand how using the same color unifies spaces, however, it may be at the expense of some diversity too. I think you should do what pleases you most, regardless of the designer "rules".

Jan

Jan -

That is part of the problem - we don't have that clear transition point from the foyer/hallway to the kitchen. There are no 90 degree angles or trim/casing to "disconnect" the two areas. I guess I'm just now questioning if two different colors will look "okay" because of this.

Anyone else - Opinions?

If you don't have a specific stopping point for one color and then the next, then you have to do one color. I wouldn't change colors halfway on a wall.
If you do have a place to stop, then there is nothing wrong with different colors. They don't have to match.
My foyer/hallway are a light tan (with a burgundy accent wall), my kitchen/den are BM baby turtle. I have 90deg angles though. The kitchen and the den are connected without stopping points so they had to be all the same color.

Can you do an accent wall in your kitchen in the darker color. There is no wall that doesn't connect to another?

Do you have pictures? That might help people to see where the obvious transitions would be.

Hi,
I've heard this "rule" apply to smaller homes as well but I'm not following it. You can still have that feeling of "flow" by using the same accent colours throughout. (That's what I'm planning on doing).

If your hallway shares the same wall as the kitchen without any transition point, then, yes, it might be awkward to change colours. My sister has this in her home and she's applied the same paint colour throughout.
There was no doorway or any natural place for the demarcation line.

If it possible for you to post a photo? It would be helpful.

Apostgrl, I may sound like I'm contradicting myself but I I say screw the rules around what a supposed "decorator" proclaims. If you are not flipping house but are planning on making it your home, then you do what you love!