Which green for dining room?

17 years ago

Hello, everyone!

We are repainting our downstairs. The living room is now cream (Valspar's Homestead Resort Cream, color matched by BM). Originally I was going to play it safe and paint the DR cream as well (you can see the LR from the DR and vice versa), but DH suggested contrast . . .and I think he is right.

What I am looking for is a green that looks like it could be from the Victorian period, or just one that is cozy-- in other words, not electric looking/too bright. I don't want one with gray undertones, either. I am drawn to darker greens but I am worried it will just look very dark. It is a SMALL dining room, too.

So . .. any suggestions for a cozy, vintage cottage-look green?

Thank you!

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tnorman
17 years ago
Hi Anele - see pics under my post: "Kitchen Paint Colors ???" Lots of photos of green paint recommendations by others. There are no dark greens, but good assortment.
trk65
17 years ago
Take a look at the Benjamin Moore Strip that has Aganthus Green (472) and Weekend Getaway (473) on it. Greens that IMO don't lean Gray or Blue and are "clear" shades that don't overpower. I also really like SW Clary Sage.
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ttodd
17 years ago
Farrow and Ball Folly Green. Love it!
anele_gw
Original Author
17 years ago
tnorman: I looked-- thank you for the idea!

trk65: I looked at the BM site and I do like those, but I am still thinking I want something darker (probably crazy) for that room.

ttodd: That color is right up my alley-- just what I was looking for, but the $100/gallon is not. I did color matching last time with BM and one color they did well, another they did not (thankfully, that one was just a sample). But maybe it would be worth it to get a F&B sample for $7 and attempt the color matching again . . .
ttodd
17 years ago
I've never done colormatching at BM. I did have a really good experience colormatching recently w/ SW and I did have Lowes colormatch Folly Green very successfully once. Unfortunately I had so many misses w/ Lowes that I am very leary to colormatc nowadays.
User
17 years ago
anele-

This is BM Pine Grove, mixed in Aura, matte finish. Trim is BM White Marigold, Aura mixed in semi-gloss. It's definitely a brown green and looks great with almost any color, especially red, gold and purple (color me as one who sees green as a neutral).

We have BM Weekend Getaway in our bedroom, a great color, quite restful, but in our strong light (windows on 3 sides in that room), it can appear to have grey undertones.

Good luck-

sandyponder
randita
17 years ago
SW has a Victorian color sample card with 24 different shades on it. The greens are Billiard Green (0016), Gallery Green (0015), Majolica Green (0013) and Sheraton Sage (0014).

If you go to the SW site and access the Visualizer, you can view those different shades (but they might vary from the sample on your monitor screen). My favorite of those I listed for a dining room would be Sheraton Sage. If you like a two toned look (above below a chair rail), I think Crewel Tan (0011) on the top and Sheraton Sage on the bottom would be gorgeous.
ttodd
17 years ago
OMG I love that green SandyPonder!