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Kitchen wall color help!

17 years ago

I know this may not be the best forum for this question since it's wall color, but I know it's pretty active, and I need help ASAP. I have painters coming Mon AM to do some painting, and can't figure out a paint color for the life of me! The kitchen is currently painted SW Nomadic Desert (SW 6107). I like the color, but most of the house is also painted this same color. Our foyer, dining room, & family room is one huge room, and I've decide to paint that BM Desert Tan. It's a gold-ish tan to lighten that room up some. I have an extra gallon of BM Palladian Blue (which I love, love, love) that I think I may paint in our bdrm off, which is off the kitchen. So here's my dilemma...do I change the color, and if so, to what? I haven't been wanting some color change, not because I dislike the color, but because there is just so much of this one color. (Although if I'm going to paint the main room of the house, and our bedroom a different color, that may resolve my problem...). So enough rambling...here are some pics of our kitchen. We have dark cabinets, New Venetian Gold granite, and a very neutral tile backsplash with creams, tans, etc. I have a valance in the breakfast nook that is a deep red print with a gold & green pineapple print, and we have a large painting of a crab with sage green & red (so red is sort of my accent color). There is also a 'sitting room' off the kitchen that my daughter uses as a playroom area that will be painted. I could go with a different color there, but think I may keep it the same...but am open to opinions...please, give me your opinion!! :-)















Comments (3)

  • 17 years ago

    Okay, so I completely skipped proofing what I wrote, and realized some sentences don't make sense...here's the edited version:

    I know this may not be the best forum for this question since it's wall color, but I know it's pretty active, and I need help ASAP. I have painters coming Mon AM to do some painting, and can't figure out a paint color for the life of me! The kitchen is currently painted SW Nomadic Desert (SW 6107). I like the color, but most of the house is also painted this same color. Our foyer, dining room, & family room is one huge room, and I've decide to paint that BM Desert Tan. It's a gold-ish tan to lighten that room up some. I have an extra gallon of BM Palladian Blue (which I love, love, love) that I think I may paint in our bdrm, which is off the kitchen. So here's my dilemma...do I change the color, and if so, to what? I have been wanting some color change, not because I dislike the color, but because there is just so much of this one color. (Although if I'm going to paint the main room of the house, and our bedroom a different color, that may resolve my problem of too much of this brown...). So enough rambling...here are some pics of our kitchen. We have dark cabinets, New Venetian Gold granite, and a very neutral tile backsplash with creams, tans, etc. I have a valance in the breakfast nook that is a deep red print with a gold & green pineapple print, and we have a large painting of a crab with sage green & red (so red is sort of my accent color). There is also a 'sitting room' off the kitchen that my daughter uses as a playroom area that will be painted. I could go with a different color there, but think I may keep it the same as the kitchen...but am open to opinions...please, give me your opinion!! :-)

  • 17 years ago

    It's a lovely color and it really works in your space. I do think that the painting of the other rooms may change your feeling about the color. I'd wait till they were done. If you still feel the same way I'd perhaps do an accent wall in some kind of sienna/reddish color. Just a bit....

  • 17 years ago

    I Love it just the way it is!! in fact, I've bookmarked your page and will try to do something similar after my cabinets are up--they will be about the same color. However, if you wanted to do something simple just to accent the kitchen, how about doing a wash right over what you have....with a reddish color. That's what my painter is suggesting for me. The wall will have a slight knock-down texture which apparently makes the wash look really nice. There are lots of painters with great ideas for faux painting techniques.

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