"Accent" wall??

13 years ago

So my dilemma is that one wall in my foyer extends up to the 2nd level. The foyer would look great with a darker grey (I love the BM revere pewter in the foyer) however the second level has a beige colored carpet where the pewter seems to look a little too dark next to it. If I do a lighter shade of grey - like BM edgecomb grey - it looks great, but I don't like the lighter shade in the foyer. Would you do the one wall that extends up to the 2nd level as an "accent" wall of sorts? And keep it as the darker shade and then the rest of the upper hallway walls the lighter shade of grey?

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Rockin' Fine Finish
13 years ago
Light pewter also a Benjamin color or take revere and cut it by 50%
Grace Jackson
13 years ago
2nd level accent. How bout this color:::
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kknewhouse
Original Author
13 years ago
So you would do a completely different color all together from the foyer so it would be sort of accented there too?
PRO
Rockin' Fine Finish
13 years ago
Using a lighter version of your color would lighten it up and still look like an accent with out clashing with the carpet
Keitha
13 years ago
My vote is revere pewter as an accent wall all the way from first thru second floor. To tie the pewter in with the rest of the second floor landing add artwork that incorporates tones of the pewter.
kknewhouse
Original Author
13 years ago
Sorry for my confusion - are you saying you would use the lighter version of the pewter, either the Light Pewter or the Revere Pewter cut in 50%, just on that wall, or use that lighter color all thru the foyer including that wall and then still use the Edgecomb Grey on the other 3 walls?
PRO
Rockin' Fine Finish
13 years ago
So the problem is that the carpet and revere clash but you like revere paint foyer revere full strength and the big wall that goes upstairs including the other walls paint in a lighter color Whether it be a light pewter or revere at 50% strength
kknewhouse
Original Author
13 years ago
What about if I did an accent wall with wallpaper only on that one wall? Would that be way too much? And I am thinking about painting the spindles of the staircase white...
PRO
Rockin' Fine Finish
13 years ago
That's a big wall to wallpaper. How does the edge comb look with the revere if you did the edge comb from the downstairs wall and all the upstairs does it clash with the carpet
Belle La Vue
13 years ago
Yes do the revere pewter in your foyer and continue to the second level as an accent wall. Do the rest of the 2nd floor hall in the edge comb gray.. provided that you have viewed these two colors side by side and like how they look next to each other.
kknewhouse
Original Author
13 years ago
They look great next to each other, but the edgecomb is just so much better next to the carpet than the revere is...
Belle La Vue
13 years ago
I think it will look great! Post pics after your done!
Belle La Vue
13 years ago
Here is an example where the two colors revere and edge comb are used together... Looks like a natural

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kknewhouse
Original Author
13 years ago
OOOH!!!! Thank you SOOO much!! :)