Need help choosing wall colors

10 years ago

We are nearing the end of a renovation/addition on our home. The kitchen has been completely redone and is acting as a transition from the original home, built in the 1860's, into the brand new addition.

The kitchen leads into a breakfast room, which then leads into a mudroom with a powder room in it.

I need help choosing the colors for:

1. The breakfast room, which is extends off the kitchen with an open doorway;

2. The pantry in the kitchen, which sits close to the breakfast room; it was in our old kitchen and is being reused but must be painted;

3. The kitchen walls;

4. The small powder room off of our mudroom;

The mudroom will most likely be painted Benjamin Moore Pale Oak.

For reference here are some photos.

This is the pine floor in the kitchen and breakfast nook:

This is the kitchen backsplash:

This is the refaced brick chimney (not yet grouted):

This is a sample of the granite counter top:

This is the cabinetry in "Collector's White":

And here is a panoramic photo; from far left: mudroom, breakfast room, pantry that needs painting, kitchen with pantry on left and chimney to far right:

Benjamin Rever Pewter feels too dark and too grey for the breakfast room.

Help!

I look forward to your suggestions!

Thank you,

Hannah

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Anglophilia
10 years ago
I've said it before and will again: how on earth can one choose wall colors without first choosing what is going IN the room and at the windows? Do you have furniture? Curtains? Rugs? If not, get those first and then your paint color will be obvious.
mccollumhannah
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you. I wish our budget and the timing of our project allowed us to choose furniture first and paint colors second. Excellent point, though. Thanks.
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Hockeymom84
10 years ago
Well you will have some sort of furniture in the rooms though, correct? Even if it is existing or going to be slip covered, it is easier to incorporate those choices before picking paint color. You can do a basic beige or white which will match everything but any "color" will need to play nicely with whatever else you will have in the room.

So do you have any favorite colors? Do you want a certain theme like lighthouses or mountain cabin? Think of all the things you like and the feel you want the room to have.
mark_rachel
10 years ago
BM Clay Beige is really nice. BM Carrington Beige is nice, but it does has a slight yellow undertone. SW Svelte Sage is a nice color if you want to go away from beige.