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Bye Bye Brown Walls

7 years ago
So ready to start painting a new light putty color called Popular Gray... needing any advice on updates for this wall!! I’m so dark now and worried I’m over correcting and going too light!!

Comments (18)

  • PRO
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Your mirror is not going to work with this color (which will be a HUGE improvement over the brown) You're going to need to prime to save on paint.

    You need a decent layout for this room to like it again. That big TV in the corner and the bookshelves in the dining room are not doing this space any favors. Can you place the TV on the wall opposite the fireplace?

    You're going to need some colorful art.





  • 7 years ago
    Your tv is overwhelming the fireplace right now. Would you consider getting a smaller tv so you can still use the fireplace as a focal point? If that is not an option, the tv needs to go somewhere else in the room and your furniture will be rearranged to make the television the focus of the seating area.
  • 7 years ago
    Thanks for the vote of confidence on the paint color! The brown had to GO!! We are painting now and it is making me very happy!

    TV is (sadly) there to stay. All connections are in that corner and it is my husbands favorite piece of furniture. The room is huge and has so much potential to be amazing! I’m loving all your comments and the mock up of the color!

    Thank you - I’ll post an after of the room once we finish painting! Must get back to it!!
  • 7 years ago
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  • 7 years ago
    I have this artwork in a different room... do you think it would be better over the fireplace?
  • 7 years ago
    Or will this mirror be okay over fireplace ?
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    vertical might work best. Wait til the room is painted

  • 7 years ago
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  • 7 years ago

    It was well worth all that work, it looks great.

  • 7 years ago
    A pano of the room
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Looks great! Can you carve out a man cave elsewhere for that TV and lounge chair? Are there two sofas? If not, turn the sofa and ottoman to face the FP/TV. Your seating is too spread out to enhance socializing.

  • 7 years ago
    Very nice. Can you share the dining room color?
  • 7 years ago
    I like very much the new color! But don’t understand the disposition of seats... this is not your main LR, isn’t it? Is not conversational at all...
  • 7 years ago

    Huge improvement!

  • 7 years ago
    I think the flower artwork would look good over the fireplace! Also, you can have connections for the TV moved or another set installed - we did it in our family room and it was a HUGE improvement to the room. I would suggest you investigating the cost. It appears that your room is large enough to rearrange the furniture. The new color is beautiful!!!
  • 7 years ago

    Nice color choice.

  • PRO
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Break out the brush and keep going, Ditch the green too : ) No need for two colors, the space is OPEN.