Need help decorating a small, dark townhome

6 years ago

We have a southern facing townhome that we're struggling to paint and decorate. The front gets changing light, the back den and kitchen get low light (no direct sunlight.) You can see pretty much the whole downstairs from end-to-end (minus the kitchen, tucked off in its own nook) so we're trying to decorate it so the whole space will feel unified. But with the different lighting effects in every room, we can't figure out color schemes. Anyone have any ideas?
By the way, these photos are from before we bought it. We added a wall of white bookshelves to the east wall of the dining room and an oversized light gray couch to the family room. Our TV is on the far north wall between the windows.

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JudyG Designs

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

One color which looks great in a space with both North and South light is yellow and yellow will work with your gray couch.

#1. B.M. Hawthorne Yellow

#2 B.M. Secluded Beach

#3. B.M. Goldtone

#1 is a commitment, but used with lots of white trim and ceilings and blue, it is a winner and will keep you smiling all day (a dark blue/navy).

#2 is warmer and the inspiration photo I found shows a cozy room. Add another warm color for accents, and the room will look like a jewel (the coral tone in photo is a good example).

#3 is considered an off-white and is the softest of the three. Notice in the photo, that the designer had everything painted gold tone, a bit more sophisticated, and neutral.

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Sabrina Alfin Interiors
6 years ago
PIcs, please! You'll get much better advice that way.
Emm Emm
Original Author
6 years ago
Thanks! I just posted again with photos added. There was some kind of bug so I didn't think this posted.
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Styldod
6 years ago
Please share floorplan or dimensions so I can help better.
decoenthusiaste
6 years ago
There's no "bug" its just Houzz. Wait until the pix show up in full color, then hit submit.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
6 years ago
Next time you need help do not post another post just add pics in a comment now you and everyone else needs to go back and forth to 2 different posts.
Emm Emm
Original Author
6 years ago
There was some kind of bug. When I originally tried to post it, there was no interstitial confirmation screen and it wasn't listed under my Activity. Believe it or not, technology does not always work the way we expect 100% of the time ;) I apologize for the difficulty my double-post has caused. I would delete it, but there are some helpful tips here now that I don't want to delete. Thank you for your advice!