oh my goodness, what a diff! so glad you followed through! Is that the van deusen or another blue?

looks great.

you can bring two of these home to see how they look, but I would paint the other charis the same creamy linen color of this fabrci.

you could try Valspar spary paint. much easier than brushing them

Or, you could do a dark navy, but not sure how all those diff colors would look. I'd try a linen color first. (In the spray if you can find one)

If not,

I've used this one

The two colors look like this. might work w/the other chair.

@happyleg , we are trying to get rid of the red and would like something different.

@beth h. - I’ve thought about painting the chairs. Just nervous about how much work it might be. I read somewhere it takes about 1 can per chair. So much cheaper than buying new. Might try it if I can’t find anything I really like.

And the color is BM Stillwater

The blue is gorgeous and rug is too. I’m glad to see from your very first photos that you have a doctor in the house in case all this gives you a heart attack 😜.

Haha! Yes, a pet vet actually. They work on people too. And, thank you!

yes, it's about 1-2 cans per chair. (you HAVE to prime those first, and then lightly sand when dry. use Zinsser oil base) buy the paint in the contractors pack and you'll save a bit more. the spray can's are what, $6? less? not sure what they cost. so, maybe $50 give or take? if you can buy all new chairs for that, go that route!

If you'd rather save money, then buy the quartz of General Finishes milk paint and do it by hand. (you'll still have to prime and sand though)

It's more than paint. It's hard versus soft. It's dining effect versus kitchen effect The only soft element in the room is the rug. You have four chairs around a table that can take six. ..?

Add two, head and foot, leave the four as is . but for a trip to the upholstery shop and a couple yards of faux leather. The upholsterer can pad the seats, and you will have a brighter chair, easy to wipe clean. Add two slip covered parson chairs head and foot. Presto.

Softer, lighter, brighter. No paint

Probably 50.00 or 75.00 apiece to do the four, and Amazon ...... 239.00 each

Hours of paint agony? Wouldn't do it : ) It's effort wasted, particularly when you want the DINING room effect, not the kitchen effect.

KEEP THE FABULOUS GOING.............!!!

two

Your four

Same, armless...... Love arms for mom and dad, above: )

Ps........ I don't think you have a pad under that rug. ? Any carpet/broadloom store can make you a 10 x 13 pad. You'll get a better look in the rug. Not thick, just show them what you have.

I have the fabric version and LOVE them!

Thanks! I’m now trying pick out a green for my sons room….you guys want to help with that? 😊 love the blue you all suggested but struggling with green now. Would love something we can all live with. The sample is BM Clearspring Green.

I love your paint color now. I would not add more green to this room.

yeah, green can be overdone. you have the spread and the nightstand. I don't think a soft spring green is going to add much. I actually like how it is now.

is this what you want?

i like the navy a bit better. green can be tricky.

I am thinking ahead a bit and wonder if picking up the gray in a deeper shade might grow more easily. Then you just change comforter and lamp and nightstand. Here is rough idea.

Presto- change to teen room.

I love all these options much better also! His favorite color is green and has been asking for a green room for 2yrs. Trying to figure out something that might appease all of us.

Walls and windows stay same. Just new bedding, lamp and night stand! Easy!

Showed him the mock ups and he says he doesn’t like them. He loves green, always has and it’s been constant or else I wouldn’t be even considering this color.

Ok. That’s cool. Then we find the right green. Bbl

What about something like this. Lighter color on bottom, truer green on ceiling. I like this look, if it has to been green 🤔

look at BM Emerald Isle I painted a desk w/it. it's a true emerald green

Want to 'add' - if carpeting is beige, maybe current paint color is ok... it's a fine color with greens too, as a go-along with the grey ?

Here are two green matches with Sherwin Williams.

"Something we can all live with" ...............lol

Who CARES? Only your son. It's paint. It's his room. Take the sham to the paint store, and have them match it. It makes your teeth hurt? Close his door.

You probably won't HAVE to close it.......: ) It's his space, and you will need invites to enter. Change it when he goes off to college. At that point? He won't care.

Ok….ONE more room on my project list for now. Our front room. Again looking to paint paint. Ok with changing light fixtures, etc. not looking to change large furniture pieces. Just looking to make the room more elegant and finished looking. What would you do here??

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OKAY.........hold on. I think I am hearing you don't love the beige thing.....ANYWHERE.. I'd slow down, and think about the look and feel you want everywhere. You've arches, n casings.....connected spaces.

Maybe i t is time for a simple soft white and unifying backdrop. In the front room? Perhaps a more updated, larger rug.......even a sisal! Add some color from that toile on the chairs, to your sofa. Fewer photos on the entry wall, a bit larger and a simple, black frame.

Lose the ceiling fan fro a great light fixture.....or if you truly NEED a fan? A simple white close to the ceiling, and no to the light kit..........

Mirrors are great, but so too is ART.

Thank you! And Yes, beige is everywhere! And after looking at it for 7yrs, I’m just ready to look at something else in some places of our house. Not everywhere. Just need a little change! :)

How wide is the living room? Post room measurements and size of furniture and let me do a scale layout. Let’s get furniture placement improvements first. Doesn’t cost anything. I think using a bit more contrast in the room will make a big positive difference. Once we get furniture right, then we can decide on wall colors. Could you use the chairs in a couple bedrooms? They seem too large for the space and smaller chairs that add some interest and better scale will work wonders.

There's nothing wrong with the arrangement of furniture- given two openings and existing pieces unlikely to change? No other good possibilities exist : )

Unlike the dining room, which was very contained? I wouldn't cut up the house with the land of many colors effect. Instead? Lighten that beige to a mere fraction of it's warmth. Calm conflicting patterns in rugs,,,,,,, and add the "colors" in art that is rather lacking. Pillows, a throw....... Paint that coffee table perhaps! There are so many ways to carry colors and make your home flow.

Art? Think bigger.

For instance: Over the sofa: A single larger piece......and a move of the three smaller to another spot : )

As with all rewards in decorating: Don't skip all over the house. Finish one space to your happy level, and attack the others as budget allows. Certainly you can pan, make a road map for a final "destination" But the last thing you want a house full of rooms.......half way "there".

In short? Finish the dining space, Get chairs for the final "wow"

At some point you decide you want to carry dining room paint color to the sitting room? THEN perhaps new chairs...a lttle less fluff ? Then pillows...art...etc

Found a green that goes with the bedding…BM Irish clover. How light would you go to create a look like the picture below? I’m not actually not crazy about the lighter green colors on the Irish clover strip (they seem like they have more blue undertones). Is it also possible to find a lighter green on another color strip to go with Irish Clover?

Or I could do bunker hill that has more of a color strip I like. How many shades lighter from bunker hill, do you think I should go to try to recreate something like this?

Back to the dining room… found some wall decor I love! Goes great with the walls. But the red/orange in the rug is throwing me off. I can ignore that bc the red/orange goes with the furniture, right?! Found chairs I like too, but have not purchased yet.

For your dark wood furniture, floor and, particuarly working the oak sideboard into the scheme, give B.M. Manor Blue a chance. It has just enough gray in it to balance all the browns and the subtle hint of orange in the oak.

Have you put the faded flaxflower swatch next to the blue in your rug? That can help with the flow of the room.

First. Color strips are misleading. Don’t assume the lighter colors shown are from the same hue family of deepest or any other colors. That’s why the lighter colors on a strip might not work with your Irish Green. In your inspiration picture, the light color is likely from a yellow/green hue family and the Irish Green is from a Green/blue hue family. Later today, I can test the specifics of these colors with an instrument I have and give you the colors DNA. That can help you get an understanding of how to assess colors. Bbl

Thank you, Flo. I think I have the green now worked out for his room. Now back to trying to figure out artwork for the dining room.

Re the artwork- I don't see anything colorwise that is wrong. I think it works! I am still puzzled though, that when I looked up the rug (per the link you graciously shared) it looks soooooo much darker than any of your photos. I love that rug and it looks wonderful in your room.

That was one of the comments in the reviews too (how much lighter it is in person). So I was expecting it be lighter. Thank goodness for online reviews!

I've been thinking this for a while I'm decided to say it maybe you should paint your dining chairs black since you want something different it would look nice with the gold lamp and the rug colors and it will go with Danny color a paint

Done-ish! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I have liked everything you have done. I think it looks wonderful!!

Very lovely room. A complete transformation! Well done!!

That looks so nice I'm glad the chairs are dark

amazing work. looks great.

If anyone is bored, like me, here is a pic of my son’s room…..green! (BM: Irish clover). A fun room for a kid who has always loved the color green!

looks great!

and it must be serendipity because I was thinking about this thread- especially the shades of blue you considered & the gorgeous dining room chandelier. I couldn't remember whose or which thread this was. I have now attempted to "save" this but who knows. Maybe I can remember anyway.

Starting a new house project if anyone wants to help! I would appreciate it! We are converting our front living area to a home office.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6164963/converting-living-area-to-officehelp-me-design-it

Re: your son's room

I suggest you let him choose the green, and anything else he wants. I was allowed to re-do my room as a teen, got to choose paint color, and large flowery wallpaper for an accent wall behind my headboard. It was yellow with spring green furniture, it was bright, it was the 70's. I LOVED my very own space I decorated and chose a headboard, wicker chair and ottoman, and shag rug for my very tiny room. Consider it won't be that way forever, and let him make the decisions. I did this with my daughter and she loved her room. Good luck.

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