wall color help: all the same or different?

3 years ago

Hello Houzz helpers,

This is the front entryway and adjacent rooms (dining and living, the latter we use as a music room/office) of our 1920s red brick colonial revival home. I’m ready to update the wall color from these beiges to something more colorful but still period-appropriate, along the lines of “transitional” style. I’ve narrowed it down to what I’m calling a sort of ‘colonial sage green’ * for the dining room (see sample color from Erin Napier’s bathroom) and need your input!

What do you think of this green in the dining room? Should we go lighter or darker?
Would you use this green in the entire front entryway and living room or paint those spaces a separate color? Why?

*I chose this color because it picks up on some green elements from the house itself (has green ceramic tile roof) and some of our furnishings (Persian rug in the living room). Here’s the link to the inspiration color (Benjamin Moore Caldwell Green): https://www.laurelmercantile.com/blogs/journal/2-454-the-new-bathroom

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Fori
3 years ago
It's a great color. I'd probably start with the music room and see if I want more. (Of course those arched openings can make it challenging to do different colors room-to-room.)
chispa
3 years ago
That color reminds me a bit of BM Saybrook Sage, which I used in a previous house back in 2004 in the formal living room, used as a pool table room.

Are those colors coming back?

Are we all going to be talking about BM Baby Turtle again! ;-)
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cpartist
3 years ago
I love Baby Turtle but then again I love greens, tans and reds.

I picked 2 colors (BM Fernwood Green and Wilmington Tan) and basically alternated using them in different rooms. I used the Wilmington Tan in the hallways with the Fernwood Green on my ceilings in the halls and reversed those two in the living/dining/kitchen and our master bedroom.
tracefloyd
3 years ago
Here's a screenshot of what Ben Moore pairs with Caldwell.
Fori
3 years ago
It's an old home with classic furnishings. You can paint it any darn color you want regardless of what's in fashion. :)