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Advise/opinions needed for paint for new house

14 days ago

My DS & DIL just purchased their first house. The home was built in the 1930's and is a small brick Cape Cod.

They purchased an on-line color consult and are trying out the recommendations using AI. The photos below show the dining room with SW Mood Blue and SW Delft. The table and chairs are theirs, the light fixture and rug are photo-shopped in. The kitchen cabinets are a buttery yellow. The trim color was added by AI and there is no crown. The trim color recommended by the consultant is SW Pure White for trim and ceilings throughout the living and dining room and lower level (although I do like the creamy trim that AI added).


Moody Blue


Delft


Here are some listing photos


Dining room & kitchen


Living room


Living room & entry


The color recommendations for the living room are SW White Duck, Ancient Marble, Retreat or Ecru.


Are they headed in the right direction with the blue for the dining room? Any thoughs or suggestion is greatly appreciated.


I also though it would be nice to subtly highlight the arched room dividers and would love any input in that respect.

Comments (11)

  • 14 days ago
    last modified: 13 days ago

    AI is notoriously inconsistent with design advice.

    What colors were historically used in 1930s Cape Cod homes? I’d research that and forget AI altogether.

    edited to add this Google search partial results.



    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
  • 14 days ago

    Neither blue looks good with their table and chairs. I don't know what color would look better, but I don't think any shade of blue would work.

    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked woodrose77
  • 13 days ago

    I agree, the first blue, looks dark and dreary, the second blue, looks like it belongs in a baby nursery. If they want something bluish, maybe looks for a bluish green aqua in a lighter color. Not those awful blues that are in the pictures. Congratulations to them on their new home. The paint thats in there looks fresh. Maybe leave it for a while. Get moved in, and settled, and their furnishings in place, and then see what color might be the best , if they still want to paint.

    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked cat_ky
  • 13 days ago

    on-line color consult ... ugh!

    This forum can help, but there is no substitute for finding a local color consultant who can stand in the rooms that need to be pained ... and even then you might not end up really loving what someone else thinks you should put in your space!

    Why the rush?

    A few short years ago the trend was for gray, gray and more gray colors. They should live in the house, make furniture/fabric/rug decisions and then paint the rooms in complementary colors.

    With no trim on the arches, the color transition from one room to another will have to be on an edge, so pay attention to how that will look if you have a dark color in one room next to a lighter color in adjoining room. This is probably the reason the sellers kept in all the same color.

    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked chispa
  • 13 days ago

    Is the rug theirs'? If so the walls blue is overload. If the rug is theirs use the background color on the walls and the same on the trim in a different sheen



    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked jck910
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    13 days ago

    Just a suggestion on placing the table in the dining area.



    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked BeverlyFLADeziner
  • 13 days ago

    Stillwater (Benjamin Moore) - it’s a deep blue - Might be an option.

    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked ahrdrh
  • 13 days ago

    The AI rendering of Delft is not very accurate. It actually has a bit of gray and green in it. My laundry cabinets are Delft

    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked S M
  • 13 days ago

    The table appears to be an oval in the provided pics so the diagonal table/chair layout will not work.

    I second living there and finding a rug before painting. That may suggest some colors to pull from the rug for the walls.

    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked RNmomof2 zone 5
  • 13 days ago

    A other vote for getting the floors (rugs) done first.

    I also didn’t like the blue paint. If rooms are open to each other, such as the dining room and kitchen, the colors need to flow. If the walls aren’t covered with fingerprints, I would wait on painting them. Yes, it’s easier to paint an empty house. But it’s not fun to buy more paint after moving in because it looks wrong.

    Rory (Zone 6b) thanked RedRyder