First floor paint color help

2 months ago

We are renovating our kitchen and have BM Hale Navy cabinets and a Walnut island with a chestnut stain. The floors will be 5" with 50% Early American/50% Neutral. The kitchen opens up to a large room that is kind of a everyday dining/entertaining/hanging out room. To me it makes sense to have those two rooms the same color. I'm leaning towards BM Pashmina. These two rooms get a lot of light. There is an adjacent room which is part of the original house (1800) with exposed beams and a large stone fireplace with a black cast iron stove insert. This room opens to the "everyday dining" room but is much dimmer and pretty small. There are only 3 North-facing windows, so there is much less light than the other room.

My question is (and thank you for reading through all of that but we have a very confusing house), should I use a different color for the "fireplace room". My initial thought was to go with a darker version of Pashmina but I think it might be too gray since the stone fireplace has warmer tones. Looking for thoughts as to whether I should go warmer, lighter, darker. I'm not afraid of color but you can see the Hale Navy cabinets from this room so I don't think I would do a blue or green.

Another thought would be to ditch the Pashmina and select a color that would go with the fireplace and Hale Navy and use it throughout.

*Please forgive the mess- we are mid-construction.

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Lyn Nielson
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Congratulations! I love BM Pashmina, but with the BM Hale Navy, I prefer BM Smokey Taupe, a little lighter, less gray green undertones. Let the Blue cabinets be the star. Or BM Fossil.

Your fireplace stone reads very pink, although it would be great to go deeper for a cozy feeling for that room. BM Sparrow is deeper than Pashmina

For a cleaner sample, prime the wall space first before you test the new colors.
Mimi SQJ thanked Lyn Nielson
Mimi SQJ
Original Author
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Lyn Nielsen - thank you for the suggestions! I think I will try out Smokey Taupe and Sparrow. And I will prime first - good idea.
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oncape
2 months ago
No to the Pashmina and yes to keeping the kitchen and family room the same color. Working with Hale Navy, consider Pale Oak for those two rooms. Working with Pale Oak, go with Revere Pewter for the low north light dining room. It will be a seamless transition with the natural light issues.

You will want to bring some of the Hale Navy into the two rooms...not much, but just enough to marry the two wall colors with the cabinets. Art in the dining room would be a great way to do it.

Pillows, accent furniture in the family room, like the coffee table, would be perfect.
kandrewspa
2 months ago
Northern light really deadens colors, so they'll all look darker and more gray than you think in that light. Sampling is always the solution. You're not going to know what works until you try it. Pale Oak is lighter than the others you're considering, which I think is a plus, but still might look too gray in northern light. I have it in a room with strong southern light. I don't think I would like it in a room with northern light. However, everyone doesn't like the same thing. You have to see what works for you. The fireplace stone looks like it will present a challenge. I suggest looking at Cedar Key. You can always update your post after you try a couple colors if you are still stuck.
Mimi SQJ
Original Author
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
I decided to go with Smokey Taupe for the kitchen and family room with Cloud White trim and ceilings. The room with the fireplace is tough, but I think I will sample Indian River and Cedar Key., maybe Sparrow but I'm concerned that it may not go with the stone. I've attached an updated picture of the kitchen (no paint but more cabinets) and a light fixtiure that we may go with. All of the other fixtures we liked were very simple and this was the wild card that we thought we would just order to see it in person.