Oh! I love that color with your fireplace! Sooooo nice! Think I prefer the whole room one nice color, like what you have started here.

Either will look fine. I prefer the accent color;)

The sample color is nice but the wall color is beautiful. I'd use the wall color throughout.

Love the color over the fireplace! IMO, all the walls should be same color & either will look nice.

I like the color above the fireplace for all of the walls.

Whatever color is above the fireplace looks perfect, it's a richer color and picks up color in stone. Nice stone.

Almost unanimous!
Go with the colour that's over the fireplace, it has a nice richness to it, and it brings out darker highlights in the stone.

I'd also consider painting the bulkheads (assuming you are not adding crown moulding beneath), and leave just the true ceiling in white, but paint under the bulkhead as well as the vertical face of the bulkhead, as it will help to visually raise your ceiling height.

Yep, the sample color that's above the fireplace would look great on all the walls.

Go for the wall color and keep the room all the same color... It will look more elegant.... Good luck and merry Xmas!

PLEASE make sure to keep us posted on your decision AND to share a pic of the room when you are done painting. Isn't painting a great way to get a new room? And I know you will get it done right away, with a tree waiting to be trimmed!

I wanted to paint the entire room the color over the fireplace, but got out voted by hubby and daughter, so I found the other wall color. I have enough of the lighter color, so I guess I'll paint all the same color. Here's a pic of the fireplace when we bought the house. That's hubby scraping the popcorn off the ceiling. I can't wait to get the painting done and put up the tree!

Nice they got to vote and nice you listened and nice that color works, too!!!

They have to live in this house, too! I love my family and respect their opinions, even if I sometimes disagree. :-(

And they have to appreciate the fact that you did not just put your bossy pants on!!! LOL Now, if you hand them a brush and you all paint......voila! Decorating time!!!

Oh.....love the vision you had for the fireplace. Soooo worth waiting for!!! And get those stockings hung, too.

carry one

What do you think would look good over the mantel besides a mirror? There's a spotlight that shines on that wall, so I'm thinking a mirror is not the best idea. My rug has large medallions on it and I'm getting a round coffee table. Should I go for something round or squared?

Thanks for your input!

You have such a wide mantel that you could put a series of framed art posters along there gallery style. Use non reflective glass in your frames

Just curious.....do you have any other art in this room right now? Wanting to think about how much art is already here before suggesting more for the mantle, although I do love the idea of the gallery style yojelocin suggested.

I love the blue in that rug and with the pillows in this room. Would like to see more of it on the mantle, too. Tall narrow skinny vases maybe on one end? A grouping of varying heights and then maybe two other larger items? That would give you FIVE, the odd number suggested.

If not vases, what about candle sticks/candles in that blue with some white, but with some sparkle, too.

I don't have any artwork for this room. It's a clean slate. The sofa, chairs, rug, drapes, pillows and throw are all new. I like the idea of vases on the mantel.

If I EVER get finished painting, I'll post an update. I swear the room is getting bigger!

I like the color over the fireplace and would use that color in the whole space.

Hi Debbie, I don't know what colors or style you are aiming for...but if you have some ideas on art...I might be able to offer some suggestions.

Feel free to peruse my work and see what inspires you.
http://angelina-vick.artistwebsites.com/

Because there is a light above the fireplace, I would go for a canvas print there, not anything glass...that would create an unsightly glare.

Coffee table shape. It depends on what you have more of in the room. If you have a lot of round shapes, then go with a squared table. If you have a lots of squares, then a round table, it will help balance the space.

A few ideas.

A couple of more hours to finish cutting in and I'm done! I know a lot of you thought the color over the fireplace looked better, but I had already bought this paint. I do like the walls all the same color. The second coat of paint on the mantel is still drying, so it's not mounted properly yet. I hope it looks good because I am not repainting this room for a LONG time. It has been a chore.

It is beautiful and sooooo worth the time and effort! Cutting in is theeee worst part about painting.....worse than the prepping and cleaning up even!

Very nice - quite a transformation!

That fireplace stone looks gorgeous!! Can't wait to see this room finished. (Absolutely love your rug choice btw!)

hi there stone is beautiful,however i would paint out mantel with pearl finish same colour as walls,you dont want the mantel as the focal your stone or art above is where your eye should draw .If the mantel was larger ,maybe in in a rustic free edge beam of wood then a colour variance would be great,but the white strip takes away from the heft of the stone cutting fireplace in half....you did the right thing by using same wall colour,if you want focal colour it would need to be deeper, much deeper..looks great

Freadsmom, I had that very thought about the mantel and even posted the question on here in another post. The concensus was to paint it white.

I haven't finished putting the decorations on the tree yet. I scrambled to find stuff to decorate the mantel with. I used what I had on hand. The mirror was in a closet and I know it's not big enough, but it'll have to do for now. I have a can of white spray paint. I'm thinking about painting the frame white. I don't like the drapery rods, but again, they have to do for now. They were the only ones I could find that were curved.

I found this mirror that I LOVE! But, it's 35" high and I have a little over 36" between the ceiling and mantel. Do you think it would look too big?

BEAUTIFUL ROOM! And just in time to have fun decorating for Christmas!
Two little tiny thoughts......would that poinsettia work on the hearth hearth for a splash of color under the two stockings?
What about turning the mirror the other direction.....will add just a titch more height and then off center it and that will make it look larger, too. LOVE how you layered items in front of it!

I do feel like that mirror would overwhelm the space with just one inch to play with, especially if you hung it.

Thank you, abbyjean. I really like how the paint color turned out.

I think that mirror would be too overwhelming, too. I'll keep looking.

How about a reindeer with a poinsettia on it on the hearth? The mirror looks better with the dust cleaned off, too! :-) Here's the other side of the room. I've got to figure out what to do with that wall behind the sofa. I'm thinking about a gallery wall.

I just noticed my daughter added the cats' stockings. LOL

Paint the whole room the same. But over the fireplace, go 2 shades darker, on color chip it usually goes light to dark. Just stay in same tones and will Look warm. And play off firepl.

Put a small sunburst mirrored firepl with candles on ends with pots in a accent color on other end. Nice color.

OMG! I love that cardinal pillow! I think I would prefer just one side of the hearth with something big and colorful on it and the other side left open to sit with a glass of wine. And I just feel like there are too many small things on the mantle.....things that are all the same height. Love the mirror change! And love the idea of a gallery wall.

LOL, abbyjean! I got the cardinal pillows at Kohl's. I bought one last year and could have kicked myself for not getting two. I was in there the other day and they had a few so I got another one. I just checked their website and couldn't find them.

Do you think this mirror would clash with the pattern in the rug? It's 32" so that would leave only about two inches above and below the mirror.

I like that distance for the top and the bottom. How much room would be on either side then?

Oh, and I think it would play nicely with your rug.

See if you can find this thread........Need an accent color for accessories.....and scroll to almost the bottom. I was just there and thought the accent pieces in that bluish color would maybe work for your mantle after the holidays. They may be totally the wrong color, but if you could find something like is pictured, I think it would be awesome.

I found the post, abbyjean. I've been looking for vases in the right color of blue and haven't found them yet. I'll keep looking.

There would be 28" on either side with that mirror. Plenty of room for vases!

Hubby just said I have too much stuff on the mantel and I think maybe he's right, for once. I think I'll edit it some.

Bless hubby's lil heart! I know they are all fun holiday pieces and hope you can still use them in your home.

You will find the vases when you least expect it. That will be pretty up there for the new year.....mirror and vases.

That's better. Men are good for something every once in a while. :-) He did start the fire!

The accent color looks great. Enjoy the holiday

That is better. Enjoy the fire tonight!

After you remove your lovely holiday décor from the mantle, try a bold color. Maybe peacock blue or shades of orange glass accent pieces. The colors will compliment your blue pillows, without being to "matchy." Did you try Pier One? They have colorful vases and interesting shaped accent pieces. If you aren't set on hanging that particular mirror, why not try leaning a large mirror?