NWR: Need help picking color for my new kitchen/living room!!

Soon2BMrsD Posted: Mar 19, 2008 09:35 PM

NWR: Need help picking color for my new kitchen/living room!!

Ok so FH wants to keep it the same color and i want something new!! please help us make the decision!!

The kitchen will be white cabinets, black and white speckle countertop wood floor

This is the kitchen side (original color that FH likes its a pale yellow)

This is the livingroom side (those curtains will not be staying!)

These are the 2 new colors i like (bold yes but thats my personality..hence the poopy color brown in the bedroom!! )

obviously this is not my kitchen got it from behr.com

and

(i think this one is a little too bright)

FuTuRe MrS MaZz Posted: Mar 19, 2008 09:39 PM

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the lighter green is awesome!!!! that yellow needs some sprucin up badly!!!!!!

madseason Posted: Mar 19, 2008 09:40 PM

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Meg - are you in someones house? you really have a nice apartment from all the pics youve shown us!

I like the first pic!

MrsD71208 Posted: Mar 19, 2008 09:47 PM

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I think that I have a suggestion that will make you both happy! FH likes the yellow, you not so much. I think that if it were a different yellow, it would look much warmer. I think that a yellow with a goldish tint to it would be nice. We painted our office Chestertown Buff...here's a pic I found of it:

The room is so welcoming and not bright to the point that it feels like crayon yellow. Hpe you like and HTH : )

Soon2BMrsD Posted: Mar 19, 2008 09:54 PM

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thanks girls.. yes we are DEF. painting.. even if we keep the yellow it will be redone.. thats is from the original owners from about 4 years ago.. let me see if i can do the same thing with the yellow were thinking of.

Soon2BMrsD Posted: Mar 19, 2008 09:54 PM

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Posted by madseason

Meg - are you in someones house? you really have a nice apartment from all the pics youve shown us!

I like the first pic!

thanks.. only the frst 2 pics are in my house.. the ones with the green paint are samples from behr.com paint so you can see what colors look like.

Soon2BMrsD Posted: Mar 19, 2008 09:58 PM

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ok heres the yellow we like

MrsD71208 Posted: Mar 19, 2008 10:04 PM

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Posted by Soon2BMrsD

ok heres the yellow we like

Did you see the color I posted above?

Soon2BMrsD Posted: Mar 19, 2008 10:06 PM

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yes i really like it but think it might be al ittle dark.. im worried that if its too dark it will make the room look smaller... you know when you put paint up sometimes its darker then expecter.. but i think that color irs really pretty and works great in that room! thanks for posting!

MrsD71208 Posted: Mar 19, 2008 10:13 PM

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You don't think that that bright yellow with white cabinets will be too bright? You may want to consider a softer yellow JMO

Soon2BMrsD Posted: Mar 19, 2008 10:14 PM

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Posted by MrsDtoBe

You don't think that that bright yellow with white cabinets will be too bright? You may want to consider a softer yellow JMO

i didnt think of that the be honest!! good thought! thanks!! i think im going to buy a few different colors and do a few small squares to test a few! thanks so much!

MrsD71208 Posted: Mar 19, 2008 10:18 PM

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Posted by Soon2BMrsD

Posted by MrsDtoBe

You don't think that that bright yellow with white cabinets will be too bright? You may want to consider a softer yellow JMO

i didnt think of that the be honest!! good thought! thanks!! i think im going to buy a few different colors and do a few small squares to test a few! thanks so much!

The ONLY reason why I am saying anything is because FH went through this over the summer when we bought tons of paint samples and put them up in our house. We not only wanted neighboring rooms to blend well, but we wanted to make sure we weren't making the rooms look too small/bright or dark. We only liked a few of the tons of samples we bought...once up on your wall, with your lighting situation (which totally changes the look of a color), what looked good in one picture may look horrible on your wall and vice versa. I know that we tried hard to balance a bright room/colorful room with something more subdued to tone it down. If not, you'll have a really loud room that you'll defintely get tired of fast and have a hard time to decorate. Hope that I haven't sounded anti-what you were trying to say lol I am really just trying to help you with my own recent experience which was a loooongggg process!

Soon2BMrsD Posted: Mar 19, 2008 10:26 PM

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please dont appoligize!! i dont mind at all i like to get tons of peoples TRUE opinons not just agreeing with me!!

what your saying makes sense!! and i really appreciate it!! my bed room is just dark browns so i wanted to kitchen/ living room to be nice and bright

MrsD71208 Posted: Mar 19, 2008 10:37 PM

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Ooh, I think that that color I posted would go GREAT with browns. IN fact, the room that is right outside of our office is in a light brownish/tan color and it blends nice. You should try out a sample...it doesn't look too dark once dried and with white cabinets, it will really warm it up and it's such a welcoming color to begin with, that you'll love hanging in your kitchen!