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9 years ago

What colours should i pick for my living room? I am thinking about grey. And should i keep these doors like they are or maybe repaint them, change them for modern slide doors, take it of and keep space open or just put the wall? There are second door from hall on the wall opposite of fire place. I appreciate your help!!!

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Lynnie

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

I like your doors personally and wouldn't just paint them white or something.

Gray is the color now, but I would love to see you pick a 'greige' to compliment your floors and doors as far as painting your walls.

I think if you painted your fireplace a dark gray it would look better in your room for what you are trying to do.

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Adding a nice rug with color and pillows on couches rounds out your look.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
9 years ago
First choose your furniture and then work on wall colours it is the best way to do this as for the doors I think it depends on many factors, what is your style? Is the space drafty from the other space? do you want to cut down on noise in this area?
miacometlady
9 years ago
Most designers on tv pick an inspiration piece - curtain fabric, a rug, furniture. Wall color is the cheapest part of a room when you think of it, so it should compliment what you have or want to buy. The unfinished wood doors compliment the trim in the foyer and stairs. I like them. If you paint the trim in this room white, I'd paint the interior room side doors. The light fixture is dated. The fireplace is very nice.
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I see what you mean, It's a good idea in theory, however, practically, I don't think it's going to work, and you will end up ruining the nicest room in the house. There are no walls that remain unbroken by doors or windows, so where are you going to put units and unbroken worktop space. They can't go on the left as there are three doors. There's a door on the right, which although you could put a unit and a bit of worktop back right, it wouldn't be very big, and the biggest run of wall goes straight down to the glass doors, so you probably can't and wouldn't want to go straight up to them. You could move the door into the hallway from the front end to the bottom end by the patio doors and this would give you a better run of wall. If you put an island in the middle, 5' into the room to give yourself room to walk in and gain more worktop, it'll only leave you with around 6' at the other end for a dining space. However, i'd still advise getting a kitchen planner onboard before you start, as i'm not convinced the room is big enough to achieve what you want with the available wall space, and it stands a good chance of spoiling a very nice and elegant entrance to a house. The other big problem is the plumbing, there isn't any currently in that room, so you'll need to dig up the floor for drainage and almost definately that of either the utility or one of the bathrooms! I vote for keeping the house exactly as it is!
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Ilona Chojnacka
Original Author
9 years ago
I don't have any furniture yet. I would like to have modern style so i thought about grey walls with dark grey where fire place but fire place is going be changed for modern look. I think maybe red sofas, i am not sure about floor and still what to do with doors.
Ilona Chojnacka
Original Author
9 years ago
Patricia, yes the doors are taking you to the kitchen and then from kitchen you have door to backyard.
qwnann
9 years ago
I think I would paint them, they're pretty doors.
4pwilson
9 years ago
I love the pine doors and wouldn't do a thing to them. They add character to the room.The bannister needs to be replaced with either white painted or wrought iron spinals and a medium to dark hand rail. The door frame on the other side of the staircase needs to be painted.
4pwilson
9 years ago
I would paint the room a mid tone taupe to warm and define the walls. I think gray would not add the warmth the room needs.
decoenthusiaste
9 years ago
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My first concern would be the stairs - remove the carpet and finish them to match the trim and then replace the dated light fixtures with something up to date and pretty. Your fabrics will determine the color to put on the walls. Yes, it is tempting to paint while the home is empty, but that is the backwards approach, and you'll probably have to do it again after all the fabrics are in your space.
Karen Wuestewald
9 years ago
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
9 years ago
I don't think the doors will suit a modern space at all and the difficulty in figuring out what color sofa you want is the reason to wait for wall colour.
kyky0374
9 years ago
I think the color is fine!
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9 years ago
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Accessible beige by sherwin williams is a great neutral greige that looks beautiful with light, medium, and dark woods. I would definitely consider changing your light fixture to something more modern. If you plan to paint the doors, you will probably want to paint all of the trim in the room...just something to consider.
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9 years ago
Here are some more pictures of accessible beige used in room.
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9 years ago
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Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore is also a warm neutral gray...you might like. Would look beautiful with your floors.
mandy_moo_pants
9 years ago
Those doors are beautiful, but knotty pine is definitely not modern and very taste specific. If you're thinking of bold colors like red for a fabric choice, I would recommend painting doors, trim, and mantle. Make sure you compare any paint color you're leaning towards with a fabric swatch. There a hundreds of different grays out there and a lot of them have blue or green or brown (for example) undertones
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JudyG Designs
9 years ago
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I would paint all the doors, woodwork and fireplace surround in BM super white, semi-gloss, remove the chandy and replace with something modern/Victorian (to match the fireplace) and then paint the walls something darker.....depending on your first purchase which, IMO, should be a beautiful rug.

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Leanne Michael L U X E lifestyle design
9 years ago
I love this room! Your fireplace and wood doors are adding great character to the room. It all depends on your furnishing style but because the fireplace is so dramatic I'd lean towards an authentic European look. Beautiful pale tones for your walls and faux finish the doors and wood mantel in something really special (see photos below) ~ I'd also take a wire brush to the cast iron front of your fireplace surround to make it feel older. ~ enjoy this one .. it's a really pretty room!!
sandradclark
9 years ago
Please, please, please, don't paint any of the wood. You have a beautiful setting for mid century modern décor. I can agree with removing the carpet from the stairs, however I would just want to add a jute floor covering for the stairs after. The light fixtures should probably both be changed. You even have a lovely roomy space in your foyer. I always recommend starting with the foundation of the room, which is the floor covering. Kilim, ikat, Persian or Oriental would be my choice. I would think minimalist would be very fitting in this space.
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Leanne Michael L U X E lifestyle design
9 years ago
There is nothing mid century modern about this space whatsoever.