Need ideas for paint color, oak trim
mcmurman
11 years ago
I would to paint new color in the great room and surrounding area in my open style ranch house. My recently updated kitchen is painted BM say brook sage with maple/cherry mixed cabinetry, greenish soapstone countertops, natural oak floors, oak trim (from 1996). There is a large oak trimmed opening from kitchen into great room, which is painted light yellow (light toast - ? SW). The same yellow walls continue down open stairway to lower level, front entry foyer and long hallway on main floor. Another hallway leading to 2 bedrooms and office is painted Navaho white. Dining room walls are painted crisp khaki with red jarrah trim. I am not opposed to repainting the walls in the dining room as well to blend with the rest of the rooms. I dislike the oak trim, but as it is all over our house and windows, it seems cost prohibitive to replace it with white trim or paint it. I have thought of replacing the trim with wider, shaker style oak trim to update the look, but don't know how expensive that would be. We are just starting a remodeling project of the den/home office and mudroom (no colors picked yet) and would like a more cohesive color plan throughout the entire house before making major decisions in those 2 rooms.
My house just don't seem to flow together. I really don't want green walls in the entire area, but love them in my kitchen. I would like a neutral color that compliments the green and also goes well with oak trim. The kitchen and great room face north and are darker so I like the idea of warming them up via carpeting and accessories (I use touches of dark red and green). Our great room carpeting is being replaced soon, so any ideas on color there would also be helpful. We will be keeping our warm brown leather furniture in the great room. Some colors I have considered are BM HC-83 Grant Beige and HC-35 Powell Buff, but not sure if they clash with the oak trim.
My house just don't seem to flow together. I really don't want green walls in the entire area, but love them in my kitchen. I would like a neutral color that compliments the green and also goes well with oak trim. The kitchen and great room face north and are darker so I like the idea of warming them up via carpeting and accessories (I use touches of dark red and green). Our great room carpeting is being replaced soon, so any ideas on color there would also be helpful. We will be keeping our warm brown leather furniture in the great room. Some colors I have considered are BM HC-83 Grant Beige and HC-35 Powell Buff, but not sure if they clash with the oak trim.
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11 years agoThanks for the idea rosebud3. As to the yellow wall color, it has been there for 10 years so I guess I am just tired of it and feeling like a change. I chose it in the first place to warm up the room and it does compliment the oak. However, there seems to be discontinuity between the green of the kitchen and yellow of the great room.
I love the Arts and Crafts style, but am stuck with a transitional house so I try to incorporate it a little with my decor We are going to change the carpeting in the great room so I am in need of ideas for the floor color as well. My husband and 12 year old like having carpeting in the great room as we sit on the floor at times and it is warmer during our long Wisconsin winters. The carpeting also goes down the stairs to lower level. The color has always seemed to grey to me as well.
Would painting the brick around the fireplace do any good, say a creamy white? I would leave the stone insert alone. That way some of the grey tone of that wall would be eliminated and perhaps brighten the room. The wall color would pop a little more. We could also update the mantle to cherry (my favorite wood) or a darker stain of oak to enhance the Arts and Crafts look. The built in bookshelves in the great room are maple and match the maple cabinets in the kitchen. You can see the grey tone of the brick better in the closeup picture below. It looks darker in the picture taken from further away than in reality.
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