need to freshen up kitchen and dining room
jmmbc
10 years ago
Golden oak cabinets and dining room furniture. Would love to change it but that's not possible. Need color ideas to punch it up!
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PROCarolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
10 years agoWhite cabinets would work well in the kitchen with your white appliances and your countertops. In the dining room, I might paint the bottom of the built in black along with the chairs and the table legs. Or you could paint the built in white like the kitchen and also paint the table legs white. I would change the wall color in the dining room to something lighter and consider updating the chandelier. I'd need to know what other colors are nearby (walls and furniture) in order to specify a color. More photos would be helpful.
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Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID
10 years agoI can't tell what color, except somewhat reddish, your dining area is painted. The room seems dark which is why I suggested painting it a lighter color. But maybe it's just the photos which are dark.
You have nothing on the dining table. I suggest you add color there and also to the peninsula. You have a wire fruit basket that isn't big enough to make the right statement.
I suggest a large colored bowl filled with faux apples or pears, or it could be a large low basket filled with living plants. Check the size of the accessories shown below.
I like the pair of pitchers in the second photo and how the colors are repeated. I don't think the apple display on the table is big enough but the color is good. Pay attention to that repetition of color. You could do something similar with cushions on your chairs and some pitchers of the same color on your built-in buffet.
The third photo shows another kind of repetition, where you make a row of like objects down the center of your table. They could be a row of coffee cups, birds, giant pears from Z Gallerie, or who knows what.
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10 years agoThe orange wall I want to paint and the wall with the bit of grey on it I would like to paint. The back splash is a cream color subway tile. The cabinets go all the way to the ceiling so there is very little wall space to be painted.Definitely not painting the cabinets, just the walls.
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