beiged out
sweetnepenthe
I have a fairly new house that is painted in neutral beige tones: white ceilings, an oyster color on the top part of the walls and a darker beige on the lower part of the walls. White trim.Entry way has dark oak wood floor, then beige carpet in LR. Kitchen has white cabinets, beige flooring.My LR furniture is upholstered in a print: beige and cream background with florals in mauve,a redplum(not purple plum),greens. I would like to have more color. Was thinking of pulling out the mauve for the top part of the walls and the redplum for the lower part of the walls. Keep white ceilings and trim. What do you think?What color carpet? Keep beige or use a color similar to one of the wall colors or maybe green?I have no color sense at all
catwoman708
Beige is a great neutral background, but too much can be boring, so I can see why you're craving color. If you want to use your existing neutral background of beige walls and floors, add as much color as you dare with artwork, decor items, green plants/silk flowers, and textiles (drapes, area and throw rugs, pillows, table runners, and throw blankets).The wall colors you mentioned sound great! If you do paint the walls, I'd use the existing beige carpet and add a large area rug with your color(s) in it. (Paint is much cheaper than carpet, so keep the existing, more expensive items neutral and easy to redecorate with, and use trendier colors on the cheaper, easy to replace items.) If you do colored walls and some color in the area rug, I'd use a little less color in the accessories, and keep them fairly simple. I'd also avoid using the same accent colors for all your accessories, and remember to throw in a little something unexpected in a "latest trend color". Blue-green and brown, a peachy or golden color on some pillows, a throw blanket, footstool, or even a vase or silk flowers might tie in with your mauve, red-plum, and beige colors. You can get in some green with plants and area rugs. It might just be me, but I don't care for green carpet. I do like green but with your red-plum color it would be too close to the now outdated dark green and burgundy color scheme.P.S. For color ideas you can look at furniture store displays or find some information on a color wheel for advice on what colors work together. Try a half-price book store for design books that include information on complimentary, split compliments, monochromatic, triads, tetrads, and analogous color combinations.
sweetnepenthe
Thank you for taking the time to reply. My LR, DR and kitchen are an open floor plan so I have been trying to coordinate the flow.I upholstered the dining room chair seats in the same fabric as the sofas and have an area rug under the DR table the same as the throw rugs in the LR(a green that matches one of the greens in the floral).The windows flow in a modified "s" along the outer wall so I have the window treatments all the same in the LR and DR. Kitchen is in the middle with no outer wall. The treatments are cream lace.I have ferns on each side of one sofa and end tables on the sides of another. These are in two different areas of the room--two different seating areas. I also have a chair across from one sofa. The wood in the tables and the coffee table and the grandfather clock, the bakers cabinet and dining table is all a darker golden oak. The dining area and the seating area closest have a slightly French feel to me and are also "feminine" feeling to me. This transitions to a slightly more masculine and spanish feeling (to me) in the other seating area, but with same floral and colors. Just more wood and wrought iron. Also with a metal kokopelli wall sculpture I just brought back from Mexico.I am really leaning towards having it painted (I would have to hire it done because of vaulted ceiling in LR) although I know realtors hate anything but beige. Still, I am not planning to move anytime soon and when it eventually needs repainting, I can go back to beige.
Piddler
Are you living in my house? My kitchen was just like yours white cabinets with light beige flooring. Color craving was eating at me to when I purchased my home didn't know where to start. I love bright colors . my kitchen has been transformed. Beautiful Yellow color with burnt sierra glaze on two walls also painted cabinets yellow without glazed texture. I have a 10 ft. opening going into my living room from kitchen , big empty space but in a bar with storage , had wall space above bar about 2 ft. hung baskets along decorated with daisy's and chicken plaques to blend with counter top which is blue speckle, blue in plaques , hung red and white window treatment for single window over sink. I love the old look of the baskets and country look of chickens and daisies. Put one basket with greenery with small chicken sitting in with a couple of small daisies for completion of one of the textured walls. I love it. Color is what I wanted . If I had had my say about it I would have had different color counter tops. Had water damage got those before I decided to paint my kitchen so I had to make it work. It all blends Ripped up old vinyl and layed tile with small blue block in middle of light tan. Just a few ideas for ya. Pick you a color and theme and go with it....Good Luck
Domestic Diva
Sounds like you really want to change the paint color. Mauve and red plum sounds great. With the kokopelli some Aztec gold and turquoise accessories would have a great eclectic effect. I have Indian art and just love it.
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