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I have been in my current home for 5 years and before we moved in, we painted our walls a contemporary white to play it safe and to get to know our home. I would like to now change the color of the walls. My problem is, I am still stuck on what color.
Our home is on the smaller side, lots of windows facing the lake. The kitchen, dining room, living room is an L shape design. The ceiling over the DR & LR is a white cathedral and the stairway to the second floor is in the LR, so you can see upstairs and yes that color is also contemporary white.
My kitchen cabinets are white, my appliances SS. My floors are oak hardwood. My sofa is a darker brown.
I found a color I like but am a little nervous. It's called Valley Mist by Behr. It's a blue/green/gray type of color and not real dark but not real light.
My painter is coming the end of the week and I have to make up my mind.
I am not one who likes a color outside of off white on the walls or ceilings. It is much too hard to cover later when you get tired of that color.
I am a great believer of adding color if you really want it with rugs, throws, pillows, and curtains. Much more cost effective and much easier to change when you get tired of those colors.
You can change pillows and such from room to room and change the entire room and you haven't spent any extra money or paid anyone to change it for you.
I have been in my current home for 5 years and before we moved in, we painted our walls a contemporary white to play it safe and to get to know our home. I would like to now change the color of the walls. My problem is, I am still stuck on what color.
Our home is on the smaller side, lots of windows facing the lake. The kitchen, dining room, living room is an L shape design. The ceiling over the DR & LR is a white cathedral and the stairway to the second floor is in the LR, so you can see upstairs and yes that color is also contemporary white.
My kitchen cabinets are white, my appliances SS. My floors are oak hardwood. My sofa is a darker brown.
I found a color I like but am a little nervous. It's called Valley Mist by Behr. It's a blue/green/gray type of color and not real dark but not real light.
My painter is coming the end of the week and I have to make up my mind.
Thank you for any advice!
Some people like to slap some of the proposed color on a wall or a large sheet of paper and live with it for awhile before committing an entire room or house.
I don't dislike the color- it's a great color- but it is hard (for me) to give advice without seeing more of the overall environment.
In the end it's only paint. A pain to re-paint but very do-able.Good luck!
Have you done several patch tests all around the space so you can look at it in all different lighting conditions? As long as you are 100% committed to painting, it's easy enough to paint over the patches. In my last house, I wanted to use a putty color for my open floor plan. I ended up testing 5 different colors - they were similar but slight variations in shades. I was absolutely in love with the one I finally picked and it looked amazing. I sold the place last year, and the new buyer specifically commented on how much they loved all my paint colors.
I looked up Valley Mist and it's reading quite green on my monitor, but it may look much more gray in your space. Don't be afraid of color, but make sure you have a color that works well in your home.
What previous posters said about trying out the color on the walls or on poster board. Do this.
I think the color is very pretty. But the paint color will be changed by different light; one wall may appear almost gray, another very light. So, do this before the painter comes. From what you have said, I don't see why the color would not work. But slap some of it on your walls, OK? You need to see how it looks. You can have a sample prepared at any paint store.
The darker the color, the more ambient light is absorbed making the room feel smaller and darker.
but, cozier, warmer, inviting and intimate.....................
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