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Love your kitchen. The dark accent there is nice with all the light color. Can't say what to paint the living room but can say don't do it all dark...only looks great as that accent.
Another tip...if uncertain about a couple of colors,start with the lighter one...can be easier to paint over.
If you like grey or greige, Ben Moore, Collingwood, Gray Owl, Shale, Revere Pewter might be colors to look at. Best to always get samples and try on the wall first. Anyway you have a pretty house, looking forward to pictures of the finished room.
I think the gray backsplash works in the kitchen because of the stainless steel appliances, even though the rest of the room is a warm cream and brown colors.
I think it would be a mistake to go with gray in the living room. It would look wrong next to the brown carpet, and the colors in the bricks aren't gray.
I agree with the poster above who said you should make the fireplace the focal point. I think the way to do that, without also clashing with the brown carpet, is to go with a warm cream color. It would also flow perfectly into the kitchen. If you like gray tones in the room, you could add some large canvas art that is black and white or has some gray in it. But, that way, it wouldn't have anything to do with clashing with the carpet or the paint in the kitchen area.
I like the green route as well, but would maybe consider doing some shadow boxes under the chair rail and make that whole section a semi-gloss bright white. Shadow boxes are super easy and cheap to do, and adds a sense of formality, familiarity, and customization to a room.
Do you actually like gray or are you thinking about gray because it's "popular." Everything I read elsewhere indicates that gray trend is coming to an end and gray will never be warm. Personally I'd select a creamy color. Not really seeing anything in your wall samples that looks quite right--maybe the small swatches or the monitor.
As much as I love color on walls, considering your kitchen and that there is an entire wall of whitewashed brick, not to mention the carpet color, I'd go with greige. Your whitewashed brick wall and your kitchen flooring have a rosy undertone, so you'd want to chose a greige with pinkish violet undertones also.
Of all the greiges listed in the above article, I think Abalone or Balboa Mist by Benjamin Moore would be your best choices. Abalone has a definite violet undertone and Balboa Mist has a very slight violet or green undertone.
You can use vibrant colors in upholstery and pillows and curtains. Blues would look wonderful.
I think using a definite color on your walls would look too patchy next to the brick wall. Plus greige would provide a great bridge to blend together the brick wall, the soft white cabinets and gray back splash and the wood flooring and carpet. Definitely don't go with a blue-gray.
I vote for a gray/green also. I think you need to avoid more beige and tan, since you already have so much of that in the cupboards and brick.
My kitchen is a Martha Stewart color called Garden Shed and it’s a nice pale neutral.
I agree.
It can be a bit more work to find a "color-color" (not one of the neutral tones of the brick) but you might not be happy with "neutral overload."
Someone else mentioned the chair rail. I don't mind them in general, but that one looks really low and thin in the picture.
I think of the swatch samples you have posted next to the fireplace, I prefer the bottom left one. I think it might be too dark but I can't really tell. I did use Sherwin Williams Modern Gray in 2 rooms and it was a surprise how well it worked. I have light beige carpet in the room and it complemented it but does have a slight gray tinge , and is quite light.
I get compliments on that color frequently. It has just the right light reflection and interest.
I think it really might bridge the gap of beige grey and light. https://www.google.com/search?q=sher...Cs47y3yRU_9eM:
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