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Blogger Greece on Jun 06, 2012

This is our dining-living room space. We want to paint the place. Any ideas?

Oh...i will not remove the decoration on the dining wall. It is fragile! We were thinking of making a frame around it, and paint the rest of the walls. So that it looks like a canvas.

15 Comments

Tina C

I'm seeing a really pretty grey ( darker ) on those walls along with a decorative rail on the top to add interest to the ceiling.

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Zografia A Greece

i like the rail idea. i am into the grey solution. you think we should keep the rail the same grey as the walls?

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Zografia A Greece

and another thing Tina. our curtains our grey. keep them or buy a white or red one?

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Rule4 Building Group Elkridge, MD

Chelsea Grey (Benjamin Moore) might work - at least for an accent wall. It's a deep rich color.

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Zografia A Greece

great color. we could the wall with the door and the kitchen, exactly on the opposite site of the balcony wall, and perhaps the fireplace cone. i do like and the rail idea. think it would be too much to cover that with chelsea grey? the total room surface is about 320 square feet..

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Rule4 Building Group Elkridge, MD

I painted my small ensuite bathroom with chelsea grey and it totally transformed it from the previous off white. you could give one wall a go and see............beauty about paint color is that you can always change it (when you can find the time!)

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Rule4 Building Group Elkridge, MD

just saw this post - using dark grey on one wall. could be helpful....http://www.uglyducklinghouse.com/2012/06/right-white.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheUglyDucklingHouse+%28The+Ugly+Duckling+House%29

on Jun 06, 2012 · Like 1
Zografia A Greece

thank you. i like having strong colors in my house, my other half does not. So we are trying to find a solution that would work for both! thanks again!

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Bernice H Yakima, WA

Sooooo what did you decide and have you done it yet?

on Sep 14, 2012 · Like 0
Zografia A Greece

we are close to a solution we both like! we had negotiations! we hope next weekend to make it and paint!

on Sep 14, 2012 · Like 0
Tina C

Make sure and take pics for us...the Chelsea grey is nice... did you find some curtains?

on Sep 15, 2012 · Like 0
Zografia A Greece

i will Tina, of course i will. i am keeping the existing curtains. the two grey ones

on Sep 16, 2012 · Like 0
Bernice H Yakima, WA

zozo..what are the light fixtures you have? Especially the one on the ceiling in the living room?Can you post closer pictures?

on Sep 16, 2012 · Like 0
Zografia A Greece

i did not make these! i will get some close pictures and post them. they have round crystals hanging and some black circles!

on Sep 17, 2012 · Like 0
Bernice H Yakima, WA

Ok....hmmm round shiny crystals hanging....I think I'm gonna like it!

on Sep 18, 2012 · Like 0