what color to paint my dining room and kitchen
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Sheri Ketarkus on Sep 04, 2013like the white, don't like the handles on the doors (drawers are nice). maybe a 'heavier' door pull. how about no cupboard doors? or painting the frames on the doors a darker shade of what is on the walls. not much help. I have open shelving instead of cupboards. second kitchen I have done this to and love it. I don't mind a little clutter showing, easy to see what I need to buy at the grocery and gives the kitchen an open feel (very little kitchen, only 12X12. my last one was 22X20!) good luckHelpful Reply
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Donna Barriga on Sep 04, 2013I actually like the colors you have now on the walls and the fabric for the window treatments. I think a DARK espresso color on your cabinets would look better than the white. Then replace drawer pulls and cabinet door hardware with something else that you think you would like. Sorry. Not what you had in mind. Just throwing my 25 cents in! Good luck to you! Hope you'll post pics of your final results!Helpful Reply
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Donna Barriga on Sep 04, 2013Oh yeah!!! Almost forgot! Do a backsplash of tiles that match the colors in your window treatments!Helpful Reply
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Tanya Peterson Felsheim on Sep 04, 2013I think one of the problems is that the granite seems to stand alone against all the colors...and it takes up a lot of space in the room. I don't mind the darker hardware as it does actually match a color in the granite. To make the colors stand out I would see if you have a little piece of the granite and take it with you when looking for a color and if you're wanting something that matches both the window treatments and the hardware and the granite...take them all with you. The granite seems on the cool side...and the colors on the warm side. Also remember you can do a different color on the base cabinets than you do on the upper cabinets. There are usually some really good consultants at the professional paint stores. Doesn't mean you always have to buy your paint and stuff there but they can at least help you choose something that would bring all of this together.Helpful Reply
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Nancy W on Sep 04, 2013I love the color of your kitchen.Helpful Reply
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Sia@South 47th on Sep 04, 2013I guess I'm confused. All of the colours you have now, go with your great fabric selection and flow together nicely with your 'open concept'.Helpful Reply
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Cyndi Moore Tippett on Sep 04, 2013Thanks, everyone, some good ideas. To clarify some ?'s. I like the green and I like the teal, but not together. The green seems to bright against the teal and then the teal seems to blah next to the green. I guess I am trying to play it safe and I want it be he the WOW factor in my downstairs. I had chocolate brown lower cabinets and white upper cabinets at my other house and I loved them, but I was trying for a different look. How about a different color for my cabinets? I am over thinking this I know.....Helpful Reply
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Joseth Scott on Sep 04, 2013Cyndi - My suggestion, - do one wall in red, the color of the chair, they say red stimulates the appetite. Do the other walls in cream/off white, do the kitchen yellow (one or two shades up from cream) and use the green as the back-splash. Blue is for bedrooms (soothes and relaxes). They all go well with the white chair rail, and should also with the white cabinets. Good luck:)Helpful Reply
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Nancy Dean Davis on Sep 05, 2013I like the Espresso color or a creamy ivory/beige for the top of the cabinets. I like it all the way it is.Helpful Reply
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WallsTreat Studio/ Kass Wilson on Sep 05, 2013Make the cabinets white like the trim. Use a neutral taupe on the walls that will blend with your granite and also some of the branches in the fabric. It is difficult to recommend a color from a computer since every screen reads color differently. But I am thinking something like SW 7038 Tony Taupe or SW 7037 Balanced beige. That will allow you to use the teal and green as accents rather than a dominant color in the spaces.Helpful Reply
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Bonnie Lewenza on Sep 05, 2013Pull one of the colors that you like best out of your drapes, if you have any extra material take a sample with you to match it up. I myself love the teal or the pink and teal is hot right now. You could do both leave the the chair rail pink and walls in teal or vise versa.Helpful Reply
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Sue Hebert on Sep 05, 2013Why don't you try chalk painting the bottom cabinets in the bright teal/turquoise color. You can tint that paint to any shade of teal to dark turq. and the wax over brings such dimension to whatever you are painting. Of course, if you go this route, try painting on a board until you get the color you want. Annie Sloan paints. You can get some great ideas on her site too. I understand this type of paint is quite durable. Just a suggestion. I'm dying to try some chalk paint myself!!Helpful Reply
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153091 on Sep 05, 2013@Cyndi why not save time and money, just leave it all the same but try painting just the panel shape in all the top cabinets..either pick a color from your curtain material OR use the color from the other wall. The black handles and pulls bring in your stove and granite tones. I would also pick colors from the curtain and buy some kitchen decor to place around bring everything together.Helpful Reply
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Shoshanit on Sep 05, 2013I would do two colors - Espresso/Chocolate brown for the bottom cabinets and for the island, and white for the upper cabinets. it will match almost all the styles and colors and it will do Wow with your chocolate brown and white at your other houseHelpful Reply
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Cyndi Moore Tippett on Sep 05, 2013Thank you everyone for your wonderful suggestions. I think I know what I am going to do and you all helped me decide. I will post pictures when I am finished with this project. That's what I love about Hometalk....helps those of us with "decorator brain cramps". :)Helpful Reply
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117135 on Sep 05, 2013There looks to be a really pretty soft blue in the fabric. I would paint your walls that color and I love that you are going to paint the cabinets white. You could use the coral as your accent colors for accessories. This will look great when complete, and no more painting after that!Helpful Reply
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Lisa T on Sep 05, 2013First....love your fabric!! Since you are going with white cabinets, a creamy brown on the wall would make them pop and pull out the brown in your fabric. The blue in your dining room would look good beside it. Can't wait to see pictures when you finish.Helpful Reply
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Wanda sinnema on Sep 05, 2013I'd pick the SMALL 1 cup size samples on any color you THINK you may use.. saves a lot of time and money... I'd to the section below the railing then get the paint colors..Helpful Reply
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Angel Dickerson on Sep 05, 2013I love bold color so...BEHR makes a great "retro avocado" color that would pop against the white. Since you will have so much white in there, a deep color won't be overwhelming and this color would look great with your fabric!Helpful Reply
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Cindy on Sep 05, 2013I love the fabric, btw!Helpful Reply
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Brenda De Lair on Sep 05, 2013I would go with a pale buttery yellow. Benjamin Moore has some really beautiful ones in their historic colour line of paints. White cupboards, and the pop of colour on those drapes with yellow walls would be fresh, sunny, and cheerie.Helpful Reply
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Paula Jones on Sep 05, 2013I really like Brenda's colour suggestions. Although your cabinets are nice cream that works with the hardware, it fights with the countertops. If those are staying, I would consider painting them a soft white, like SW Alabaster and glaze in the cracks with Asphaltum Antique Solution available at Lowes. I know it's painful, but switch out the hardware with stainless steel and clean up the look with hidden hinges.Helpful Reply
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Patricia Cleveland on Sep 05, 2013@Cindi Moore Tippett: Beautiful fabric for your window treatments and like everyone has said grab your favorites from there and go for it!Helpful Reply
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Kim Dagenais on Sep 06, 2013I would paint the cupboards, and the walls in the kitchen and dining room a light sand colour and give all the trims a mild antique appearance. I think that colour would compliment both the kitchen and dining room. Hope you find the colour that agrees with you the best.Helpful Reply
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Sharon Beauman on Sep 06, 2013The beautiful granite in the kitchen is lost with the present colors. What about a color on the walls in a tone that is in the granite to bring out its beauty, maybe a pale green with more yellow in it. Perhaps as one poster said, paint the bottom cabinets in a very dark brown color. The kitchen will take on a custom look. As for the dining room walls, my suggestion would be to change them to more of an apple green shade to match the beautiful drapery material you have selected. That particular shade of green is a happy one.Helpful Reply
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JUDY S - BEYOND THE BLUE SHUTTERS on Sep 06, 2013Blue, blue, blue!Helpful Reply
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Cyndi Moore Tippett on Sep 06, 2013Thanks, everyone, WOW! I knew I could count on you to give me some wonderful suggestions. I think I have decided about the wall color and have been painting my cabinets white for two days now. Will post pictures when my kitchen/dining room is complete.Helpful Reply
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Therese C on Sep 08, 2013Look out...here comes Therese with her ideas..everybody run! If you are painting the cabinets white, what about a soft southern grey on the walls of the kitchen? Not as dark as it sounds. Then a powder grey can flow into the dining room. Just a thought.Helpful Reply
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Patricia Cleveland on Sep 09, 2013Therese C: what is a soft southern grey - is it different than a northern soft grey?LOL!Helpful Reply
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Therese C on Sep 09, 2013@Patricia Cleveland I have never given it much thought...hmmm, mayhap it is a bit different because down south it would be an "accent" color...LOLHelpful Reply
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Patricia Cleveland on Sep 09, 2013(y)Helpful Reply
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Therese C on Sep 09, 2013:DHelpful Reply
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Margaret Dillard on Sep 10, 2013Whatever color you think you want, please buy some little sample jars and try each next to your cabinets, fabric and counter-tops to make sure it is in fact what you want. They are truly worth the small cost and time to get it right......good luck and please send me the resultsHelpful Reply
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Tanya Peterson Felsheim on Sep 10, 2013@Cyndi Moore Tippett Been reading a lot of different offers....which do you like, a bright cheerful kitchen, or a warm cozy kitchen? I'm a bright kitchen person....gotta have light color cabinets....my house is too small to have it be dark, and I've had a messed up childhood where everything I grew up I was dark wood..can really mess up your sense of what what you want. But then I had to have dark floors. To offset. My brothers home is darker home light floor. They use some very deep colors like Eggplant, Mustard, Wine and it is beautiful. Just is not me.Helpful Reply
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Cyndi Moore Tippett on Sep 11, 2013@tanya Peterson Feisheim, I usually like a very bright and cheerful kitchen and that has been the problem wth this kitchen I tried it and it just didn't work. So I have done something totally different this time and I really love it. I have almost finishd with it so I will be posting pictures in the next week, or so. Had to stop and do some landscaping since some free stuff became available.Helpful Reply
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Danrick Commerce Group, LLC on Sep 12, 2013As for 2013 trends color, we suggest to use Urbanite Pallete. This pallete convey a cool and cosmopolitan vibe. See and watch the video on this link http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/urbaniteHelpful Reply
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Laura Davis-Miller on May 01, 2014Love the fabric!Helpful Reply
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Barbara on Apr 03, 2015In most lowes and Home Depots they sell 8x10 film sheets for painting samples. They stick to your wall but don't tear it up. In fact you can move that sample around to see it in different light. I usually leave them up (I'll pick three fairly close in color-sample size jars) for a couple of days. I can't tell you how many times I have changed my mind. We have 20 ft ceiling in our livingroom and I had to be sure. Big job! Good luck. BTW, I like the greens. The darker grew (sage(?)) would look great with white cabs. You could easily transition to livingroom with a green two shades lighter. ;)Helpful Reply
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Barbara on Apr 03, 2015Whoops, should have checked dates in post. Too late. Oh well hope it turned out ! LOLHelpful Reply
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