The kitchen is beside the dinning room and is also the same color. I have stainless steel appliances in the kitchen and the kitchen is 11 feet x 9 feet. In my kitchen I have a white tile floor. Please advise. Thanks.
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How do I choose a paint color for my dining room and kitchen?
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I am looking at painting my dinning room and kitchen a gray color. I am looking at Metropolitan Gray, Goose Down Gray, Aria and Spring Thaw Gray. Both rooms face east. I want a color that is inviting / makes the room look larger and a color that is relaxing. I do not want a white but also do want a hint of color in the room. I have attached a picture with the dimensions of the kitchen and the window in the kitchen.
You need to pick the color that looks the best with the floor color. I think your current color is lovely. If you are ready for a change to grey, pick a warm putty type of color to compliment the floors. It sounds like you want an off white type of color. Maybe a green grey ?
Bring home swatches of all the grays and see how they look in the rooms. There is a lot of warm brown in the floor and furniture, so it may affect your choice as all grays have undertones of other colors. I would get an area rug for under the table and a piece of artwork to hang over the buffet that both have a hint of another color, maybe a little pale blue, or turquoise, or green. Or, instead of new artwork, group the photos on the buffet on the wall above and paint the wall (not the whole wall, just a masked off rectangle where the photos are) a pale version of the accent color you chose for the rug.
It looks inviting now. What colors are in the pattern you are working with? Seat cushions, rug, sofa,?. Choose a color from something you already have. Lots of warm stained furniture. Grey's do nothing for stained wood. Stick with warm colors.
I agree greys may be tricky with the warm tones. But trying some swatches (& maybe a sample can of paint) before fully committing may help. Be sure to look at the colors at different points in the day. Something you like in the AM when sun is coming in may not be something you'll like at dinner time when the light is completely different!
To choose a color, go to the paint store and get color cards that you like and pick a few out of the box colors (you never know). Tape them to the walls and take notice to them at different times of day and in different kinds of weather. Remove them until you have a few. Get sample pints of the ones you like and paint them on a wall and do the same thing again. Colors will look different in different kinds of light. I'm not a fan of gray as I think it is a drab and depressing color. A light sage would look nice. An area rug would also dress up the room.
A warm blue-gray would look nice with your dark furniture and stainless appliances.
Do spend the money to buy samples in a few of your favorite shades, but first paint a large square a pure white. Then paint your samples inside of the white square. If you paint your samples on top of the current paint color, it will affect the way the samples look. Also, paint a large enough sample that you can really get a feel of how the color looks. A small swipe of color does not look the same as a large wall in that same color. We have our living room/kit./dining room painted Sherwin Williams March Wind. It is a blue gray that looks beautiful with wood. You might check it out.
The warm tones will be hard to get with a gray but like one suggested, paint a big white box, then with swatches decide what you think would look good and put samples in the white square. Sit with it for a couple/few weeks. Really get it in every light possible. You'll find the color best for you.
Good luck! Think of other neutrals too!