BrownEyes
Shiny_Rock
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- Dec 4, 2005
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Dem: Do you have upholstered furniture, or anything else with color or a pattern in the large downstairs room? It would be a great to choose one of the accent colors from an upholstered piece of furniture as your main paint color ...
Our recently-renovated sunroom sounds like your new room, with red-oad hardwood floors, french doors and painted white trim. The furniture we chose is an upholstered floral sofa, loveseat and chair with ottoman. After bringing one of the accent pillows with me to the paint store for comparison, I chose a spicy terra cotta/coral color from one of the flowers in the fabric as our wallcolor - - it looks fantastic and the room is warm without being overbearing.
I actually would suggest NOT commiting to a paint color until you've finalized your furniture selection. I made that mistake when our sunroom was first completed and the room was still empty - - we painted the walls a seemingly neutral shade of taupe, which looked great against the white trim. THEN, I fell in love with the upholstered furniture, and the wall color was all WRONG! Fortunately, we still had contractors in the house who could re-do the walls before the new furniture arrived.
When I go home tonight I'll try to post some photos of our sunroom and I'll also look-up the name of our wall color which I believe is a Benjamin Moore paint. (P.S. Darker, more vibrant paint colors look awesome against white colonial trim ... )
Mara: We also used a really soft sage green paint color in my daughter's new bathroom, which has a distinct pottery barn feel (including white beadboard on the walls and brushed nickel fixtures ... ). I'll try to look-up that paint color and post photos of that room, too.
In the meantime, I hope these suggestions help.
BrownEyes
Our recently-renovated sunroom sounds like your new room, with red-oad hardwood floors, french doors and painted white trim. The furniture we chose is an upholstered floral sofa, loveseat and chair with ottoman. After bringing one of the accent pillows with me to the paint store for comparison, I chose a spicy terra cotta/coral color from one of the flowers in the fabric as our wallcolor - - it looks fantastic and the room is warm without being overbearing.
I actually would suggest NOT commiting to a paint color until you've finalized your furniture selection. I made that mistake when our sunroom was first completed and the room was still empty - - we painted the walls a seemingly neutral shade of taupe, which looked great against the white trim. THEN, I fell in love with the upholstered furniture, and the wall color was all WRONG! Fortunately, we still had contractors in the house who could re-do the walls before the new furniture arrived.
When I go home tonight I'll try to post some photos of our sunroom and I'll also look-up the name of our wall color which I believe is a Benjamin Moore paint. (P.S. Darker, more vibrant paint colors look awesome against white colonial trim ... )
Mara: We also used a really soft sage green paint color in my daughter's new bathroom, which has a distinct pottery barn feel (including white beadboard on the walls and brushed nickel fixtures ... ). I'll try to look-up that paint color and post photos of that room, too.
In the meantime, I hope these suggestions help.
BrownEyes