Nothing pains me more than to see a colorless home. I guess I understand why someone would choose a color like beige for the entire house, but I couldn’t imagine living with it in my home. Now, I shouldn’t totally discount beige, because it can look great in the right shade with the right furnishings. I think I’m biased because my current living room features a dirty yellowy beige that makes me go “blech!” everytime I look at it.
Color choice is very personal and can affect the way you feel, so it should be considered carefully. Also, colors for the home should be considered together, so you don’t end up with your home looking like a crayon box (unless that’s the look you’re going for.)
When we chose a color for our kitchen, Behr Rain Storm, we didn’t really think about how it would work with the rest of the house. Whoops. Then, we chose a color for the sunroom, Benjamin Moore Tranquil Blue, and again didn’t think about the rest of the house. Double whoops. Luckily, these colors actually work together and are on opposite sides of the house, so no lasting harm done.
Once we started down the painting path, we decided we should make a plan for the color in the home. We wanted to make sure the rooms flowed into one another with purpose and that the colors didn’t clash when viewed through a doorway. We also considered our current furnishings, since we don’t have the budget or the will to shop for new furniture.
Here’s the plan for the main floor, which consists of the entryway, kitchen and living room. Yes, we are planning on painting the living a beautiful shade of pink called Wild Aster. It’s not meant to be feminine; rather, the idea was to find a color that looked great against the dark blue and worked with the peachy-pink sofa and red chairs already present in the room.
Clockwise from L: Benjamin Moore Wild Aster (living room), Behr Rain Forest (kitchen), Benjamin Moore Classic Gray (entry hallway)
For the upstairs, we’re planning the same color for the hallway, Benjamin Moore Classic Gray, and most likely will use our leftover Rain Forest blue for the hallway bathroom. Waste not, want not. The beige-y looking color (I know!) is actually a beautiful off white called Swiss Coffee that we will use in the first guest bedroom and the master bathroom. The second guest bedroom actually flows into the sunroom and can be seen from the hallway, so we chose Bird’s Egg, which is one color lighter than the color in the sunroom.
Clockwise from Upper L: Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee (master bath), Behr Rain Forest (hallway bathroom), Benjamin Moore Classic Gray (hallway), Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee (guest bedroom), Benjamin Moore Bird’s Egg (guest bedroom), Benjamin Moore Tranquil Blue (sunroom), Benjamin Moore Slip (master bedroom)
What do you think of our planned whole home color palette? What colors do you use for the different areas of your home?
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