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MegZee
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what color walls....
i hate asking paint questions, but i have ONE more room to paint
now for downstairs, our formal living room (flows into our office) looks like this:
but the wall to the left is gone now, so its an L-shaped room (ignore the mess please!)
what color should I paint it? (i am painting the same color in that corner part as well)
we are ordering leather couches in a chocolate color.
I was thinking a mauve or green (FH is against green though )
would mavue look OK againt the fireplace??
eta: there wont be beige carpet - there are hardwoods underneath we are having refinished.
Message edited 3/7/2007 8:56:20 AM.
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annienyc
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Re: what color walls....
I would go wtih a light tan or goldish color with the dark furniture and fireplace. We painted our liv room Golden Tan by BM and it is sorta a yellow-ish, goldish, tan...works really nice with our wood moldings and furniture.
Would you consider painting the brick around the fireplace white? I think it would really pop in the room.
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sunnyplus3
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Re: what color walls....
IMO because of the brick you have to be careful with pink tones like Mauve...it may pull out weird tones in the brick. I think a great rich BM beige/tan/carmel color would be awesome with your chocolate sofas, then you can use pillows, window treatments & accessories in the color you like.
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| Posted 3/7/07 8:59 AM |
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MegZee
My bunny
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Re: what color walls....
the entire entryway, den (except for one red wall) and upstairs hallway is beige. im so sick of beige!
we dont want to paint the brick either.
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| Posted 3/7/07 9:00 AM |
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lululu
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Re: what color walls....
I would paint it a light sagey green color... I always like that color with brown leather.
ETA: what color are you painting the DR or is that staying beige?
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| Posted 3/7/07 9:02 AM |
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MegZee
My bunny
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Re: what color walls....
the whole L-shaped part is going to be one color. I like green, FH doesnt. but I think i'll win. 
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PotofLuck06
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Re: what color walls....
Posted by KellyFG
IMO because of the brick you have to be careful with pink tones like Mauve...it may pull out weird tones in the brick. I think a great rich BM beige/tan/carmel color would be awesome with your chocolate sofas, then you can use pillows, window treatments & accessories in the color you like.
I like this idea. You could get mauve/red colored pillows, window treatments with a tan colored wall.
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PotofLuck06
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Re: what color walls....
Posted by Meaghan729
the whole L-shaped part is going to be one color. I like green, FH doesnt. but I think i'll win.
Green works too. I liked the soft greens I've been seeing in people's homes during our house search.
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| Posted 3/7/07 9:26 AM |
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MrsA
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Re: what color walls....
I wouldnt do a mauve color.
I was going to suggest a warm tan / beige or a goldish yellow like BM's dorset gold or chestertown buff.
I think a light taupe shade would look nice also.
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| Posted 3/7/07 9:38 AM |
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nixy
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Re: what color walls....
what about a more khaki color? So it's somewhere btwn green/brown/beige.
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| Posted 3/7/07 10:19 AM |
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skew
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Re: what color walls....
why not paint the wall on the right a green and the wall to the left a warm tan or vice versa? this will allow for room separation.
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pharmcat2000
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Re: what color walls....
If DH won't agree to a green, how about a shade of blue? It would look nice with the brown and won't interfere with the brick on the fireplace.
Message edited 3/10/2007 5:45:08 AM.
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Re: what color walls....
Posted by KellyFG
IMO because of the brick you have to be careful with pink tones like Mauve...it may pull out weird tones in the brick. I think a great rich BM beige/tan/carmel color would be awesome with your chocolate sofas, then you can use pillows, window treatments & accessories in the color you like.
I agree with this also the brown might make the room more purple than mauve ontop of throwing the brick color off. If your DH doesnt want to do green how about a blue tone. Blue and brown look so nice together and if your whole house is tan then I probably would stay away from that also.
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| Posted 3/10/07 8:18 AM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: what color walls....
I found some pics of rooms with brick & brown leather, or just brown leather so you can get more ideas
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| Posted 3/10/07 8:50 AM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: what color walls....
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| Posted 3/10/07 9:16 AM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: what color walls....
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I have chocolate leather in our basement TV room & I went w/the brown & blue
from christmas but you get the idea
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| Posted 3/10/07 9:24 AM |
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Nicole728
My Happy Girl
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Re: what color walls....
I would do the light green or anything light or neutral (Even though your sick of it)
um..and didn't Mike not like the cowgirl blue idea and now he likes it?
oh yeah and the woman is always right 
when your done wanna come paint my whole house since your so inspired?
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