In my punch list help post I described the help I need. Here are some pics so you can get a better idea of what I'm facing.
Start here in the living room (CAVEAT-these rooms are a mess because they're being used for staging areas and will be severely edited once the rooms get put back together)
This shows the mantle to be painted, as well as the brick on the FP. China cabinet, two side chairs and end table and coffee table also will be painted. Oh yeah, the walls in the LR as well as the floor. Chairs will be black with colorful fabric seats & pillows. Tables, FP and mantle white. Considering an ivory color for walls and possibly a very, very light tone of the walls for the ceiling. China cabinet-what color? Aqua is my first choice.
Front on china cabinet. You can see the hall from the LR. Beads are coming off the chandy and I'm adding a beautiful medallian to the ceiling above the chandy.
Dining room on the other side of the LR. These stupid shared walls make me nuts-how to paint them? The DR is going to be painted a deep pumpkin color (you can get a glimpse of the sample on the left). IRL the room is not so ketchupy red, but it DOES need repainting. The blinds in the windows in the DR are similar in color to the bamboo blind in my inspo pic. We are flirting with adding some decorative columns on these common walls, but not stuck on that by any means.
The hideous, circusy hallway was painted years ago before we put in new lighting in that hall. It is dark, even with the directional lighting and some day we'll have recessed lighting installed, but until then we are limited for light. I did the yellow to brighten it up. I think I was on some weird medication at the time.
White door is the new broom closet, and opposite is some more built in storage. Keeping the black shelf & mirror as well as the photo gallery and the book cases.
For this room, I was originally thinking to paint it pale aqua in inspo pic, but now i'm leaning to the same ivory as the LR. Do I paint all the doors white as the trim or ivory as the walls? Do the doors and the door trim have to be the same color? In other words, door trim and door in ivory, door trim in white and door in ivory, or door & trim in white?
And what about the ends of the common walls? What color? Ivory or the white of the rest of the trim, even tho this is wall, not trim?
This doorway leading to the library is framed out with molding, as is the doorway leading to the family room addition. You will notice that the DR and LR and the hall doorway that adjoins them are not trimmed out, they're just plastered and painted the current hall color. I'm standing against the wall between the DR & LR for this shot. Broom closet to the right-that wall is recessed back about 10"
Library/Hall common wall. See what I mean about that stupid common wall edge? I also realized that since I'm going to paint the DR orange, that library wall needs to be changed. So now I'm leaning toward the turquoise for THAT small wall with the cream and orange beyond it. All within the color scheme.
Semi-built ins. We're going to reconfigure them, rearrange the shelves and remove the doors on the unit on the end. The whole thing will be repainted white, and I want to paint the backs-orange? lime green? turquoise? Also-since we're pulling them out to re-do them-should i paint that hideous faux brick behind? Or just leave it, since you really can't see it. Bear in mind the junk on top is being heavily edited (as are the bookshelves), but this room is VERY ecclectic and whimsical.
Not touching the wood panelling. I LOVE it, the patina is amazing. This is the other end of the house-the FR addition. We just finished this room-completely painted, new floors, etc. So it's done. The green colors didn't photograph true, but the accompany the inspiration palette.
Facing farthest north end of house
Turned back looking to front of house.
So-there you have it-my ridiculously eccelectic and hideously colored problem. Remember, this is my color palette I am going to go with and I AM going with the orange for the DR and keeping the turquoise in the LR as the sofa is a shade that compliments the palette. Everything else is paintable.
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