One of my projects in August is to paint my kitchen and decorate it. Every wall in our new home is white and I think the first white to go needs to be the kitchen. It needs some personality. My first inspiration for the room was based on my plate from Spain. I love this plate. I got it in this cool, little hand craft shop in Salamanca when I was living there. Anyway, I was thinking of painting the kitchen a pale yellow and making the curtains blue since I didn't want blue walls in the kitchen and I'm not into pink kitchens either. I don't know- it's hard to make these colors look classy.
My other problem is that I have this wall in the eating area that needs a large, beautiful painting. I've found a bunch of paintings I love, but none of them that have this color scheme. In fact, almost all of them are Tuscany landscapes that have earthy tones. It's more tan, mustard yellow, and dark orange and red. I'm toying with the idea of painting the walls gray to match the flecks in the flooring or a dark, dark red, but I don't think that goes with my light oak cabinets. I definitely don't want burnt orange walls reminding me of the 70s or Halloween gone bad. Oh, the quandary. The color wheel is not my friend right now. What do you think?
One of my projects in August is to paint my kitchen and decorate it. Every wall in our new home is white and I think the first white to go needs to be the kitchen. It needs some personality. My first inspiration for the room was based on my plate from Spain. I love this plate. I got it in this cool, little hand craft shop in Salamanca when I was living there. Anyway, I was thinking of painting the kitchen a pale yellow and making the curtains blue since I didn't want blue walls in the kitchen and I'm not into pink kitchens either. I don't know- it's hard to make these colors look classy.
My other problem is that I have this wall in the eating area that needs a large, beautiful painting. I've found a bunch of paintings I love, but none of them that have this color scheme. In fact, almost all of them are Tuscany landscapes that have earthy tones. It's more tan, mustard yellow, and dark orange and red. I'm toying with the idea of painting the walls gray to match the flecks in the flooring or a dark, dark red, but I don't think that goes with my light oak cabinets. I definitely don't want burnt orange walls reminding me of the 70s or Halloween gone bad. Oh, the quandary. The color wheel is not my friend right now. What do you think?
Ugh, Richard and I have decided that it's easier to name a baby than it is to choose paint colors. :) I vote for grays/neutrals... that way you can spice it up with (easily changeable) accents in your favorite color du jour without having to repaint everything.
ReplyDeleteAwesome quilting lately, btw! :)
Taupe or Mustard. Beautiful plate! Go for it! If you use the taupes/greys for the walls, you can still do splashes of mustard. But I think at least one wall could be bright.
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