We're trying to get away from our sterile neutral brown interior and get some color in our house. We just painted our half bath a beautiful shade of red (Wild Currant from Sherwin Williams). We were going for a reddish-burgundy, but it's definitely more red. We really like it though.
We're going to do a room a paycheck until the house is done. We have an open area between the kitchen and family room. Our couch/loveseat is a really dark burgundy. Our family room curtains are dark brown (hershey chocolate color). We were thinking a peanut butter color but I don't know that I want brown in the kitchen. We have brown cabinets. I'm not sure that we can do a color though (I really like the red's, but maybe that would be too much?). We have off white trim and doors. We have brown carpet, but will be getting hardwood floors in a couple years.
We also have a playroom that has chair rail and the entry way and living room. I think they should all coordinate but not be the same (you can see the family room and play room fromt the entryway).
Dh doesn't care for blues, yellows or greens. Which pretty much limits us.
Oh also, is eggshell finish pretty durable? We did semi-gloss in the bathroom. Is it best to do semi-gloss in the kitchen too (I seem to recall reading that humid rooms should be semi?) and eggshell everywhere else? I just want to be able to wash the walls!
We're going to do a room a paycheck until the house is done. We have an open area between the kitchen and family room. Our couch/loveseat is a really dark burgundy. Our family room curtains are dark brown (hershey chocolate color). We were thinking a peanut butter color but I don't know that I want brown in the kitchen. We have brown cabinets. I'm not sure that we can do a color though (I really like the red's, but maybe that would be too much?). We have off white trim and doors. We have brown carpet, but will be getting hardwood floors in a couple years.
We also have a playroom that has chair rail and the entry way and living room. I think they should all coordinate but not be the same (you can see the family room and play room fromt the entryway).
Dh doesn't care for blues, yellows or greens. Which pretty much limits us.
Oh also, is eggshell finish pretty durable? We did semi-gloss in the bathroom. Is it best to do semi-gloss in the kitchen too (I seem to recall reading that humid rooms should be semi?) and eggshell everywhere else? I just want to be able to wash the walls!
