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Someone just followed that X post with this!
Hate crime INDEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree on the Birdies. Go with the wool.
I know that I am fussy…the Birdies are too ” pointed” for me. I seriously like a lot of the sneakers, but they do not work for me during fall and winter. I do appreciate the input, and I am still looking.
Almost October and the geraniums in the crowd ;) look just perfect.
This is one geranium, with a euphorbia, all in one pot....
I have never begun a room with paint. Maybe it's a rug, maybe it's the bedding, maybe it's art. But four blank walls and flooring is too much a blank slate, especially when paint technology will allow a tweak of a color to a fraction of what you see on a chip.
How are you sampling, ..........and you seem to be doing this?!
No, no, and . NO one thousand times.
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No wonder you are stuck! Nobody can tell the effect of a color on four walls in a room from that! I mean nobody.
Why green at all, unless there is something you have with a certain green in it ( other than the window? ) ? Why taupe? What is the why of Coastal Fog or ANY other color?
Sheen alone can highlight trim, even when painted same color as walls, and there is no law that dictates highlight beyond that, unless it is what you want. Is the stained glass window becoming your dictator? It should not be. You installed it? It was not in the previous owners room....or they blanked it ?
Rorah up above gave you two pretty mock ups, but with a FINISHED room. Wildly different paint colors, right?
Begin with something other than the paint, because any good Ben Moore store can match a leaf in a tree, or grass on the ground.
LRV is not a thing I wring a hand on. Sorry to the techs. I look at a color and ask....What is the sense of the color? what am I going for? If I see a hint of some hue I do not want? I know the flaw will be be magnified on four walls.
My client fought me tooth and nail on this room below. I WANTED to swallow the matched furniture he so loved, looming starkly against sad panty hose tan walls, .....I won.
What's the name of it? Can't remember, but the painting was the kick start because it was one of his favorites, Also a toile on a wing chair not in view. It's not an "exact" match, it is the sense of the oil painting and harmonizes with the toile.
Once in a while, I want more than what any paint color will deliver.....sometimes it's a grass cloth
Or I want a neutral that doesn't go flat and adding texture and depth in a grass is lovely.
What is my point in all of this? I will use Rosemary Sprig as example, three images.... Which is most appealing, and I ask rhetorically....as you note the paint names on the first, where ANY of the three shades of green would have been successful.
Beginnings are not paint. the feeling is the beginning. Gather the rest of the room, and until you have true inspiration, be it a rug, a painting, a fabulous lumbar pillow, a duvet cover, SOMETHING? Paint all your tests away clean up, Rolllll and use Ben Moore Navajo White. You may even decide to keep it.
See OP’s other post - https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6587949/tudor-exterior-update
I like the Black Fox paint on the garage door. More subtle than black-black. Your house is totally adorable.
A simple wood valance, either painted or stained, to hide the shade as Patricia suggests would work. No need to try and match fabrics. There are lots of vendors on Etsy selling them.
Another angle
Perhaps something even narrower like this would work https://www.chairish.com/product/4777356/english-mahogany-cabinet
Mirrors on the walls are not going to make or break a sale. The two steps down into the living room could break a sale.
Add some grids.
Are you able to open the left door on the current refrigerator where it currently is?
Note that AI placed the built-in coffee machine in your rendering too low to be used comfortably/safely ... unless you want small kids to have access to hot liquids.
What don't you like about the current location of the fridge?
I agree with the others - I would hate having a fridge that far out of the kitchen.
The thing that first strikes me about your upper cabinets is how high they are. I'm short, and I am not confident I could even reach into them. I would remove the uppers and the shelves in a hot minute. Unfortunately I don't have any great ideas on what color would be appropriate.
I'm curious - what does that wall look like from the outside? Isn't it weird having the range hood vent sticking out right under the middle window?
Have you ever used the pot filler?