Need help on Paint for Kitchen & Living Room

9 years ago

My living room is a north facing room medium size a blank canvas. My Kitchen is South Facing with a couple of large windows but White Gloss Cabinets. Both rooms at the moment are white and feel clinical, I would like to use the same paint colour for ease. I have recently used Valspar Mix but disappointed so Dulux Heritage possibly? Or Dulux or Farrow & Ball/Fired Earth (just the cost!!)
I have oatmeal wool couches so I don't want the north facing room to feel cream and old. I want a modern twist that is cosy, warming and relaxing and an easy pallet to add additional colours.
The Kitchen I would like to feel less clinical, it's where we spend all our time so again cosy. I had picked a grey (cool vapour Valspar) but after painting my hall I'm worried it will be blue. Again it needs to be an easy pallet to add pictures, bold colours to so a functional base. F&B colours I was thinking were Skimming Stone (but appears brown in north facing!) I have about 20 sample pots and fed up of buying more that the colour just does not match!

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OnePlan
9 years ago
Might be time to call in someone to help onsite - F&B have colourists who visit - as do Laura Ashley and then there's a whole host of independent designers - the main issue, I believe, when you want to get a look that's the same in both rooms - is the light ... you probably will need two shades of the same colour - one lighter for the darker room and one darker for the lighter room - then they should give the same tonal feel from one room to the next ( speaking from experience in my own home - I'm a planning geek not a colourist !) I think that little Greene do shades of the same colours - and obviously dulux do - ie choose from the same paint sample card - but if you really can't find the right shade - I'd strongly suggest you ask for someone to come to see what light/dark situation you have and they can advise accordingly ! It will be worth the investment!!
Lee Ann McGee
9 years ago
Try FB cornforth white. It's great in any light. Light gray that doesn't go blue. Classy and elegant. Pay no attention to the way the shade looks on the can or in the chart for any of their paints. Buy a sample pot and paint your own poster board. You will love it !
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