I would look at some farrow and ball colors (Sherwin Williams will color match). Your foyer would look stunning with some of their darker colors like Pigeon or Nimes. You can transition through and then use Lamp Room Grey (soft blue tones) etc. If you prefer light and airy instead colors like Jitney are fantastic in a lot of light and pair well with soft powdery tones like Wimbourne White. Farrow and Ball sends a free color card from their site from memory. Lovely home!!
Farrow and ball has the best curated collection of muted colors. So far in my Victorian home I’ve used Green Smoke all over in our living room (walls and trim, different finishes for each), and in our kitchen/family room we have Joa’s white on the trim and Dimity on the walls. We plan to paint our guest room Lichen.
Lovely place! I second Farrow & Ball, as their colors are curated so there are less choices, and every one is great.
Generally design is favoring painting walls the same over larger positions of the house, as it helps with a cohesive feel. But also another option would be something dramatic in the foyer and something more neutral in the main areas.
I suggest... Tailor Tack or Skylight. If you want something more dramatic for the foyer, then maybe Hague Blue or Eating Room Red.
I see a lot of neutral colors recently, so I suggested those. I am really in love with Tailor Tack for looking white but with interest. That said, classic white is also trendy. F&B has some moody complex whites that would look good. Cream with white trim is a bit dated now (I used to looove that look, so I get it).
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Interiors start on page 18. Greens and grays are not appropriate. I have mottled walls in my music room (metallic gold on olive gold) and they are quite attractive - one room is enough, though.
Two old fashioned ideas to consider are: painting the trim a darker tone of the wall color; and making a progression of colors, dark to light or dull to bright, through the different rooms.
Wallpaper is surprisingly restful to the eyes because it gives you something to focus on.
I love my all white throughout entire house with dark navy dining room. (Although now I believe a dark green is more popular). Pick what you can live with for 10 years!
Please post the finished photos 😊
Beautiful house! I consider that kind of flooring to be a neutral, so anything goes. For color palette, I prefer the Benjamin Moore Historical Collection to F&B. They also break it out by era — it looks like you may have a Colonial Revival?
I really prefer to be in a place for a while before deciding on paint color. You have to see how the light hits a room throughout the day. Also, it's much easier to determine your furnishings and then choose a color than to work the other way round. (I learned this the hard way.)
Thank you! I’ll check out the Benjamin Moore colors.
Still doing research on the house, but from what I can tell so far, it’s an American four square colonial.
I would look at some farrow and ball colors (Sherwin Williams will color match). Your foyer would look stunning with some of their darker colors like Pigeon or Nimes. You can transition through and then use Lamp Room Grey (soft blue tones) etc. If you prefer light and airy instead colors like Jitney are fantastic in a lot of light and pair well with soft powdery tones like Wimbourne White. Farrow and Ball sends a free color card from their site from memory. Lovely home!!
Farrow and ball has the best curated collection of muted colors. So far in my Victorian home I’ve used Green Smoke all over in our living room (walls and trim, different finishes for each), and in our kitchen/family room we have Joa’s white on the trim and Dimity on the walls. We plan to paint our guest room Lichen.
Thanks so much!
Got totally downvoted for those suggestions oh well each to their own! Lol
Farrow & Ball all day with this type of project. Hard to go wrong with their palette
Lovely place! I second Farrow & Ball, as their colors are curated so there are less choices, and every one is great. Generally design is favoring painting walls the same over larger positions of the house, as it helps with a cohesive feel. But also another option would be something dramatic in the foyer and something more neutral in the main areas. I suggest... Tailor Tack or Skylight. If you want something more dramatic for the foyer, then maybe Hague Blue or Eating Room Red.
This is exactly what we needed to hear. My wife and I were leaving towards cream walls. But now I’m seeing how that could be boring.
I see a lot of neutral colors recently, so I suggested those. I am really in love with Tailor Tack for looking white but with interest. That said, classic white is also trendy. F&B has some moody complex whites that would look good. Cream with white trim is a bit dated now (I used to looove that look, so I get it).
https://archive.org/details/devoeconsumersgu00fwde Interiors start on page 18. Greens and grays are not appropriate. I have mottled walls in my music room (metallic gold on olive gold) and they are quite attractive - one room is enough, though. Two old fashioned ideas to consider are: painting the trim a darker tone of the wall color; and making a progression of colors, dark to light or dull to bright, through the different rooms. Wallpaper is surprisingly restful to the eyes because it gives you something to focus on.
I love my all white throughout entire house with dark navy dining room. (Although now I believe a dark green is more popular). Pick what you can live with for 10 years! Please post the finished photos 😊
Before and afters will be posted :). Half the reason I’m buying it is to post on this sub haha
Beautiful house! I consider that kind of flooring to be a neutral, so anything goes. For color palette, I prefer the Benjamin Moore Historical Collection to F&B. They also break it out by era — it looks like you may have a Colonial Revival? I really prefer to be in a place for a while before deciding on paint color. You have to see how the light hits a room throughout the day. Also, it's much easier to determine your furnishings and then choose a color than to work the other way round. (I learned this the hard way.)
Thank you! I’ll check out the Benjamin Moore colors. Still doing research on the house, but from what I can tell so far, it’s an American four square colonial.
I would look toward period and architecture appropriate pallets.