Desperately need help choosing wall colors for open floor plan home with vaulted ceilings!
So I am having the worst time picking colors that flow from room to room. I really am drawn to jewel and fall tones and I want a cozy rich feel to my home. The problem is, I think I may either be making it too dark or not flow. So far I painted our 21 foot wall a dark chocolate brown. I was considering doing the other walls a beige, greige, taupe, or warm cream color.
I just don't know what will help the red transition to the living room with a darker accent wall, but yet have a lighter color that flows from the other walls in the living room to upstairs but doesn't clash with the fall hues I have chosen for the bedrooms on the second floor.
We are still remodeling so the floors will be a dark cherry red and we are hoping to add a built in bookcase framing the opening between the kitchen and the living room. That could be painted a light or dark color. The staircase wall will be removed and we will put actual posts and rails in. You can see down into the living room from the upstairs where the three bedrooms are and the bathroom are.
I don't have furniture yet and the style will be lots of textures, reclaimed woods, rubbed bronze, stone, linen, furs, knitted things, rustic, a little farmhouse, a little eclectic, with creams, chocolate browns brick reds, rust oranges, squash yellows, sage greens, and deep merlots. Any suggestions would be helpful, and so far the dining room is brick red, the guest bed is deep plum, the family room will be toasted squash color, the laundry room is putty grey (these are all down the hallway from the kitchen) the master bath is pumpkin orange, the master bedroom is brick red, the boys room will be brown, and the art room will be willow green.
I realize these are a lot of colors, but I am an artist and i adore color. I want the same feeling of fall, or fresh baked goods and cinnamon, warm knitted throws and a crackling fire, or candles on a winter evening. I love green, amber, turquoise, rust red, orange and brown
I just don't know what will help the red transition to the living room with a darker accent wall, but yet have a lighter color that flows from the other walls in the living room to upstairs but doesn't clash with the fall hues I have chosen for the bedrooms on the second floor.
We are still remodeling so the floors will be a dark cherry red and we are hoping to add a built in bookcase framing the opening between the kitchen and the living room. That could be painted a light or dark color. The staircase wall will be removed and we will put actual posts and rails in. You can see down into the living room from the upstairs where the three bedrooms are and the bathroom are.
I don't have furniture yet and the style will be lots of textures, reclaimed woods, rubbed bronze, stone, linen, furs, knitted things, rustic, a little farmhouse, a little eclectic, with creams, chocolate browns brick reds, rust oranges, squash yellows, sage greens, and deep merlots. Any suggestions would be helpful, and so far the dining room is brick red, the guest bed is deep plum, the family room will be toasted squash color, the laundry room is putty grey (these are all down the hallway from the kitchen) the master bath is pumpkin orange, the master bedroom is brick red, the boys room will be brown, and the art room will be willow green.
I realize these are a lot of colors, but I am an artist and i adore color. I want the same feeling of fall, or fresh baked goods and cinnamon, warm knitted throws and a crackling fire, or candles on a winter evening. I love green, amber, turquoise, rust red, orange and brown
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I am working with a client who also has vaulted ceilings and wishes the Tuscan look (they also have Brazilian cherry floors), which appears to be the colours you prefer. We are also using red but it is an accent wall in their dining room (we have also used it in their powder room) Benjamin Moore Moroccan Spice AF-285. Their main colour is Pearl Harbor 2165-50 (also Benjamin Moore), it is warm, rich, works well with cherry floors, and is light without having lost character so there is some depth to the colour. In dark hallways without windows we used Benjamin Moore Kansas Grain 2160-60 and in their office, dark beige 2165-40 (which is in the tan tones). If you like a soft gold I find Dorset Gold HC-8 lovely, pairs beautifully with red, this has been used in their bedroom. All are a lovely, warm, rich colour pallet, worth looking into.
Please consider the use of the red in your dining room, it shouldn't butt up against another colour but possibly be used as an accent wall.
Best of luck, it appears to be a beautiful home!
Really lovely space and I like that you're not afraid of color. It's going to be Gorgeous-I know it!!! Good Luck!
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If you do color, keep the ceilings in mind. I like color on the ceiling too.
As a girl who helps clients choose paint colors daily :), I admire your bold choices. I really like the linen idea. In fact, I like the white unfinished walls as a guide. There is something about the contrast of white (light) against dark that keeps things feeling contemporary. It could be a linen or cream, I would just keep it pretty light. Something that flows with your bricks. As long as you hang some light art for contrast against dark walls, I think you can make this work well.
Good Luck!
Good luck!
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I have a very hard time seeing the finished product because our house is a 70's home and needs a ton of detail work. I can understand why people don't see my vision, but it definitely helps to bounce ideas off each other, and some have been really good suggestions. Even though I am an artist, doesn't make me an interior decorator, i have found that sometimes my design can be a bit mismatched or even too matched. heres some pics of my old home, but keep in mind it was a rental and i could only do so much. I felt like it didn't quite make the mark for what i envision and never quite felt like a home.
I have the same type of vaulted ceiling in my living room and I too did chocolate and I love it better than expected especially with the light thru the windows. Some sugGestions that help me were: keep lower window treatments light and I used none on top, soft tones in a sofa paired with dark accent chairs or vice versa turn out great, lighter rug with wood furniture look great. also someone suggested painting the fireplace w light tones, or light stone work would look perfecto w your walls. You could even paint that pipe black. In my opinion, you could throw any color you like in there with basic brown tone walls n furniture.
However, in my kitchen I played out the opposite structure to have a flow of the two rooms. Meaning I did light walls with dark furniture. My kitchen does not have vaunted ceilings and has a similar heights and I found lighter worked better on the walls (painted em 3 times, twice myself and the final color and best professional laugh out loud) with back splash med/ dark tile,, bar stools dark choco, kitchen table med brown with overall red/orange decor
Even though you n hubby have different color palettes, it seems both your taste marry well, like his rustic goes really well with your fall warm. Any time impicture fall warm it always seems to sit wirhin a rustic theme. His antlers could go great with some purple art or candles. Heehee.
Overall, love your and his taste. Love your chocolate walls, kitchen may need a lighter color, bt still like the color, and you can always combine both your taste with art, antlers, candles, rugs. And make things flow with some personal items, like pictures of the family in the woods, or on a fall day, etc. personally that's how I made our rooms flow.
I hope these ideas help. And have fun!!!!