San Francisco Bay Area - I am considering gold in our family room ... and beyond.

by kalonakoma

I am considering gold in our family room ... and beyond.

I am considering painting the family room a gold, a shade lighter than what you see on the fireplace. This colour would also go down the hall and a very tiny amount into our kitchen. The kitchen opens into the dining and living rooms so I have to consider them also. The furniture in the dining room is black with glass table top ... so I think the gold would go nicely in there. I'm not sure where I should stop with the gold ... or if I should just do the whole area. I like my rooms dark, but not to the point where they would look depressing. The view is north facing. The living room is the room that gets the bright light from the East in the mornings. The family room gets zero sun.

I appreciate that you've taken the time to share your thoughts.

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Denice Shuty I would call the fireplace a tawny yellow, to go lighter you would actually be in the butter family, not gold. I would go darker, in a khaki, warm gray to balance the visual heaviness of your flooring and furniture. Or get rid of the yellow fireplace surround, cover it in a veneer stone, and do a pale blue-gray on the walls. Right now your room is bottom-weighted - the walls and ceiling look detached.

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Carolyn Albert-Kincl Design I wish you'd consider a more khaki color instead of gold. Take a look at Sherwin-Williams 6149 Relaxed Khaki. I'd like to see somewhat of a contrast between the fireplace surround and the wall color. If #6149 is too dark, try a shade lighter, but I think that Relaxed Khaki can add interest to your very nice room. It would be easy to change to a shade lighter in the hallway.
Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID

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kalonakoma This is my area rug.

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kalonakoma ... and the other side of the room. That cord chair is a green. The other photos make it look kind of grey.

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Carolyn Albert-Kincl Design It's a beautiful rug. Try the colors I mentioned above.

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kalonakoma I just checked the colour out. Wow! Pretty. It's sort of taupe isn't it. I hadn't even considered that colour. Hmm. See the back of the picture above the couch? What do you think of that colour?

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Carolyn Albert-Kincl Design It's certainly a possibility but it will fade away against the fireplace surround, which is okay. I think the other color might be more interesting. But you are there and I am not!

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judyg Look at BM Gull Wing Grey.

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kalonakoma Re:SW 6149 ... Hours later I am sitting here looking at that paint chip again and now it doesn't look taupe at all. It has a lovely greenish hint to it. It looks rather like my green cord chair in this light.

What about doing something amazing with the weird fireplace we inherited when we bought. Is there something we could do ourselves or would it be a major undertaking?

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fairyk you can go for light gold or butter color it will looks more good asyou have mentioned about bright light from the East in the mornings.it will also gives you warm ans shinny feelings but you should also change your interiors because its looks so scattered.

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Carolyn Albert-Kincl Design I can't tell what your fireplace is made of....stucco, tile, what? You could create a stainless steel mantel the width of the fireplace, approximately 6" high x the depth of the fireplace surround.

Or you could tile from the mantel to the ceiling with large tiles, or even with mosaic tiles. You could also use a combination of these ideas.
Carolyn Albert-Kincl, ASID

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kalonakoma If i paint the khaki colour on the walls,, what colour would i paint my cement fireplace?

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JWinteriors Paint fireplace surround dapper tan or hopsack from sherwin williams. It is darker than the khaki color but it keeps things warm. Kind of picks up the color of the matting on the picture.

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njmomma *****

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