Dining room wallpaper removed, now what? Need paint help.
Large, formal dining room measures 12.5 X 17. Furniture, carpet and drapes must stay which is why I am having problems choosing paint.
Furniture is dark Colonial Chippendale/ Queen ann style.
Wall 1 has large bay window facing North/Northwest. I have two drapery panels that match chair seats for each side of the bay window.
Wall 2 has built in china cabinets with window seat in center. Faces north east.
wall 3 has opening into Kitchen and an interior window (also facing kitchen). Under window I have a sofa table with 2 stools (not shown)
wall 4 has opening into foyer and fireplace (non working, faux).
The carpet is an oriental with dark green background and shades of a taupe with lavender undertones.
All fabric is an ivory tone on tone stripe with yellow tones.
Bottom has wainscoting which I was planning to paint decorators white.
I have a large mirror for over the faux fireplace and I have two tall buffet lamps that go on sofa table ( lamps do not have to stay.
Some items (single stools under sofa table and buffet lamps) were moved out of room for wall paper removal.
I have picked out samples of Monroe Bisque and Elephant Tusk to try.
Furniture is dark Colonial Chippendale/ Queen ann style.
Wall 1 has large bay window facing North/Northwest. I have two drapery panels that match chair seats for each side of the bay window.
Wall 2 has built in china cabinets with window seat in center. Faces north east.
wall 3 has opening into Kitchen and an interior window (also facing kitchen). Under window I have a sofa table with 2 stools (not shown)
wall 4 has opening into foyer and fireplace (non working, faux).
The carpet is an oriental with dark green background and shades of a taupe with lavender undertones.
All fabric is an ivory tone on tone stripe with yellow tones.
Bottom has wainscoting which I was planning to paint decorators white.
I have a large mirror for over the faux fireplace and I have two tall buffet lamps that go on sofa table ( lamps do not have to stay.
Some items (single stools under sofa table and buffet lamps) were moved out of room for wall paper removal.
I have picked out samples of Monroe Bisque and Elephant Tusk to try.
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I have green in kitchen. Don't wanna go too dark, really just want to time down the yellow tone in the drape and chair fabric.
I have two paint colors to try ( elephant tusk and Monroe bisque) and then will pick trim color.
Thanks for commenting. I'd love to can the drapes but then chairs need recovering. :(
We're close to retirement so I don't want to commit to any wallpaper and then have a realtor tell me to take it down. We're not sure if we'll be here 5 yrs or 10 at this point.
Oriental is very good quality but was picked to go with wallpaper that was removed, and I now find that working around it ( and the existing fabric also picked because it went with wallpaper) is a challenge.
Hopefully I'll find a paint color that works, I'm trying not to have to try 50 different colors to get the right one.
beautiful dining room. Love the windows.
What about this goldtone from Benjamin Moore (aptly called: goldtone) http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/oc-112#ce_s=goldtone
Or if you look at the sherwin-williams site, they have their colours divided in cool neutrals, warm neutrals, different whites.... perhaps you can find your shade of paint there.
http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/
Different lighting fixtures could make the room less formal. Also... the swag/drape is the almost definition of 'formal', so if you could remove that entirely or do a straighter one (sorry, not English, so not sure what the right word is :-)), it would have an effect on the feel of the room.
On the bay window, we had 2 drape panels on either side of window with a large swag treatment (similar to the one you mentioned on my other window) and we are removing the large swag and just replacing the side panels. Don't have that option on the window seat treatment, so it is either have no treatment on that window or the one showing.
As mentioned I did not want to get new treatments because the chairs are covered with same fabric. The person that made the drapes did a wonderful job, they are lined and interlined with bump cloth, making them drape beautifully.
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
My plan was just to remove the wallpaper and "spruce up" the room a bit. Don't want to change the drapes or carpet, so looking for nice wall cover that will blend well with those items and flow well to adjoining rooms.
rhine river
I'll ck that color against both.
Thanks for commenting.
Thank you.
And may I suggest that your may want to recover the seats of the chairs with a whatever that "rust" color is in the rug? It isn't hard to do at all. Just a screw driver to take off the seat and a staple gun and fabric. I did my chairs after 15 years, (I had the same plain fabric as you) and wondered why I hadn't done it sooner.
My carpet background color is green, so it must be reading differently on your monitor.
I know I would have many more choices if I didn't keep fabric and carpet, but that is not in the picture right now. Bathroom remodel took a bundle!
I have considered that option. I have more fabric from the swag that was over bay window.
I'll make the decision once paint is up and room is done,
Which again proves that judging colours from photos and monitors is almost impossible :-) Ah well, whatever paint colour you choose, just do a tester first on a large sheet of white cardboard (poster board?) and place it against all the walls, look at it in different lights and then you can see if it's the right colour for your room.
A soft greenish blue or blueish green for your walls?
Good one! That might be a contender. Worried it is a bit dark for my room, but in a dining room, that can be a good thing!
I think my carpet photo is showing blue on monitors, it is green background.
Anxious to get some samples on the wall this weekend!
Stay tuned to this channel for breaking news!!! LOL
If this is the color husband will have the room done by Sunday night.
Fingers crossed.
Hope it passes the night time test.
Match the seat cushions.
I couldn't tell much at night because the wainscot isn't white yet, we'll see.
Most of the walls are broken up by windows or openings so I don't think any wall will look too dark.
I think we might highlight the detail on the FP with the Bisque color and paint the rest White.
Any thoughts on that?
And I want to paint the old wooden rod and finials. Not sure what color. It is currently a gold color with a little white wash on it.
No other gold is in the room.
Light fixture and cabinet knobs are silvertone.
About the wooden rod and finials, I'm sorry... I can't come up with a bright idea for that :-) Other than painting it to match the wood of the dining table or just plain white.
It has raised detail that I thought would be nice to highlight with wall color.
I am trying to tone down the yellowish cast of the ivory drapes and worried that a white rod will only a accentuate that more.
Thinking a matte black against the Monroe Bisque or do you black is too dark? I do have a dark bronze framed mirror for over the fireplace.
No, I don't think you should highlight the detail in the fireplace. It won't add to the more contemporary look you are going for.
The curtain rods: matte black would be good I think. I was looking for some inspiration for your curtain rods and came across this ideabook. It has a couple of photos of very dark rods against lighter walls so you can get an idea:
We have determined that the china cabinets would benefit from a fresh coat of paint as well. Our cabinet person is coming to look at all the doors about spraying them and then husband will paint the frames.
We painted the drapery rod black and I love it. We also hung the new mirror over the FP. I am now on the hunt for other accessories and 2 buffet lamps.
I so wish I took a picture before the wall paper and the swag valance came down.
I will update pictures as soon as we finish accessories.
Once we painted, the china cabinets looked dingy, so we are having our cabinet maker spray the doors (12 of them) and husband will paint the entire framing of the wall to wall unit.
Once that is done, we're finished.
We took the photos after the wallpaper was taken down, so I don't have a true "before" photo. But the bay window had a formal swoopy valance (similar to the one shown on other window in before pics)
We kept and re hung the long drapes using new rings we bought and re-purposed the rod by painting it and the new rings black. Wall color is BM Monroe Bisque, lower half is Decorator's White.
We also kept the existing furniture and carpet. Mirror is new.
We spent less than $1000 including wallpaper removal, paint, drapery rings and having the china cabinet doors sprayed. My husband did all the rest of the painting.
I'm still looking for a "statement" centerpiece for table.
We're happy with the "spruce up".
table runner? you could also keep tits bits already with you in the corners of your bay window..
love that buffet lamps match your chandelier :D even though they are a diff colour.. coordinated! :)
The mirror and 2 floral arrangements are so nice.
The black shades provide a lovely accent.
I look forward to seeing the "statement" centerpiece for table that you choose.
Is the field of your rug blue?
[I thought green had been mentioned in a previous comment upthread.]
I ask because I am preparing to finally tackle our dining room which is presently a hodge podge of odds and ends.
The Monroe Bisque looks great with black accents and I like the contrast with the white wainscoting.
It's a calm relief from the previous wallpaper I had, that was nice but we needed a change.
It also looks very nice with the blue and white pottery.
Glad you like it.
Try a sample!
It does not work (is not electric or have any fake logs) it is just a focal point.
I guess they used to have these in houses for some purpose because there is a hole in the bottom of the metal..
It also came with a wooden "hearth" piece painted like marble but we had to remove it.
When we found this in an antique store, the marble part was covered in peel and stick brown and gold tiles. I removed those by heating with hair dryer.
I knew it would look good because I had already found another one a few years before in even better condition (no peel and stick) and that one is in my bedroom.
Much nicer than any I've seen at
JCP etc.