(Or the one where she prattles on about beige paint for far too long.)
Ever since we whitewashed our brick fireplace, the need to paint our living room has been increasingly evident. Before we moved in, the house was painted a very flat, very boring beige. Now, most of the house had the trim re-painted white but in the living room area, the trim is still brown. After much discussion (we’re talking about 2 years worth!!) we have decided to keep the trim in this portion of the house brown. There is a HUGE bookcase against one wall, a wooden wall above the mantle, several doors and a stair banister that are all the same trim brown– and we’ve decided it actually IS a nice brown, and we like the coziness it brings.
BUT, that brings with it the trouble of trying to lighten up the room. The fireplace whitewash helped ALOT. And we are about to have oak floors installed in this same room.. which will both add to the coziness and add a little to the darkness. So, my issue is this:
Picking the Paint Color! Our furniture has cream, khaki and a bit of red in it. The floors will be dark brown, the trim is brown (which leads me to want a beige…) BUT, the fireplace brings in an element of “grayness” now. It looks great, but the room doesn’t get a lot of natural light so most beiges I’ve seen are almost too brown with the brown trim. Basically I’m afraid gray is too cool for the warm trim and Beige is too brown. Help.
Am I talking in circles here?
Have I lost you already?
Because this is how my thought pattern has been. IN CIRCLES.
I mean, good grief. It’s just paint. Right?
Except that the floors are now going to be installed in two weeks and they have recommended that we paint first (we will probably have to touch up after.) So I have to decide. And Lance told me as he left today, “Hey.. pick out a paint color today, ok?”
And I felt like he said, “hey give the kids three jars of glitter and then try to sweep it all up in 20 minutes, ok?” (I kid. He’s most helpful and does not ask too much. Ever.)
So I have about a dozen swatches and I’m going to get a few samples tomorrow– but here are the colors in the mean time.
Revere Pewter (This one I LOVE but all the photos I’ve seen have white trim.. so it looks crisp.)
Baby Fawn (This is actually part of the off-white collection.)
And even now, as I look at all of these they look exactly the same. So yeahhhh… But what are YOUR thoughts? lighter beige? lighter gray with warm undertones? Obviously, I’m headed to get samples and slap some of these up on the walls… I’m just doubting my own ability to choose.
Here’s some pictures of our house to help:
So I know I’m overthinking this. I KNOW I am.
And for the one reader who is still reading this, Thank you.
Any thoughts?!
Awwww….l say stay true to yourself, the Rever Pewter is beautiful and I think it will fit the room perfectly! Just my humble opinion lol
We painted almost our whole house Shaker Beige and absolutely love it. We don’t get much natural light due to tree coverage and have dark brown floors. We do have white trim, but I still think it’s a great color with the brown trim. Can you add some mirrors that will reflect light and increase the brightness?
I want to come over! BTW, I love the VDay Mantle. I guess you decided to undecorated Christmas afterall. 🙂
Lance Stuckey made me do it. 🙂
I completely understand your dilemma, I was in that same place for 1 year with the same color scheme! We lived for about 4 months with 7 different swipes on the wall for me to look at daily. I finally chose my color (Missions Beige from Sherwin Williams) and absolutely love it. It was worth the wait and indecisiveness to have the color just right. And, as Jay told me, if you don’t like it just repaint…yeah, right :):):)