Decorating and Design - Colour for foyer walls
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heleninBC
11-01-06, 05:23 PM
Could anyone help me plan the colors for my foyer walls? I have stripped the wallpaper. The trim will all be white, like the front door. I plan to change the parquet floor to a slate-look tile soon.
The living room (through the french doors) is painted in a colour called Warm Muffin from Behr Paint, which is a muddy yellow. (doesn't sound nice but it is)
I think we should keep the foyer rather neutral. We don't want anything too dramatic, but I'd like to try to have colours through the house that 'flow' together. Nothing besides the living room has been painted yet, so the Warm Muffin is a starting point.
Couple of other questions: The living room won't have the white trim (or anything white) so we were thinking of getting french doors that are stain grade, staining the living room sides, and painting the foyer sides...would that be too odd?
I think we have to stick with white doors and trim since the whole foyer and the rest of the house is going to have white doors and trim.
Here is a link to the pictures...
http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b383/quackbucket/Foyer%20pictures/
The living room (through the french doors) is painted in a colour called Warm Muffin from Behr Paint, which is a muddy yellow. (doesn't sound nice but it is)
I think we should keep the foyer rather neutral. We don't want anything too dramatic, but I'd like to try to have colours through the house that 'flow' together. Nothing besides the living room has been painted yet, so the Warm Muffin is a starting point.
Couple of other questions: The living room won't have the white trim (or anything white) so we were thinking of getting french doors that are stain grade, staining the living room sides, and painting the foyer sides...would that be too odd?
I think we have to stick with white doors and trim since the whole foyer and the rest of the house is going to have white doors and trim.
Here is a link to the pictures...
http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b383/quackbucket/Foyer%20pictures/
Annette
11-03-06, 09:29 AM
the Warm Muffin paint in your living room isn't enough of a starting point to select a color for the foyer. what OTHER colors are in the LR? upholstery, curtains, accessories, etc????
however, i would wait to decide on paint til you have selected and purchased your new tile for the floor.
however, i would wait to decide on paint til you have selected and purchased your new tile for the floor.
twelvepole
11-03-06, 08:05 PM
Yes, that foyer is mighty plain. No jazz, no pizazz! Did I spy red upholstery through the glass doors?
What is that in the corner? Coat closet? If redoing foyer, eliminate it. It looks awkward. Sure hope it's not housing part of your HVAC system.
Beautiful light fixture!
Do I spy green through another glass door and green walls where the ladder is leaning? Green and yellow, that's good. Still thinking I saw red.
Blue? Yes, I saw a blue purse and a blue ball. I think we might be cooking!
Do you have a piece of art, an area rug, upholstery, a piece of ceramic that contains your colors and can stand as your color palette from which to draw at least three of your colors with which you can work and serve as your guide?
What to do with your foyer? Yes, you can paint it the most neutral color of your palette, but you need splashes of color in accessories, art, rug or something that whets the appetite for the colors beyond the foyer. You want the colors to flow! It sounds like the muffin yellow will likely be your most neutral color.
So, you need to start at the foyer with the introductory splashes of color. Each room can have one of those colors dominate and the other two can be in pillows, art, accessories, fabric, window treatments, flower arrangements, etc. Colors can be carried throughout the house in varying amounts to give you the flow you desire. An accent wall can be a focal point with one of your colors.
We need more info about what is in your home and beyond those closed doors in order to help with your selection. Perhaps some pictures of the other rooms would be very helpful. A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say.
What is that in the corner? Coat closet? If redoing foyer, eliminate it. It looks awkward. Sure hope it's not housing part of your HVAC system.
Beautiful light fixture!
Do I spy green through another glass door and green walls where the ladder is leaning? Green and yellow, that's good. Still thinking I saw red.
Blue? Yes, I saw a blue purse and a blue ball. I think we might be cooking!
Do you have a piece of art, an area rug, upholstery, a piece of ceramic that contains your colors and can stand as your color palette from which to draw at least three of your colors with which you can work and serve as your guide?
What to do with your foyer? Yes, you can paint it the most neutral color of your palette, but you need splashes of color in accessories, art, rug or something that whets the appetite for the colors beyond the foyer. You want the colors to flow! It sounds like the muffin yellow will likely be your most neutral color.
So, you need to start at the foyer with the introductory splashes of color. Each room can have one of those colors dominate and the other two can be in pillows, art, accessories, fabric, window treatments, flower arrangements, etc. Colors can be carried throughout the house in varying amounts to give you the flow you desire. An accent wall can be a focal point with one of your colors.
We need more info about what is in your home and beyond those closed doors in order to help with your selection. Perhaps some pictures of the other rooms would be very helpful. A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say.