Furniture, Wood and Cabinetry Finishing - Help! Everything Is A Different Color!!
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09-22-01, 07:30 PM
Can someone give me ideas on bringing unity to my Living/Dining Room? I have several antique pieces that I love that are dark, a relatively newer d/r table & chairs in a light reddish oak, an unfinished custom entertainment center (pine, etc.) and cherry veneer endtables.
I love each of the pieces, but hate that everything is a different color. I would like to paint/refinish everything for some unity, but have no idea where to start.
Can someone please help me? I don't know what to do! Thanks!
I love each of the pieces, but hate that everything is a different color. I would like to paint/refinish everything for some unity, but have no idea where to start.
Can someone please help me? I don't know what to do! Thanks!
Resqman
09-26-01, 10:40 AM
"I have several antique pieces that I love that are dark, a relatively newer d/r table & chairs in a light reddish oak, an unfinished custom entertainment center (pine, etc.) and cherry veneer endtables."
I am somewhat of a furniture snob so take that into consideration when you read my reply.
You don't specify but it sounds like the antique peices are the dark pieces. PLEASE don't paint wood furniture. The only fix after a piece has been painted is a complete refinish job which is seldom good for a antique.
Cherry is usually towards the darker end of the spectrum. Leave alone. The only problem seems to be the UNFINISHED entertainment center. Stain and finish to be somewhere either near the cherry or dark antique pieces. Once they are all dark, it will not stand out so much and all the pieces will seem to go together.
It is also OK for the two rooms to be different but similar. The change in furniture styles and colors as you move from the mostly matching reddish oak dining room to the mostly dark wood living room helps to define the transition from the two different functions of the rooms.
If you want to pull the rooms together, use similar colors in the decorating. For instance say you choose to use Navy, Forest Green, and Maroon. In the dining room, choose the maroon as the primary color to accentuate the reddish hues of the furniture with green and navy as accent colors. Maybe install a plate rail or chair rail and paint the lower walls maroon. Wallpaper the other portion of the wall with a paper introducing the other two colors.
In the living room, you could have one accent wall painted either the navy or green. The carpet, pillows, upholstry, candles, wall art, etc. could incoporate the three colors.
Now the rooms are unifed through color but each with their own distintive overriding color. The furniture is similar within each room. The difference in color helps to define the two spaces into lounging/entertaining and dining.
I am somewhat of a furniture snob so take that into consideration when you read my reply.
You don't specify but it sounds like the antique peices are the dark pieces. PLEASE don't paint wood furniture. The only fix after a piece has been painted is a complete refinish job which is seldom good for a antique.
Cherry is usually towards the darker end of the spectrum. Leave alone. The only problem seems to be the UNFINISHED entertainment center. Stain and finish to be somewhere either near the cherry or dark antique pieces. Once they are all dark, it will not stand out so much and all the pieces will seem to go together.
It is also OK for the two rooms to be different but similar. The change in furniture styles and colors as you move from the mostly matching reddish oak dining room to the mostly dark wood living room helps to define the transition from the two different functions of the rooms.
If you want to pull the rooms together, use similar colors in the decorating. For instance say you choose to use Navy, Forest Green, and Maroon. In the dining room, choose the maroon as the primary color to accentuate the reddish hues of the furniture with green and navy as accent colors. Maybe install a plate rail or chair rail and paint the lower walls maroon. Wallpaper the other portion of the wall with a paper introducing the other two colors.
In the living room, you could have one accent wall painted either the navy or green. The carpet, pillows, upholstry, candles, wall art, etc. could incoporate the three colors.
Now the rooms are unifed through color but each with their own distintive overriding color. The furniture is similar within each room. The difference in color helps to define the two spaces into lounging/entertaining and dining.