I've got a dining room dilemma. I really, really wanted our dark cave of a dining room to be painted before the dark months of Winter, but I'm all out of ideas. My husband and I have three huge, beautiful wide boards that were being used as a work bench in our garage that we plan to re purpose as a dining table. Other than that, though, I'm stumped. If we are going to paint soon, and I really want to paint soon, I need color ideas and design ideas and I'm drawing a complete blank.
This room is pretty big and in the center-back of our house. It has only two windows that face East, but there are doors that are open to the parlor and front hallway that get good afternoon light. There is a chair rail around the entire room. The ceiling height is nice at around 11 feet, but the former owners painted the ceiling the same color as the walls, which is all a dark, greyish green.
The chandelier could also use to be replaced. It is older in style, but it has a modern finish, and feels heavy and clunky. I know they were going for intimate and cozy, not a bad idea for a dining room, but what we got is dark, depressing and cave like.
I was thinking blue at one point, and blue would still be nice, but I haven't been inspired by the blues I've seen. If anyone out there has any ideas, dining rooms they've seen, things they think would work, web sites to point me too...I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
Pictures of what you have would help us figure out what it could be.
ReplyDeleteHave a look at Pinterest... so so many wonderful ideas there :)) xoxo
ReplyDeleteAlex, I'll get on that. And I haven't tried Pinterest yet, will do!
ReplyDeleteTraditionally, in all the English country homes, dining rooms were painted dark red as the colour was thought to aid digestion. Kitchens were painted dark blue because it was thought the flies would be scared away by it (ah, superstitions,eh?) Dining rooms really shouldn't be green though - the light makes the food look a funny colour and a bit unappetising...
ReplyDeleteThere's a brand of paint over here called Farrow and Ball. They have a huge selection of historic colours - I don't know if they've made it over the pond yet or not - but the paint is non-toxic so ideal for decorating with little ones around.
Frankie, I really like the traditional red w the white wainscotting below the chair rail. My husband nixed the idea completely! We can get Farrow and Ball paint here, many museums use them. Good stuff!
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