Is there a website or a store or phone number where I can get free advise on choosing wall colors. If not how do I find a good designer in my area to suggest colors. I am fixing up my house for sale and am looking to repaint my house so it looks its best and compliments the various room sizes and flooring. For example, my open kitchen/dining/living room has light oak flooring in the living and dining area, white marble in the entry area, light pinkish ceramic tiles in the kitchen area, white cabinets, black counter tops and appliances, and lots of windows and sliding doors and is vaulted with exposed wood beams. Our style is rustic traditional and this is a middle class neighborhood. We were thinking a light grey. We want it to be neutral.
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Look through some decore magazines to look for the effect you are looking for. You are the one who will have to live with it, so you’re opinion matters most.
It’s really hard to imagine how a colour will look painted on the wall of your house.
The only technique which is reliable is to go to the harware shop, buy yourself some sample colours which look like they might produce the effect you want. Get some plaster (dry wall) sample pieces & cut them into 3′ x 3′ panels. Paint the panels completely with sample paint and when they are dry arrange them in your home to see how they fit the decore. You will be able to pick the one that works best and know how it will look when you’ve finished.
If you do this, you will save yourself the disappointment of getting something that isn’t quite what you want.
I wouldn’t get grey myself - I went for two shades of light sandy brown in my home, one darker than the other - but you wouldn’t notice that unless it was pointed out. I’ve made some of the rooms light and some a bit dark to try to create a little atmosphere. Anyway, you are the one who will have to look at it.
if your selling stick w/ neutrals and white- that way people can use their imaginations and picture themselves in the house. Another way of doing that is to take down all the family pictures or extremely personal items. The less of you approach will work- your Realtor should be able to help. but if your just looking for colors i think Lowe’s website can help.
Grey may appear to make your room cold. To remain neutral without being boring, try a vanilla color that is color enough to contrast with white trim and doors. It will warm up your walls and still remain neutral. You could go with Taupe to be on the cooler side to go with your pinkish tile and that will be neutral, too.
I would suggest a paint store that carries wallpaper. Most places like that have a decorator that can help you further.
Neutral is good, but gray is cold. Use a light tan or creamy beige instead; it’s warmer looking.
play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to help you imagine how the colors will look together. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the “painted” rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/
I think “alabaster” (7008) might be a good choice.
You can take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:
http://www.roomvues.com/
You can get color suggestions & for $5 they’ll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.