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moving in new house in 2 days, when i wlak in the house theirs the living room than i walk strait theirs the dining than beside their theirs the kitchen. I want to color living room a dark beige color than dining room to the kitchen a buttery color. The living room and dining room has no wall seperation how do I seperate the colors and where ?? its hard to explain it. But it would look funny if i stop right where dining room starts and paint that side buttery.
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Hey! I had this same problem when I wanted to paint my kitchen a good crimson red and my living room a natural earth tone (khaki). Yes, this sounds like a huge contrast, especially since the colors go together but are in almost opposite ends of the spectrum. My ktchen and living room had no separation.
I basically decided to find the point on the walls where the "virtual" separation (where the living room ends and the kitchen/dining area begins) and add a divider from floor to ceiling. You can go to Lowes or Home Depot and buy wood trim normally used for doors, or base-board panelling and tack it to the wall. They also have very contemporary and decorative wood fixtures you can use. Any 2-3 inch wide and 8-10 ft tall piece will work. Trust me, it is surprisingly nice and a very inexpensive method.
I basically decided to find the point on the walls where the "virtual" separation (where the living room ends and the kitchen/dining area begins) and add a divider from floor to ceiling. You can go to Lowes or Home Depot and buy wood trim normally used for doors, or base-board panelling and tack it to the wall. They also have very contemporary and decorative wood fixtures you can use. Any 2-3 inch wide and 8-10 ft tall piece will work. Trust me, it is surprisingly nice and a very inexpensive method.
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- You may be able to find some type of chair rail molding that you can put on vertically from ceiling to floor instead of horizontally so that there is some definition between the two spaces. Paint or stain the molding to match the rest of your trim. I am sure you could find it at Lowe's or Home Depot. No more than you need I am sure it wouldn't be too expensive, either.
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same experience in a house I used to live in - take a piece of decorative trim and use it as a divider. its a cheap way and a better way than just a bland line. just make sure that the trim gotes on the opposite wall in the same place if it needs it. otherwise it will look off balance. maybe even a faux half column on each side. a little more expensive than the trim but even better looking
- Same problem in kitchen/dining area because it is open concept. We just bought a 3x6 ?? piece of finished wood with some pretty knots visible and nailed it to the wall dividing the 2 rooms (Floor to ceiling)
- Try placing a wayne's coating along the wall where you want to seperate the colors at and then it will look seperate. I had the same problem in my house. My living room is light blue and my kithen/dining room is white and black. A wayne's coating is like a strip of wood that you can buy to put up at the top of the ceiling when your not adding a border at the top. Hope this helps!!
- how do you paint them 2 different colors? see you buy the first color and paint the living room. then you buy the 2nd color and paint the kitchen! and youre done! lol
im just kidding....i dont know. my house is sort of like that, i just left 1/2 of the living room darker and the wall where it goes into my dining room is the dining room color. so basically only switch colors at a corner. - YOUR DARK BEIGE.."SPICED VINEGAR"..IT'S A PITTSBURG PAINT COLOR..HOWEVER SHERWIN WILLIAMS HAS IT IN THEIR COMPETITOR COLORS.
BUTTERY COLOR... " DAFFODIL" ....I'M GOOD WITH COLORS.
FAR AS SEPARATING ROOMS. YOU NEED TO LOCATE HEADERS ..STRUCTURAL DIVIDERS . MAKE YOUR BREAKING POINTS THERE. IF U SHOW ME PICS I CAN TELL U EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
DAPAINTERDUDE@HOTMAIL.COM - I have the same problem. It's these open floor plans.
I would construct a good transition point. Maybe you could do a faux half column or just some sort of casement molding down the wall. Without looking, it's hard to say.
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