SMALL CHANGES, BIG IMPACT

UPDATING YOUR HOME CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS CHANGING OUT A LAMP.. OR TWO

(just a little at a time)

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Or the cushions on a sofa...

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A change of artwork...

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Or some paint...

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 and a little window dressing...

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 small changes....

HUGE impact...

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Hi Claudine,
I love your style and need your advice. I'm in the midst of remodeling my kitchen to white cabinets, Calcutta marble counters and gray wood floors. 

I've knocked down a wall from kitchen to open into the dining room. 

My question is what paint color to use that will pair well from kitchen, dining rm to living rm. 

I'm keeping the red sofa and want a different look from the country French that isn't austere, but clean and casually refined. Replacing old table with a round one from Restoration Hardware. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,

Diane

Hi Diane,

Your kitchen sounds yummy.  I have a friend who recently did her kitchen in the same tones - 

 Looks great, doesn't it?  I helped her repaint the yellow pine cabinets to this - finished with a hand buffed antiquing wax (Brie Wax).  

The palette you have chosen is very soothing.  You should keep it that way throughout these rooms that flow together.

For the Kitchen/Dining Room area, I would use a greige or medium gray toned paint....

Find one that looks great in your kitchen and that will flow into your dining room and be elegant there as well.  

Grant Beige, Benjamin Moore

Agreeable Gray, Sherwin Williams

In the living room, your sofa is going to dictate the look.  If you can replace the toile pillows with another plain fabric pillow, it will take away a lot of the country french look. 

As for wall color, a light gray works...

as does white...

but I'm thinking a white with a touch of color, or a near white

would be more calming and contemporary

I love Crisp Muslin by Dunn Edwards/California Paints

and Whisper Gray by Dunn Edwards/California Paints

There is also Gray Owl, Edgecomb Gray and Titanium from Benjamin Moore

Gray Owl

Edgecomb Gray

Titanium

but I would definitely go with one of these lighter colors in the living room with the red and white of the sofa and wanting to make it look less country French.

BEACH HOUSE NEUTRALS

Sometimes I feel that we are overdone here in the OC.  We have the ocean close by, the warm sand between our toes, ocean breezes to cool our summers, palm trees punctuating our neighborhoods and a surf board in every garage - but our homes look like carbon copy Spanish villas with red tile roofs and stucco walls and our interiors bear no resemblance to the coastal region we pay so dearly to be near.  

LIGHTEN UP!

WELCOME SPRING

The Foo Dog Ate My Homework

Blue and White has always been a favorite combination.
Add a little greenery, and it feels like Spring
A seagrass rug brings it down a notch from being too formal
Livable, fresh, crisp, clean, light
A classic.