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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 11:49 am

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 12:05 pm
Yankee, was it Pistachio? That was one of the choices they (Eddie Bauer) had when I went to Lowe's yesterday. Spitfire, have you seen the Eddie Bauer wicker color (Yankee posted it a few days ago)? I love it. But it was shown with white trim and I see you have brown wood. But you do have white doors...
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 12:25 pm
Escapee, that brown may be good for you, but I hate it. It's so dark!!!!! Something to remember, too... you can "warm" colors up with accessories. My all-white bathroom? With a few bits of cream (lace shower curtain, towels on the rack) the room completely warmed up. Spitfire, what a chopped up room you have! Is the yellow the pale yellow I see on the walls? Yeah, you do need some color elsewhere. So... more plants!!! Change the shade on the bedside lamp. I'd pick a neutral color for the duvet and plop some colorful pillows on top (or use colorful pillowcases). Definitely an area rug, too! Lots of windows... do you have window coverings or no? Raise the pics over the bureau... things on the bureau block the pix. I dunno if I'd pick black frames, but large chunky frames would look lovely. A few things to think of... You can usually pick up a small pint of paint. It's sometimes better to paint a larger swath on a wall to see if you like it, rather than trying to imagine with paint chips. The paint is not all that expensive in small quanitites. If you want neutrals (not browns), start with the whites, and then move down to the colors. You've got lots of browns already (floor, window frames, furniture) so I'd brighten things up (even tho it looks like you've got lots of light). A peachy white shade would be nice. But it's so neutral already that you could go almost any direction. I know you don't like yellow any more, but yellows and blues would be pretty.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 12:30 pm
Spitfire, love your furniture and the molding around your doors and windows! I would go wander Bed Bath & Beyond and Linen's n' Things and look at some of their bedding displays. I think neutral bedrooms can be really soothing. When I redo mine, I going in the brown tones too.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 12:58 pm
Spit I love the moulding. I'd change your closet doors though, they look kinda out of place. Or maybe they just need painting. I'd definately not go with dark walls though. How bout a pale peach on the walls. Dark beadspread with diff colors along with a hint of pale peach, area rug with same colors. I'd also paint your closet doors the peach and main door. Offwhite on the ceiling. I'd also move the tv from the top of the closet and put something else there like maybe some baskets or colorful pottery.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 1:25 pm
i would paint your ceiling white, add some airy sheers to the windows with tiebacks (probably white). i would add some color to the duvet that would bring in some peach/sage/white/brown/forest to tie everything in. and a picture over the bed that the frame is just inside the width of the bedframe. i'd also raise the pictures above the tall dresser to the middle of that wall. add a throw rug, and done!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 1:26 pm
Landi: My mom says to paint my kitchen peach. LOL!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 1:37 pm
escapee, i have the perfect shade then! let me find it for ya!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 1:38 pm
In keeping with your wood tones here's a few ideas Spitfire: This color accented with orange Or this color How about this Or this
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 1:55 pm
I love the last bedroom!! So pretty!!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 2:04 pm
escapee, sherwin-williams color 6338 - Warming Peach. if you go to http:sherlink.sherwin.com you can find it, and if you click on the color i listed, they show you the colors that you should decorate with. guess what... sage and white!
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 2:10 pm
Nick...I concur..that one is pretty! And I like the third one too!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 2:24 pm
LOL, I have my Sherwin Williams swatch case right here with me. I can tell you right now that it's too pink for my curtains, BUT # 6428 and 6429 as well as 6693 6178 and 6177 are all very nice....I also like 6176. Check out the site RIGHT NOW, Landi.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 3:00 pm
6428 looks like a honeydew melon, and i get why it is named that. 6429 was the green i was talking about. 6178 isn't bad either. 6177 has blue tones. 6176 is too light. my choice is 6429! what about 6652?
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 3:06 pm
Thanks for the input everyone!! First off let me say that those picture are left over from before we put the new furniture in and I just never removed them. - there are no curtains (the only curtains in my house at the moment are in the kids room. We live in the country so it's not a must although I do want them because it makes everything much more cozy) - closet doors at some point will no doubt be stained to match the moulding because that is DH's wish. The one picture where there are two doors together...that is my closet, so we have two. - I love the idea of moving the TV and putting other items up there Thanks for the photo's Urgrace. I love #3 and #4. #4 is most close to my taste altough I really wish I had the guts to go with #3.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 3:29 pm
6176 is so gray. I actually like the honeydew color. It might be nice in my bedroom. I REALLY like 6429. If it goes with the drapes and floor, it might be that color.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 3:30 pm
Spitfire..#4 is really nice 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 3:33 pm
I love the green in Gracie's second photo.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 3:39 pm
yay escapee and i agree about 6429! now don't paint the ceiling that color! make the ceiling blanco cielo (or ceiling white). it elongates the room doing that and makes the 6429 stand out and crisp.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 3:48 pm
I wasn't sure if I was going to paint the ceiling. Sister loves the dark brown, but I think I need a release from all this brown. I am going to paint my room a crisp light color though, like you suggested. My carpet in my bedroom is a deeper green, not a forest, but not a sage. It has tan ticking in it. A light crisp green would probablybe really pretty in there, right? Maybe with deep green trim? My bedroom is the next thing getting done. My carpet color is about a 6445. I am thinking maybe a 6443 or even a 6436 on the walls. Thoughts?
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 6:20 pm
escapee, holly and i liked 6436.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 7:46 pm
Ok, I got home and I was holding up colors. No peaches. It just doesn't go. However, as much as I thought it wouldn't, 6176 and 6177 are really nice against the tan. The tan I have in my house is 6140. 6436 is too Minty.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 6:45 am
Okay, how about sharing the colors (a link maybe). The numbers mean nothing to us...
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 6:47 am
julieboo, the link is up above. at sherwin williams.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 7:02 am
*Color Visualizer*
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