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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 7:26 am
Again I agree with Mocha on the dark floor being too dark. On your flooring choices the one in the middle picks up the cabinet colors (I think?) and would not be too dark. The drawer/door pulls are great! Love them for accent colors, and think the off-white that matches your appliances would work. I'm not in favor of stark white.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 7:34 am
Thanks, guys. I'm having lunch today in Williamsburg with a friend of mine who has been an interior decorator for over 15 years. She's quirky, like me, and enjoys unusual color choices, but she is always able to pull it off somehow. She will either help me pull it all together, or tell me flat out if she thinks the paint will never work and what shade/color I should try instead.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 7:34 am
You're also going to get a new dining room set right?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 7:37 am
The nice thing is that the tape is still in place, so if she advises me to go with a different color, I'm all ready to start painting. I swear it is the tape that is the pain when it comes to this type of project! I love to paint. Hate applying the tape!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 7:39 am
ROFL, Mocha, you don't mine words, do ya? I was thinking of keeping the table and chairs, but seeing if I could replace the cushions. I'm getting really low on money at the moment because the cabinets were not planned and ate up a huge chunk of my budget. Okay, I'm open to suggestions. I really did want a green kitchen. Is it impossible to make that work? Should I try lighter? More yellowish?
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 8:12 am
Hermi, have you considered picking a green from your door pulls? Then you could do the same for your accent colours/floor etc.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 8:13 am
You know I'm a straight shooter Hermi lol. I'm at work right now but when I get home I'll throw some things together for you. I love decorating. And I also understand working on a budget. And with that I'd get rid of the table too if you can. Course you can always do that later. Now if you're open to changing that wall color then I can really work lol.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 8:36 am
My two cents is I would change the wall color. If you like green, I'd go with a lighter, sage-ier green. Otherwise a nice wheat color would look nice. I love your cabinets! You can also just paint right over that chair rail if you don't want to mess with it....
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 8:47 am
Honestly? As I just told Mary and Nic, the color reminds me a little too much of the inside of an Andes mint. I do want green, but I'm open-minded. Just keep in mind my drawer pulls! I just subscribed to the Behr Paint Your Room program and will play around with that when I get back from lunch. What about yellow? I got yellow for my bedroom and could use it for my kitchen instead.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 8:53 am
Yellow would be nice, if it is a yellow like in sewmommy's picture. What shade of yellow is it?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 9:15 am
Off the top of my head I'd go with a very neutral wall color and do splashes of the green and other colors from your drawer pulls.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 9:16 am
The colors in your drawer pulls are great for your kitchen!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 10:12 am
I love the dragonfly drawer pulls! They are so you.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 10:37 am
I love the dragonfly drawer pulls as well! They're perfect and beautiful!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 10:38 am
I'm with Mocha, I'd go with a very neutral tan for the wall and go from there with splashes of colors from the drawpulls (curtains, placemats, clock, etc...)
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 10:56 am
Pendant light:
Either will work with your color palatte.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 10:56 am
Oh and they're from Home Depot.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 11:31 am
I was examining the table too. I think you could keep it for a while and spruce it up with cushion covers. If you have to stay with that green, and I wouldn't (too bright), then I think you might make it look like it was deliberate and not a science project gone wrong, by putting bright floral covers on the chair seats, with that color of green in them.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 12:38 pm
To play up on the dragon fly pull here is a piece of tile to use in a backsplash:
http://oceanera.ca/s_29.asp
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 12:46 pm
Behr's Canyon Cloud color for the walls. Wouldn't let me right click dangit. Here's a nice fabric for roman shades:
http://www.greenhousedesign.net/meadow-14.aspx?ColorID=0493916c-09fb-4d65-95e0-e256440a8db5
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 12:49 pm
Or...

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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 5:06 pm
My friend Karen who I met for lunch has a green kitchen! Like I said, she is an interior decorator and knows what colors work and what doesn't. She likes this particular green (hers, not mine) so much that she has used this same color green in the kitchen of two different houses. So she took me to Lowes after we ate lunch and I bought the exact same green. It's lighter and more yellow and it is Laura Ashley Apple. So I'll try that because I really want a green kitchen. I'm a dork like that. So, Mocha, I love this one -
. How do I get it? LOL. Do I buy the fabric and refashion my cushions myself?? ACK!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 6:29 pm
Make sure you prime you walls before adding the new color! Lol yeah you have to buy the fabric and find a good seamstress. Hey do they still have home ec at your school? Ask the teacher to help you out. Target also has some nice lime green accessories.
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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 7:57 pm
Love the kitchen Hermione! I hope the new green works better for you. That second fabric is awesome, but if you are on a budget home decor fabrics can get pricey($20/yd) Watch for sales at joanns /Hancocks or use a coupon. I charged a customer $15/cushion for recovering and that included all the buttons to make it look all perty. Oh, and you would be surprised how reasonable vinyl flooring can be.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 8:40 pm
Hermi which Laura Ashley Apple? Is it one of these or another one?

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