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Decorating ideas for new home?

Posted by Jade Martins on Feb-17-2010

My husband and I bought our first house, It is finally done being built and we are ready to move in to it. I need some suggestions though. Currently the house is a tannetural color through out with crisp white moldings and doors. I was thinking of painting maybe 1 wall in my kitchen a deep brownish red color, and 1 wall in my living room where the fireplace a darker brown…here are the pics, i know the front yard needs landscaped, I havent had time to do it yet they just finished building the house this week.
House

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp317/missys_graphics/76127998_1.jpg

kitchen1

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp317/missys_graphics/76127998_5.jpg

kitchen 2

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp317/missys_graphics/76127998_4.jpg

kitchen 3

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp317/missys_graphics/76127998_3.jpg

livingroom

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp317/missys_graphics/76127998_2.jpg

ooops its supposed to be tan neutral color
would it be too much to paint my whole kitchen the red ?

i LOVE your new house, its so cute. Congrats!! As for the colors I would paint the kitchen the red you want, it would pop nice against the bright crisp white trim and do the living room in a brownish tan color that will look great against the red… love love love your color choices!!!




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3 COMMENTS
  1. Leesa Said,

    Congratulations on becoming a home owner!

    A lot of people like the all beige walls, but I personally love color. I would definitely do accent walls in darker tones to mix things up and keep the house from looking too "vanilla".
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  2. Rodeo Said,

    It seems to me that the best idea would be to stick with earth tones, i think the living room (or what ever you make the room with the fireplace) would look amazing in a "bamboo" color. its much like light tan with some gray hues, it allows for a warm look while maintaining a bright touch. Another good idea to think about is to paint to opposite walls in a darker color, maybe the brown red you were thinking about which gives the room a unique shadow and creats a cozy feeling
    throughout.

    If you wanted to paint your kitchen red i would recomend only painting the trim of the cabinets red (everything minus the doors) poss. keep them in a white. and find a light color for the walls, that would give it a beautiful country look, i recently painted my kitchen in just such a fashion and it looks great.
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  3. Army*Wife Said,

    i LOVE your new house, its so cute. Congrats!! As for the colors I would paint the kitchen the red you want, it would pop nice against the bright crisp white trim and do the living room in a brownish tan color that will look great against the red… love love love your color choices!!!
    References :

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