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What color should I paint my living room?

I'm bored with it. Right now it is a light blue. I have maple colored furniture and hard wood floors and a taupe colored couch, white lamps and copper curtains can be changed. Also, woodwork is all painted white. I need a change but am feeling uninspired. It is a long, narrow room and the one wall also runs up the stairs to the upstairs hall, which I don't want to have to paint too, but will if I have too, so a new living room color that 'goes' with the light blue would be nice, but not necessary. Also, the room open up to my dining room which is currently a nautical theme (don't ask) and is currently also blue.
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Re: What color should I paint my living room?

  • How about grey?

    (I feel like I always answer the decor posts and come across as a know it all.  I just love talking about it though!)

    DS1 10-06 and DS2 9-08 and baby #3 EDD 9-05-12
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  • What shade of blue is the nautical themed room? Same hue? I would also lean toward grey or if you are going to do the whole thing then maybe like a moss green or something.
    Mom to DD#1 December '06, DD#2 Feb '09 and DS March '12
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  • I'll add that the nautical themed dining room is the same color blue. There is white wainscoting in that room and the upper half of one wall is a harbor mural (thus the reason the room is nautical themed, I live in what was my Grandparents house and promised that I wouldn't change the mural). The main colors of the mural are blue, rust and moss green. I was thinking of painting the dining room the green color to pull from the mural. The living room doesn't need to match, just not clash.
    Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/9/11 - 34:24 - 1st race evah!
    Kelly Monaghan's 5K - 5/15/11 - 3rd Place in AG
    Walk the Talk 5K - 5/18/11 - 31:12 PR
    Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/14/12 - 1st race of the year, 32:45
  • I must see this mural....
  • I have an accent wall that is Spiced Pumpkin. The floor is maple wood laminate, the trim is white. We have a brown couch and jewel-tone colored pillows (emerald, ruby, etc.). I love it!

    ETA: On second thought, this probably wouldn't go well with what you have going on.

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  • imageMelandJeff:
    I must see this mural....

    because I love you!

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    Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/9/11 - 34:24 - 1st race evah!
    Kelly Monaghan's 5K - 5/15/11 - 3rd Place in AG
    Walk the Talk 5K - 5/18/11 - 31:12 PR
    Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/14/12 - 1st race of the year, 32:45
  • That's really pretty.

    I still think I would go grey, but maybe pick a grey with green undertones.

    DS1 10-06 and DS2 9-08 and baby #3 EDD 9-05-12
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  • I'm a touch obsessed with gray right now so that's my vote too! 

    Nathan 7-13-06 ~ Elizabeth 4-12-09 ~ Zachary 8-5-11
  • I like gray too or you could go with the green that is in the mural. 
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