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Living Room Colour scheme

  • 30-06-2020 1:55pm
    #1
    runnerholic
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭


    Looking for a bit of advice.

    I'm re-painting my living room in a dark colour, probably dark olive green.
    My issue is that the fireplace is oak and dark colours never seem to go with it.
    Currently the room is painted off-white/mushroom.
    Would it be a no no to leave the existing colour at the chimney breast and re-paint the rest of the room in the new colour,
    The reason I ask is that I've never seen the chimney breast feature colour in a lighter shade than the rest of a living room.

    Grateful for opinions/guidance.


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  • #2
    LenWoods
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭LenWoods


    runnerholic wrote: »
    Looking for a bit of advice.

    I'm re-painting my living room in a dark colour, probably dark olive green.
    My issue is that the fireplace is oak and dark colours never seem to go with it.
    Currently the room is painted off-white/mushroom.
    Would it be a no no to leave the existing colour at the chimney breast and re-paint the rest of the room in the new colour,
    The reason I ask is that I've never seen the chimney breast feature colour in a lighter shade than the rest of a living room.

    Grateful for opinions/guidance.
    Having a brighter colour pop in to the room on a chimney breast which already protrudes may make the room feel smaller,
    I'm looking at my solid oak mantle here as reference to your planning; I think it would go quite well with the oak,

    Are you painting the 4 inch wall area around the window white?
    Would look good and increase light a bit,

    Also some black framed pictures or a collage formation. I've put a black frame collage in my living room
    As saw here might be an idea: https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/80864-living-room-project/?do=findComment&comment=645217


  • #3
    runnerholic
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭runnerholic


    LenWoods wrote: »
    Having a brighter colour pop in to the room on a chimney breast which already protrudes may make the room feel smaller,
    I'm looking at my solid oak mantle here as reference to your planning; I think it would go quite well with the oak,

    Are you painting the 4 inch wall area around the window white?
    Would look good and increase light a bit,

    Also some black framed pictures or a collage formation. I've put a black frame collage in my living room
    As saw here might be an idea: https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/80864-living-room-project/?do=findComment&comment=645217

    Thanks for that.
    Interesting to hear that a lighter colour on chimney breast would make the room feel smaller.
    Are you saying that the darker colour right through the room would be the better option?


  • #4
    LenWoods
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭LenWoods


    runnerholic wrote: »
    Thanks for that.
    Interesting to hear that a lighter colour on chimney breast would make the room feel smaller.
    Are you saying that the darker colour right through the room would be the better option?

    If the chimney breast is a brighter colour to the rest of the room your eyes will be drawn to the brighter colour,
    I'd go with the dark colour throughout the room,
    But you could always paint the chimney breast last and see what you think yourself


  • #5
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,529 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    The fireplace itself can be painted if you think it will look odd with a darker colour.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




  • #6
    runnerholic
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭runnerholic


    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    The fireplace itself can be painted if you think it will look odd with a darker colour.

    Thanks, I have considered that but I'm a little worried I may destroy the character of it. Ideally I would have a marble fireplace (whitish) which I think would be easier to match with colour. Changing the fireplace is not really on the cards atm.


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  • #7
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    We recently painted our living room Farrow & Ball - Cats Paw
    We have an oak floor and wooden fireplace surround

    its a fantastic rich colour and goes really well with the french white painted skirtings & architraves

    We got it painted in a store that mixes paints, you dont have to buy a F&B paint tin off the shelf. Ours is mixed from a fleetwood matt base


  • #8
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,020 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    runnerholic wrote: »
    Thanks, I have considered that but I'm a little worried I may destroy the character of it. Ideally I would have a marble fireplace (whitish) which I think would be easier to match with colour. Changing the fireplace is not really on the cards atm.

    I had my oak fireplace painted. Like you I was nervous about it, but it has totally changed the room. The fireplace was very plain, which makes it look very classic. . Looks like a new fireplace. I got a painter to do it, rather than myself.

    Not a fan personally of the chimney breast a different colour, it can look choppy and bitty.


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