Hermann house renovation

[catherine]

Haha! IL, I hear you. DH is the same. I usually lead the horse halfway to water and then he sees a salt lick and runs pell-mell towards it, thinking it's water.

Just this morning I had that happen to me. The center section of our house is quite dark, and lacks cohesion. I have been trying to pull it all together. There is one bright yellow wall in this center section that the natural light from the "front room" can barely get to, so I want to keep that as bright and cheery as as possible. In this carved up small space on that same yellow wall there are the two bedroom doors. Cheap doors--cheapest contractor grade you can get. I'm not planning on replacing them yet, but I am going to paint them and buy nice vintage knobs. Now if that yellow wall were something closer to a neutral, I would paint the whole kit and caboodle--walls, doors, moldings the same color to minimize all the visual clutter.

But it's yellow. Yellow is a little different. So I will probably go with a soft, warm grey or a bright white for the doors. But I was still contemplating the idea of yellow--repainting the walls a more mellow yellow-- and painting the doors that same color--so I asked DH, "So, you do you think we should paint the doors the same color as the walls?" He apparently didn't hear the last part, because he said. "Yes. I think we should paint the doors periwinkle blue."

No. The blue and the yellow would compete horribly and break up that space visually even MORE. Plus a cool blue would make the room even darker and cooler. So I said, "No, definitely NOT blue." And then he said, "See. That's what you always do. You ask my opinion and then you shoot it down." He hadn't realized that he didn't really listen to what I was asking.

((sigh)).

[iris lilies]

Yep Catherine that’s how it works. It is a wonder we get anything done with our spouses.


I have Art that needs hung at our condo and I am not looking forward to those interactions.

[Tybee]

Catherine, if I were you, I'd go with a creamy white on the walls and a periwinkle door. I love periwinkle doors, however, so ymmv.

IL, the green cabinets are terrific!

[iris lilies]

Catherine, if I were you, I'd go with a creamy white on the walls and a periwinkle door. I love periwinkle doors, however, so ymmv.

IL, the green cabinets are terrific!

hmmmmm, periwinkle door. File that away for later consideration. Me likeee periwinkle muchly.

[Tybee]

hmmmmm, periwinkle door. File that away for later consideration. Me likeee periwinkle muchly.

me too--like this blue and white combo, although I know it is fancier than Catherine's doors. speaking of which, why not sub in antique doors painted? We did that in one house and what an improvement over those hollow core doors:

[catherine]

Wow, that front door is beautiful! We do have buying vintage doors at our local Habitat for Humanity store eventually, but we have other projects we want to get to first.

As for the color--keep in mind that on the adjacent wall I'm wallpapering with this: https://www.birchlane.com/wall-decor...-tcbj3934.html

So it has to go with it--and the little bit of blue on the leaves is more on the grey side, so I think periwinkle is out of the question. But thanks for the suggestion.. it is really pretty.

[razz]

Cute yellow marigold wallpaper with white background should add a very cheerful atmosphere. Soft white doors should pull it all together.

[catherine]

Cute yellow marigold wallpaper with white background should add a very cheerful atmosphere. Soft white doors should pull it all together.

That's my thinking, too. Yes, I gravitated toward that large, cheery print wallpaper after living here this winter with some dreary days and two weeks of sub-zero temperatures. I thought I would decorate with the winter in mind--to cheer myself up during those long months. I really love that wallpaper, and I also like the decorating style in the inset on that link. It's the look I'm going for here.

[herbgeek]

That's lovely wallpaper Catherine. I decided to paint my hallways a pale yellow for similar reasons: the existing beige with a peachy undertone just looks dreary on cloudy days. This yellow is just so pretty. Looks good when its sunny and when its raining.

[iris lilies]

Wow, that front door is beautiful! We do have buying vintage doors at our local Habitat for Humanity store eventually, but we have other projects we want to get to first.

As for the color--keep in mind that on the adjacent wall I'm wallpapering with this: https://www.birchlane.com/wall-decor...-tcbj3934.html

So it has to go with it--and the little bit of blue on the leaves is more on the grey side, so I think periwinkle is out of the question. But thanks for the suggestion.. it is really pretty.

That wallpaper is absolutely adorable! It’s whimsical and modern.

I just pinned the pink version for consideration for my attic bedroom in Herman. I keep visualizing it with at least some wallpaper, if not all walls wallpapered. Thanks!