Q: Please help! We have tried so many different paint samples but are having trouble finding the colors to paint our new house. We wanted a light blue with a little green in the living room and are open to anything in the kitchen. We want a comfortable modern beachy feel to the house. Please help us pick the perfect paint colors!
Sent by Jenny
Editor: Jenny- your place already has a light and airy feel which helps with the beach theme. In terms of color, we love BM Palladian Blue because it can look blue, grey, or green depending on the room and the light. You might find the following posts provide some color inspiration:
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Comments (8)
SW Rainwashed is a beautiful blue-green. I have it in my bedroom and bath, and it's a really nice, "just-enough" color but still pretty pale. I wouldn't put that color in your kitchen because the blue accents in there are so cool (i.e., not greenish) that it might make that paint look really green. Instead use a warm taupe, not too dark. It will evoke that sand and water feeling. A few sisal or jute throw rugs, colored glass accents, and some bare wood will add to that effect as well. Good luck!
I used Kelly Moore's " Dreamy Space" in my sunny living room with "Diamond White" trim. It's a beautiful light blue that fits my beachy decor perfectly and generates lots of compliments.
I live at the beach, in a very light and airy apartment. Our walls are painted the exact colour of sand -the whitish Cancun kind, not the brownish kind- and we love it. Very light and airy, with turquoise/gree/blue accents. To me, that is beachy. But I suppose it depends which type of beach you have in mind.
What a beautiful space! I was raised around gray, rainy beaches, but I've also seen white sands and clear, clean, deep turquoise waters. When you think "beaches," do you think "watery" colors or deep ones? The blue in your kitchen looks bold, at least in the pictures. Your cabinets already look like driftwood. Perfect.
Maybe this will inspire you, Young House Love does before and afters and mood boards with specific colors and accessories named and they have a beachy feel.
http://www.younghouselove.com/photo-gallery-2/
White walls, faded blue and white textiles, sisal rugs. It always works.
I think of the colors of beach glass when I picture a beach house palette..
Jenny, I know you said light blue but you might consider navy blue & bright white... I stayed in beautiful beach home a few years back that combined navy, teal, gray and white with lots of wicker & sisal accents and it was beautiful! Very clean & modern. Look at Ralph Lauren's palette here: http://www.ralphlaurenhome.com/rlhome/products/paint/items.asp?haid=83
Good luck!