AshleyW
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.. or at least pick a color. 
So, here's the deal. DF and I are working on the dining room in our condo. We just ripped out the carpet (yeah, carpet in a dining room.. gross.) and painted the walls. We plan on finishing up the new flooring this week. It's laminate flooring, but actually looks like hardwood - unlike a lot of laminate out there right now. We plan on putting the new flooring in our kitchen, which means.. we need to paint our kitchen, too! It's kind of an ugly green color right now.
I've been saying for 3 years that I wanted to paint the kitchen, so now I finally have an excuse.
I'm completely stuck on what color to use! I'm really not very good at picking out what looks good design/color-wise, so I'd appreciate some honest advice. Here's some pictures of what we're working with..
The dining room, before (minus the dining room table):
The dining room, before (with the carpet ripped up):
The dining room, after - we obviously still have to finish the flooring and put up the baseboards, but you can see the paint colors and flooring:
Kitchen flooring, before:
Another before shot of the kitchen.. ignore the towel on the floor, our cats like to play in their water bowl..
Another kitchen shot, you can see the cabinets better.. we have a different stove now, too, it's white with a gray & black flat cooktop.
So, we're got dark brown cabinets and eventually will have the dark flooring in the kitchen, as well. You can sort of see the ugly green wall color in that last picture. I don't really have any decorative items in the kitchen to match, so that doesn't matter. So any suggestions at all would be appreciated.
So, here's the deal. DF and I are working on the dining room in our condo. We just ripped out the carpet (yeah, carpet in a dining room.. gross.) and painted the walls. We plan on finishing up the new flooring this week. It's laminate flooring, but actually looks like hardwood - unlike a lot of laminate out there right now. We plan on putting the new flooring in our kitchen, which means.. we need to paint our kitchen, too! It's kind of an ugly green color right now.
I've been saying for 3 years that I wanted to paint the kitchen, so now I finally have an excuse. I'm completely stuck on what color to use! I'm really not very good at picking out what looks good design/color-wise, so I'd appreciate some honest advice. Here's some pictures of what we're working with..
The dining room, before (minus the dining room table):
The dining room, before (with the carpet ripped up):
The dining room, after - we obviously still have to finish the flooring and put up the baseboards, but you can see the paint colors and flooring:
Kitchen flooring, before:
Another before shot of the kitchen.. ignore the towel on the floor, our cats like to play in their water bowl..
Another kitchen shot, you can see the cabinets better.. we have a different stove now, too, it's white with a gray & black flat cooktop.
So, we're got dark brown cabinets and eventually will have the dark flooring in the kitchen, as well. You can sort of see the ugly green wall color in that last picture. I don't really have any decorative items in the kitchen to match, so that doesn't matter. So any suggestions at all would be appreciated.
It's really not a bright, blood red color.. it's a little more of a darker/deeper tone.
I think either match one of the yellows in the rug, as it looks nice with the cabinets, or Classic Pooh shade of gold would be pretty. (I mean the real pooh color, not something named "Classic Pooh" in the Disney colors, BTW!) Golden yellow looks beautiful with dark wood.
