Living with Whimsy

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Navy Blue


We have navy blue laminate counters in the kitchen.  Yes - Navy blue.  Laminate.  With a navy blue laminate back-splash.  (sigh)

Since it looks like it will be a loooooooonnng time until we can redo the kitchen, we're thinking about taking the baby step of painting the walls a different color.  I'm trying to come up with a color scheme that will make the navy blue (sigh) seem a little bit more modern, and it's not easy. The front-runner right now is a light-medium aqua, but Jamie thinks it might be overwhelming to have that much blue in the kitchen.  So now we're wondering if just painting it a different color beige (instead of the slightly peachy-beige wall color we have now) would help.  Any ideas?





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5 Comments:

Anonymous Andrea said...

Since it's not feasable to replace your counters right now, what about having a project ready the next time mom/dad come for a visit? Leave the counters as they are, and do a tile backsplash that you like (with mom/dad's expert help, of course), which will either neutralize the counters or just make it more interesting :)

October 6, 2010 at 11:10 AM  
Anonymous Mom said...

Thanks for volunteering us Andrea! Actually, I told Patricia that we would be happy to help whenever they're ready. In the meantime, I'll put my thinking cap on! XXXmom

October 6, 2010 at 11:41 AM  
Blogger Shannon said...

We resurfaced some countertops in one of our rental homes and they look amazing and it was really cost effective! Might be a good temporary solution. If not - I would totally go fiestaware colors in there - stay neutral or pale on the walls and then add pops of bright yellow, turquoise and red in your window treatments, wall decor and accessories! Sounds like a fun project :)

October 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM  
Anonymous Brandi said...

i say leave it white and blue til you have the money and just add some greek-inspired touches!

October 7, 2010 at 6:04 AM  
Blogger Jessie said...

This is going to sound crazy, but how about a pretty orange? I'm not talking navel orange or primary rainbow colored orange, more of a deeper, burnt orange. But not Longhorn burnt orange, deeper and richer than that. Ok I'm having trouble describing the color I'm seeing in my head, but I think it would contrast well and be very pretty with dark countertops.

October 7, 2010 at 9:07 AM  

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