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Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

morganjen — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:12:48 GMT

After a water pipe broke today and flooded our kitchen and utility room, I had to clear everything out. I had wanted to repaint our utility room for ages. I guess now's my chance. It is currently a mid blue with very outdated wallpaper on the lower half. It's right off the kitchen, and you see it every time you go in there. What is a good, current shade now? I hear yellow is not popular if you plan on trying to sell your home (we will in the future). I don't want it griege/warm gray like the kitchen. Thought something different would be nice. Thinking about a subtle green, not sure. What color do you have that you would recommend?

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

deedledeedeedle — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:39:36 GMT

Where is the member who's husband has a Benjamin Moore shop?

I've forgotten her name.

This darn "partzimers".LOL

How about a clean (not muddy) white base with green tint from BM? I'm sure our gal knows the current color name for this idea.

dee

@morganjen wrote:
After a water pipe broke today and flooded our kitchen and utility room, I had to clear everything out. I had wanted to repaint our utility room for ages. I guess now's my chance. It is currently a mid blue with very outdated wallpaper on the lower half. It's right off the kitchen, and you see it every time you go in there. What is a good, current shade now? I hear yellow is not popular if you plan on trying to sell your home (we will in the future). I don't want it griege/warm gray like the kitchen. Thought something different would be nice. Thinking about a subtle green, not sure. What color do you have that you would recommend?

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

GinzTonic — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:41:31 GMT

BM , stonington gray

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

Scooby Doo — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 03:08:23 GMT

Wythe blue is a very popular color. To me it's more on the greenish blue side. I was going to paint my front door with that color but then my maintenance guy said that it looked more like a color you would paint a baby boy's room. Instead I went with sherman williams Dutch Tile Blue. I usually go to SW or BM stores and get a bunch of samples and tape them up and look at them for a while. If the room has no windows I'd go up a shade in color.

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Sooner — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 03:16:07 GMT

Pale peach! It will be like sunshine being in there!!

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speedy girl — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 05:28:30 GMT

If you can see the room from your kitchen, I would chose something that coordinates well with the kitchen. Not a total match but something similiar. Or a nice clean white would be a safe choice!

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

K9buddy — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 05:44:04 GMT

How about Sherwin Williams Sea Salt.

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ID2 — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:11:40 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
Pale peach! It will be like sunshine being in there!!

Ugg! Peach went out in the late 80's!! I know, because I had peach in my home.

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

candys mine — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:35:55 GMT

@ID2Which, if fashion trends hold true, means it's Just about due to come back in vogue.

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

software — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:36:41 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
Pale peach! It will be like sunshine being in there!!

Ugg! Peach went out in the late 80's!! I know, because I had peach in my home.

True but the shade has been updated & modernized since then. Geez

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

faeriemoon — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:02:19 GMT

When you say utility room do you mean laundry room/mud room? Is it very visible from the kitchen? Do you get the feel of it being part of the kitchen?

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

Oznell — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:16:28 GMT

@morganjen, I like your instinct to go with a green that complements your warm gray-- that's a sophisticated combo. My go-tos are always the Historical collection from Benjamin Moore. They are time-tested and don't look garish. Have had luck with their "Van Alen Green" (and it looks great with greige), very soft yet happy:

I also like @Scooby doo's suggestion of "Wythe Blue", which is another big favorite with designers:

If you want to be TOTALLY safe for resale, you could go with an interesting neutral like "Soft Chamois", or "Ballet White" or "Muslin", but I don't think that a color (unless it's totally obnoxious, and even then) in a utility room would kill the sale of a house. I think going for something soft and fresh that coordinates with your existing kitchen color is a good idea...

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:44:01 GMT

@morganjen Are you keeping the wallpaper or removing it? What color is your kitchen?

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morganjen — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:52:59 GMT

@faeriemoonIt's a laundry room that has our pantry, clothes rack, and two bookcases. It's very visible from the kitchen. I use the room a lot.

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morganjen — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:55:51 GMT

@PINKdogWOODNo, I'm getting rid of the wallpaper. It's very outdated with a molding panel going across the top separating it from the rest of the wall. I am going to remove everything and just paint the walls one color. The kitchen is painted a griege/warm gray color.

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PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:01:25 GMT

@morganjen Are you keeping the same color in the kitchen and/or repainting it too in the same color? What are your current accent colors ie cupboards & counter top & back splash?

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Bri369 — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:13:34 GMT

I would stick with the same color as your kitchen just to make it look cohesive. If you wanted something different, at least stay within the same color family that the kitchen is painted.

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

morganjen — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:43:43 GMT

@PINKdogWOODWe are in the process of updating the kitchen. It had an even worse, early-90's country striped, strawberries, baskets... wallpaper than the other room. I managed to remove the border going around the top part near the ceiling and painted it that warm gray we used for the other rooms we remodeled a year ago. (Eventually will remove the rest of the wallpaper and use tile for behind the stove and sink.)

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

faeriemoon — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:52:47 GMT

@morganjen Then I think I'd definitely choose a color that complements the kitchen. I might consider going a shade darker because I find that rooms like these can get marks on the walls more easily than other rooms. I know you mentioned you don't want it to be a grey/beige like the kitchen, but there are different intensities of that color that might appeal to you. And unless you are in love with wall paper, I would strip it and paint the room a solid color. (Excluding the trim, of course.)

Re: Looking for suggestions for paint color for a utility room

Fressa — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:58:54 GMT

I think you need to keep it in the lighter shades due to the location and space.....I like a light dove grey or slste with undertone of blue. I also like a camel color (not yellow base but aq brown base) It's a bit richer than a beige but a nice neutral.

I'm in the middle of a DIY project with a spare room. I pick up a few paint chips from the hardware store and tape them up on the wall to see which color looks the best. It's good to see the color in different times of the day as well as from the different adjourning rooms.