When we remodel the kitchen, we will have some structural work done that will require repainting the dining room. I’m planning on using this to try a new look. Here’s how it looks now.
We had the shelves put in just over a year ago and they’ve made an enormous difference to the room. Other than that, not much has changed since this post. But now it’s time for something new (apart from the table, which obviously desperately needs to be swapped out). The current wall color is Iced Marble by Benjamin Moore. I love it, but it’s been there for almost five years and I feel it’s a little drab now. So, I’m thinking of going several shades darker to Millstone Gray. As you can see, it’s a deep gray with a greeny-blue tinge.
Or else Kitty Gray, which is just a little darker and bluer (and, frankly, looks identical on my screen!)
Dark gray has been a hot color for ages, but I still think it looks fresh against crisp white moldings (of which there’s plenty in our dining room – and, if we paint the ceiling a brighter white, it should work well). Take a look at these examples.
Via the Girl in the Brick House.
Via Manolo for the Home. Although the walls here are almost black, rather than gray, this photo is particularly great inspiration because we have this Nelson Saucer bubble lamp in our dining room.
What do you think? Should we take the plunge?
I love the dark gray walls. We are getting ready to paint the living room a dark gray because we have so much light coming in the room. Very modern look.
I think you can make this work, definitely. Love that example from Girl in the Brick House.
Yes! I think it would look amazing in your dining room.
xo,
cristin
Yes!
The darker the better to make all the white accents stand out.
do it! i love what a dark gray can add to a space. if i had beautiful bookcases like that i’d definitely want them to stand out against a dark wall. can’t wait to see what you decide!
Yes, yes, YES! I’m heading to Los Angeles in April to do my son’s music studio and charcoal gray walls with LOTS of white in the curtains and furnishings is my plan. I was inspired by a couple of photos I found on (I think) decorpad.com. One of the photos was a small sitting room with charcoal gray walls and a geometric white on gray trellis wallpaper on the ceiling. I loved that one so much that I experimented on the ceiling in one of our spare bedrooms (with paint rather than wallpaper) and I’m really happy with the result. If you’re interested, it can be seen on my website (click on “galleries,” then “graphics and murals,” and it’s the second to last pic in that group).
I think it will be fabulous! I just blogged about gray last week…I love it!
I say not to dark gray. Dreary. But your dining room is beautiful.