How Would You Handle This?

[Insomniac]

Photo One. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/rosadala/Our%20House/DSCF0821copy.jpg)
Photo Two. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/rosadala/Our%20House/DSCF0823.jpg)
Photo Three. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/rosadala/Our%20House/DSCF0822copy.jpg)

The problems are the pillars, the inside of the arch, and under the bar. Since the living room is green, and the kitchen is yellow, how should I paint the pillars?

[Ather]

Well, you could always paint one side green, one side yellow, or get creative and put swirls of yellow/green on the pillars or kinda of make it look like the colors melted into each other.

I'm not really good at paint ideas for houses :D But that's just something that would seem nifty to me.

[Gavin Darkhart]

no one likes my ideas in decorating, but i give it anyway.

Slap Veneer on them and go with wood pattern/tones a nice light maple maybe.

[bob the goat]

Is that yellow color you can see in the cabinets the yellow that is staying, or is it a reflection of natural light off the shelves? What shade of green, are we talking here: a lime tint in off white, or emerald? You would usually want to pull the lighter color out to accent the darker color. If you are going for a pastel off white kind of green, then I would paint the pillars that. If you are using a medium to dark green, I would paint the pillars yellow.

The only exception is if you are going to have low lighting in the Light green room, and either no wall coverings, or really dark coverings, the yellow might become the focal point, and not look good. Considering the windows I saw opposite the kitchen, I don’t think that will be the case.

Personally, I like very bright yellows and greens (http://www.sherwin-williams.com/do_it_yourself/paint_colors/paint_colors_education/why_color.jsp), but dark solids can quickly turn into a dungeon without lots of lighting, and accents.

Another option would be to leave them pure white. This would give a good visual break between the rooms.

If you want more PM me.

[Takara]

I'd say paint the kitchen side (2 sides) yellow and the living room side (2 sides) green! Pick a side, right or left to keep continuity. Painters tape to keep lines clean.

As for the arch and under the bar... hard to say. Pick the color you like better to carry over into the other room, or make one clean line in the middle where the two will meet.

[Tati]

If it were me, I'd paint it like this (http://julirama.homestead.com/files/paintingroom.jpg). Doncha wish painting your house were this simple? :) Probly paint the backside of those pillars green.

[Insomniac]

Awesome ideas, guys! :D I'll post links to the colors, but I'm going to have to wait until it's light outside....wierdly enough, they look almost identical when I photograph them in artificial light...but they're very different.

Gavin, if it were up to me, my whole kitchen would be wood tones. Alas, painting old cabinets is cheaper than buying new ones. :(

Didn't even think of leaving the pillars white, or painting them a different color! That seems like a great idea to me...we'll have to see what the other half (and his parents) thinks of it. :D

[Gavin Darkhart]

:) I love wood tones. hehe, I'd even lower myself to woodtoned shelfpaper to avoid the flat dead colors of paint.

[Mutton]

I would move the fridge outta the way of the windows and hang the microwave under the cabinets

[Fyrie]

It depends on which room you want to look like it's a moving into the other and then paint the arches that color. I'm thinking that from the pictures that the yellow will be the kitchen so to give it a little larger look paint the arches yellow so the eye sees that room extending out a little.

I just picked the paint colors for our new house and had to figure this stuff out. Good luck with it, and remember it's only paint and can be changed if you decide you don't like the first way you put it.

A wood veneer could look nice if there's other wood in the house to match it to so it doesn't look like there's just something thrown in. You need to make sure it isn't an older style where it will looked aged soon. Have you considered having the drywallers put knockdown in the arches to give it some texture and durability, that can look really nice.

[bob the goat]

If it were me, I'd paint it like this (http://julirama.homestead.com/files/paintingroom.jpg). Doncha wish painting your house were this simple? :) Probly paint the backside of those pillars green.

That looks really good.

[Breandan]

I would suggest a liberal application of C3H5N3O9 or, if that is too expensive or hard to acquire (you can make it, but it's not easy), I would go for an even more liberal use of Trinitrotoluene. After applying one or both of these to chemical solutions, however, you will have a lot of work to do to get the walls into a condition to be refinished and painted, but it will definately handle the removal of all undesired materials... and then some :twisted: