On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 16:55:54 GMT, wrote:

Hello,

Can't be the first one to run into this.

Remodeling kitchen etc. and am about to paint walls, doorway trim.

Kitchen wall color doesn't quite match that of the rooms that the doorways
enter into. Kitchen wall color isn't domineering like a canary yellow or
anything, it's sort of a creamy off white, but it still doesn't quite match
that of the adjoining rooms.

So how to paint the jambs and stop? Just choose one or the other and be
happy with it? Try and somehow find a blend that works well with colors on
both sides?

I suppose one could ask why I didn't use the same color as the adjoining
rooms for the kitchen but a kitchen is a pretty different place than a
family or dining room and it seems to me that it's not insane to have a
different color for it. I seem to recall that bright yellow kitchens used
to be in vogue and you certainly wouldn't want that color in the rest of
your house.

It depends on how different the colors are and their intensities. If
they are close, it doesn't matter, pick one or the other. For example
my kitchen is a soft yellow and the dining room is a warm off-white
that has a yellow-ish hue in daylight. So I left the doorway (no door
or molding, but a wide/deep opening) the dining room color which is a
neutral. But it's not different enough to make a difference.

The other side of the dining room opens to the living room which is,
ahem, soft salmony pink (The furniture is brown as is the molding, so
it's not really girly :). Although different, the colors are of the
same low intensity. Again, I left the doorway jamb the dining room
color because it's more neutral.

If the doorways have molding, the answer is simple. Use a color that
goes with (or contrasts nicely with) both. Eg. I have upstairs one
bedroom is green, another is gold, the bathroom is pink/gray with
floral accents. The moldings in the room and outside of the rooms are
all white, which sets off the colors and gives unity in the hall.
And, all of the rooms are of the same color intensity (value?) so it's
not like there is a primary next to a pastel next to a jewel tone.
All different colors, yet it works together, and pleasantly.

Sue(tm)
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