Paint continuity question...

mhwood

We are finally getting around to painting our house, it's been primer white for over a year now....here is my problem:

We have a backsplit. The foyer has an entrance into the kitchen and the dining room. The stairs to go up to the bedrooms is in the dining room. Do I paint all of these areas the same colour because they are all connected?

musictchr25

How big are the entrances? Are they defined with moulding? Are they just open? If you post pictures, it would be better to see, but if there is a defined end to a wall, you can do more than one color, otherwise, it may be difficult to find a good dividing place for the two different paint colors.  

mhwood

The entrances from the foyer to the dining room and kitchen are regular door sized, and the one leading from the kitchen into the dining room is about 4 doors wide.

Here is a photo prior to us priming it. You can see the large opening into the kitchen, and the opening from the foyer is on the right. They had 3 walls painted red, and one wall painted brown, which lead up the stairs.

musictchr25

I would say that the wall that is brown in the picture needs to be the same color as the one opposite of it when you are on the stairs. The walls that are currently red can be a different color, and those wouldn't be an issue at all. I actually think that because your entrances aren't floor to ceiling, and there is a header above them, that you can paint them all different colors and it wouldn't look weird.  If the space was missing a wall and was truly wide open, I'd say you should do one color, but if your rooms are separated as much as they look, then you can get away with multiple colors. 

mhwood

Excellent! Thanks for your advice. I wanted to do graduated shades of grey in the 3 rooms. Do you think that is too much grey?

I wanted to do the foyer in a simple grey (Abalone in the picture below) because we have a very dramatic light fixture and a stained glass window on our door.

In the dining room, I wanted to do a darker grey (Harbor Grey) and extend that up to the upper landing. The rooms off of that landing are the Master, DD2's room, and a guest room.

In the kitchen I wanted to do another shade (Smoke Embers).  The kitchen cabinets are white and with some glass, butcher block counter, stainless/black appliances, and yellow accents.

Sillygirl45

I think your idea would look great. My friends house is all different shades of green. It looks great! I never would have thought of doing something like that.

ella loo

there should be continuity in the painting, but you can change the painting colour according to the situatuin of each area. The purpose for decorating is to make the room more beautiful.

Chailbert

do you have any pictures? i personally like painting the same area in different shades or colors that match, same color makes spaces rather dull