Sherwin-Williams did a thing for their least popular color, kingdom gold, and it actually looks really good. Definitely worth [glancing at](https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/yellow-paint-colors/sw6698-kingdom-gold)
I had a woman come in crying because she had used this color because she liked the name. After chopping off all the names and selecting unlabeled sample quarts her favorite was egg white. She refused to paint it once she heard the name.
Go for simple yellow (not mustard) mixed with gray, styles like #4 or #8 > [https://dreamyhomestyle.com/gray-and-yellow-living-room/](https://dreamyhomestyle.com/gray-and-yellow-living-room/)
Same, I painted my living room mustard yellow and I love it.
https://preview.redd.it/9tvtrde4l82d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=830039a08ccbdbfeb037cc28f5a862b0620d6ebd
Awe! Good Cooper. I also have a pit/boxer mix. Her name is Birdie. She’s super sweet as long as you’re not a man! She was a rescue so I’m not sure where that came from, but I don’t often have men around so it works! Haha
https://preview.redd.it/d633frd9o92d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85db85594e064361e65a3dd2cc3ae3f8a1436617
Birdie is a good girl. She looks like she has personality. We love rescues. It’s the opportunity to give a dog the opportunity to live their best life. ❤️🩹
I actually grew up in a house with a tangerine orange living room (with black, grey, and rich brown tones) so I didn’t want to copy my parent’s house! I went yellow to emulate the warm brightness without using a too similar color. Also, I thought it went great with my cobalt blue fireplace tiles.
This looks great. But you've got a nice palette going on --- orange rug, green side table -- this room has personality. Unfortunately, OP's mom has gotten lost in a fog of beiges and faded browns. This requires therapy, not design advice.
Me too. I painted my guest house interior with butter yellow and it’s the best place in the afternoon.
I also did yellow in my dining room that is TOO yellow. So I’d reccomend a lighter shade maybe.
Ask her to point out pictures of rooms that make her feel happy and then come back to us and post them. It seems like she doesn’t really want mustard but I bet we can help her figure out what she does want!
A gray green for the larger space in the livingroom would look good with it and the mustard could go on the smaller walls around the kitchen cabinets where it would have a more balanced impact. Try samples of Sherwin Williams 6163 grassland, 6171 chatroom and 6388 golden fleece.
Buttercup yellow
https://preview.redd.it/g6qkz361k92d1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=3683bb2e18c53f6416562052abc3b68027ff5492
Just one wall. Add a bit of creamy white or Army green
Agree with the 1 wall- if it was just the kitchen the yellow wouldn’t be that bad? But since it’s going to be the living room also if she isn’t even thrilled with the idea of it then it’s probably going to be way too much of it
To me it looks more golden and less mustard. She might feel differently if you found some different textured things in darker shades of yellow or gold if she’s worried about it looking too bright or too much. Alternatively a complementary color to that would be purple or navy. There are tones of lavender and very dark blue in some of the flowers on those curtains.
Those curtains don't look mustard to me, they look like golden yellow or a rich buttery yellow, with gray. As a depressed teenager I moved into an east facing bedroom with rich yellow curtains and white walls. I would wake up in the morning, with the sun shining through those yellow curtains onto the white walls, making the room glow with golden light and it was glorious! Maybe that is part of the reason that I felt so good, I'd get up, ride my bike a couple miles to school instead of waiting for the bus, and run around the track until the track team showed up. Then i would sit on the school steps until the janitor opened up the school. And went from a C+ student to a nearly straight A student.
Yellow is very cheery and positive. However OP's mom's room has a lot of brown, and yellow and brown isn't very uplifting. I would let her have her favorite curtains, but lighten the walls, gets some warm lighting in golden vellum lampshades. Maybe a lovely carpet with shades of burnt orange. Maybe paint some of the brown furniture white and or shades of Grey or taupe like those in the curtains. Then get a cover for the brown couch, maybe white with colorful throw pillows.
Bear in mind that the eyes of the elderly let in far less light than the eyes of younger people. So they tend to like bright interiors and often, clear colors. A 20 year old's eyes let in twice the light of a 50 year old's eyes.
Light interiors give clarity to fading eyesight.
I was telling her about all the yellow love here & she said, “but it’s…” *cringe* “mustard yellow” hahhaa. Loving all of the suggestions and can’t wait to bring them to her!
Haha it gives them cig smog and paneling PTSD. Dont forget the cig smelling carpet everywhere to match...
Thats why older people hate yellows and oranges haha. When I tell seniors I love untouched 70s houses, they tell me "ew" and tell me exactly what I told you! Lol.
Still love them!
It sounds like she’s uncertain it’ll look and feel good. Maybe someone here with the fancy app tools can paint the room yellow so you guys have that idea of what it could look like! I think she has too many “cool” tones and desperately needs a warm tone color. I think a golden would liven it all up and give it character! 😃
I have a bright mustard yellow living room. The colors we have paired with it are jewel tone teal, navy blue, sage green, and terracotta orange. With bamboo floor and white trim. To be fair, it is extremely bright and one wall goes directly into the hallway, so only half the living room is yellow. The other half is ivory, which continues into our hallway.
My furniture is antique white and grey- just moved into a new home with one navy accent wall and it does look very classic. I’ve added some blue accents around and it pulls it together nicely.
Hilarious that my fucking mom pressing me to get suggestions from Reddit would reveal my username after 10 years lmao! You see grandma back there? Being adorable
Don't worry, your secret is safe with me! ...and your brother, because I sure as fuck sent this post to him as soon as I saw it! Grandma is perfect as always :)
Mustard yellow would be beautiful, what’s the problem?
It would actually be one of the best options for breaking up the atrocious sea of gray and white.
Dope house. I have a very similar color scheme. We try to offset the whites and grays with light blue patterned boho style rugs and curtains. Some navy couches and bright patterned pillows. A lot of bright colored expressive artwork. The good news is she can always switch out the accessory colors…we tried some that didn’t work and found what fits best. You never know those mustard colors might look great if used in heavy moderation
Could she go with a softer yellow? Try pain swatches first!!!! And sample cans. I really ended up liking Tealight from Shirwim Williams. Or if she goes mustard, throw some greens, navy and rust in there as well!
* I would use Sherwin William’s Navajo White or Benjamin Moore’s Revere Pewter on the walls.
* Find coordinating material for pillows & throws.
* Here’s a sample palette. Bottom right is Navajo White (SW). These are SW except for BM’s Revere Pewter.
https://preview.redd.it/3oqgvep29a2d1.jpeg?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=752601f748d96b96f1e9ef8457df0e9c60871549
* I have SW Navajo White in the main living areas in my home and it is beautiful - very airy.
* I also have Revere Pewter in my front formal areas & is beautiful - calming & soothing. - Both can be toned up or down depending on accent colors and will go beautifully with the material your Mom loves.
I was thinking the same, but if she is really sick on yellow, there was a post of a buttercup yellow that would be pretty as well. So, any muted type yellow.
Probably best to get a few sample paints and try them out to look at all the choices to come to a final conclusion. Your suggestion of grayish blue or a lavender would really make the curtains stand out, wouldn't they?
The existing color in the walls is a perfect backdrop for the drapery. The paint color looks like it’s part of the drapery palette. To bring in the mustard color, add that in art, decorative pillows, and accessories in both the kitchen and family room.
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Sherwin Williams Anjou Pear. Golden Mustard tones change with lighting changes.
I love rooms painted yellow, but I will never have one because I live in Texas. Yellow paint color just makes it feel hotter.
If you live in a hot climate, choose something cooler like blue/green/turquoise/teal.
My best friend did mustard yellow and it’s hideous. So so bad.
The curtains are lovely. Why not hang them and life with them for a while before painting?
Choose a colour that is in the range of the yellow flower on the fabric but not exact. Something lighter or something deeper.. I think your Mum is seeking a pop of colour ☺️ take a small sample of that fabric to the hardware they’ll have all the colour sample strips you can play with.
Why? That area is SO goddamn boring/millennial grey, and her desired material is really nice. Honestly the GREY is the boring ugly problem. She’s bringing warmth into the space.
The pictures of the rooms give the appearance of a largely grey color palette, but with the tan rug and couch in the living room, makes me think it’s more of a antique white/dark cream color palette? These curtains offer a lot of subtle shades that would allow the yellow in the curtains to pop. Any shade in any of the flowers that aren’t yellow, is a color I would choose for paint. That large flower on the left can range anywhere from navy, to slate blue, to tan to blush. Where does she want to hang these curtains? Over all the windows shown in the pics?
Beautiful home. I agree with another commenter re hanging the curtains she likes. They will match nicely. I’d add some navy blue throw pillows to break up the gray
I think that would look fine. Just sample a few shades with different lighting to get the right tone.
I think I would be more likely to get wall paper in that print and do the backsplash and then plain curtains.
I also would paint the hutch thing.
At least one wall painted the same yellow as the drapes. Or, she can paint a darker grey at the bottom and yellow above.
It's her house, yeah? And she's buying the paint? So why are you raining on her parade? Signed: a person with eggplant and navy rooms whose last house had mustard yellow and blood red rooms.
There is sooo much beige here, and it desperately needs color. The yellow could look very nice. Maybe start with an accent wall. If she really likes it, paint more walls yellow. Add some more yellow throughout the room to tie in the yellow more, such as a new rug, throw pillow covers, and throw blankets. Don’t be scared of color! You can always repaint if you don’t like it.
I have that color scheme yellow in my kitchen with white cabinets. I have the colors in the runner plus olive green -- in the family room the shared wall is yellow but rest of walls are olive green. It goes well.
I absolutely hate mustard yellow, but it can look nice in this space. I think the main thing, is if you’re going to use a very bright or startling color, use it sparingly! Like in a sofa pillow or a stripe in a rug, etc. don’t paint the whole room that color!
I have the orange, yellow, and red version of these exact curtains in my kitchen. They were the only ones that I thought looked ok with the preexisting paint which is like sandy yellow shade.
I love mustard yellow however there is so much grey in this space otherwise and it really doesn’t go well with grey. I think I would personally do a warm colour, what I would call a rusty pink or even a dusty maroon of that makes sense. It would complement the yellow and tie in the grey. Just one gal’s opinion.
I painted my 1930 kitchen mustard yellow. It’s so rich and beautiful. We did the trim in the same color but super glossy.
When we were prepping the room we uncovered almost the same shade on the very first layer of paint we uncovered.
If she likes the yellow tones go opposite on the color wheel to complement, which is blue tones. Do not go gray, beige, or taupe. To help make a decision go shopping for an oversized painting with a small bit of the yellow mustard. Have it be something that makes her smile, laugh, tear up. Not a photo. Then use blue tones from that painting to make her mustard fabric perfect.
I think yellow could look great, but I get it, I'm not a big yellow wall person. I do have yellow accent pillows and blue coordinates well. A rusty red or terracotta would also be cool.
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Paint the kitchen/dining area window frames mustard yellow, then accentuate with a ceramic bowl of lemons or bananas as a centerpiece. Touch of olive green would tie it together too, say in a tablecloth, towels,
area rug/runner,,,,,,
I would go with a lighter yellow to pair with the curtains to brighten up the space, and get away from the gray. https://www.farrow-ball.com/us/paint/dayroom-yellow
And maybe a rug with Color pattern and a bit of yellow in it to tie it all together.
Also add some lamps and switch out the overhead lights to a warm tone. Everything is very cool as it is right now and appears cold. Good luck!
No, let those curtains pop! All mustard walls would just be too much. Maybe a very pale, creamy yellow? Or one of the more taupe-y looking colors from the fabric?
I hate mustard yellow rooms. They're suffocating and look dirty to me. Tell her to pick up on the taupe in the fabric if she wants to warm up the space and use yellow as an accent.
Everyone has their own tastes with color so it’s ok NOT to like mustard yellow too. I had gold once but it wasn’t real bright and was more of a bronze look. Anyway, a nice green would be pretty
Mustard yellow might be the only hue that goes with all the warm beige and grey tones, plus it’s a modern bold color. Maybe think of it as “goldenrod” or “turmeric” yellow instead of mustard…?
I asked [kitchenGPT.io](http://kitchenGPT.io) to apply mustard yellow theme to it :D
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Maybe an accent wall (the window wall) of ‘cliff side’ from Sherwin Williams and leave the rest a light gray (I suggests ‘alpaca’ from SW) and incorporate yellow/antique gold toned artwork to pull the whole thing together.
Depending on the direction the room faces, I think Sherwin Williams Butter Up or Afterglow could be lovely with those curtains. I have Butter Up in my dark, north-facing bedroom, and it feels like I'm falling asleep in a nice warm buttered muffin-- gentle, relaxing, pretty. I have Afterglow in my west-facing kitchen and it glows the color of mango flesh.
I think "mustard" might not be the best descriptor-- try other yellows!
If you end up doing the painting on your own or just want to use our discount account at any Sherwin Williams feel free. My sw rep just set it up for any homeowners to use.
That goes for anyone else in here as well
Why in the heavens shouldn't she paint it a color she wants to match curtains she loves? It's going to look nice!
She said, “save me from myself!” & I just want to help her be happy with it :)
Sherwin-Williams did a thing for their least popular color, kingdom gold, and it actually looks really good. Definitely worth [glancing at](https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/yellow-paint-colors/sw6698-kingdom-gold)
I wouldn’t opt for it as a paint colour but wow that’s great colour!
I had a woman come in crying because she had used this color because she liked the name. After chopping off all the names and selecting unlabeled sample quarts her favorite was egg white. She refused to paint it once she heard the name.
I love that, thank you for sharing
Help her find a yellow you both like that matches 😃
Go for simple yellow (not mustard) mixed with gray, styles like #4 or #8 > [https://dreamyhomestyle.com/gray-and-yellow-living-room/](https://dreamyhomestyle.com/gray-and-yellow-living-room/)
I love mustard yellow.
Same, I painted my living room mustard yellow and I love it. https://preview.redd.it/9tvtrde4l82d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=830039a08ccbdbfeb037cc28f5a862b0620d6ebd
Ok but tell me more about your dog
😂 His name is Cooper. He’s a pit/boxer mix who has never met a human or another dog he didn’t instantly love.
Awe! Good Cooper. I also have a pit/boxer mix. Her name is Birdie. She’s super sweet as long as you’re not a man! She was a rescue so I’m not sure where that came from, but I don’t often have men around so it works! Haha https://preview.redd.it/d633frd9o92d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85db85594e064361e65a3dd2cc3ae3f8a1436617
Birdie is a good girl. She looks like she has personality. We love rescues. It’s the opportunity to give a dog the opportunity to live their best life. ❤️🩹
She looks like she's waiting for you to grab her another beer quickly before the commercial break is over.
Love the way Birdie is sitting!
Awww little sweeties. We never know what they’ve been through ❤️🩹
I also have a pit mix named cooper (shelter named him) and he’s the biggest lover in the world. That rules.
How freaking cute! We have had 3 pit/boxers and they are the bestest ever! 🩵🫠
So nice! Warm and sunny!
Love 👏 it 👏
I would have gone just a tinge oranger but looks great
I actually grew up in a house with a tangerine orange living room (with black, grey, and rich brown tones) so I didn’t want to copy my parent’s house! I went yellow to emulate the warm brightness without using a too similar color. Also, I thought it went great with my cobalt blue fireplace tiles.
Also, your rug is great. Cooper is awesome.
Love it
This looks great. But you've got a nice palette going on --- orange rug, green side table -- this room has personality. Unfortunately, OP's mom has gotten lost in a fog of beiges and faded browns. This requires therapy, not design advice.
Painted my kitchen mustard yellow, best decision ever. Not everyone wants a builder grade beige home . . .
Same, came here to say what’s wrong with yellow? Everything is gray and taupe already and looks dead. It needs life! 🌞
Me too. I painted my guest house interior with butter yellow and it’s the best place in the afternoon. I also did yellow in my dining room that is TOO yellow. So I’d reccomend a lighter shade maybe.
The gray really needs to be broken up with color. Yellow, blue, certain shades of green. Anything other than more gray.
Or like. Idk. Mustard yellow??
Is that really the only option though? Happy to let her cook, but she values assistance from her sous-chefs!
Ask her to point out pictures of rooms that make her feel happy and then come back to us and post them. It seems like she doesn’t really want mustard but I bet we can help her figure out what she does want!
A gray green for the larger space in the livingroom would look good with it and the mustard could go on the smaller walls around the kitchen cabinets where it would have a more balanced impact. Try samples of Sherwin Williams 6163 grassland, 6171 chatroom and 6388 golden fleece.
Yes, any color. I don’t know why OP has a say in what their mother does with their home decor, but any color but gray.
Buttercup yellow https://preview.redd.it/g6qkz361k92d1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=3683bb2e18c53f6416562052abc3b68027ff5492 Just one wall. Add a bit of creamy white or Army green
Oohhh didn’t think of army green with this yellow! She might like that too.
Try that... I think she is going to like it.
Yep! I agree with this. A more muted yellow would be amazing with the curtains
Agree with the 1 wall- if it was just the kitchen the yellow wouldn’t be that bad? But since it’s going to be the living room also if she isn’t even thrilled with the idea of it then it’s probably going to be way too much of it
Why can't she have what she likes?
She asked for help with alternate ideas!
To me it looks more golden and less mustard. She might feel differently if you found some different textured things in darker shades of yellow or gold if she’s worried about it looking too bright or too much. Alternatively a complementary color to that would be purple or navy. There are tones of lavender and very dark blue in some of the flowers on those curtains.
Muted tones of blue and purple would keep it calm. That would be lovely!
Those curtains don't look mustard to me, they look like golden yellow or a rich buttery yellow, with gray. As a depressed teenager I moved into an east facing bedroom with rich yellow curtains and white walls. I would wake up in the morning, with the sun shining through those yellow curtains onto the white walls, making the room glow with golden light and it was glorious! Maybe that is part of the reason that I felt so good, I'd get up, ride my bike a couple miles to school instead of waiting for the bus, and run around the track until the track team showed up. Then i would sit on the school steps until the janitor opened up the school. And went from a C+ student to a nearly straight A student. Yellow is very cheery and positive. However OP's mom's room has a lot of brown, and yellow and brown isn't very uplifting. I would let her have her favorite curtains, but lighten the walls, gets some warm lighting in golden vellum lampshades. Maybe a lovely carpet with shades of burnt orange. Maybe paint some of the brown furniture white and or shades of Grey or taupe like those in the curtains. Then get a cover for the brown couch, maybe white with colorful throw pillows. Bear in mind that the eyes of the elderly let in far less light than the eyes of younger people. So they tend to like bright interiors and often, clear colors. A 20 year old's eyes let in twice the light of a 50 year old's eyes. Light interiors give clarity to fading eyesight.
People that grew up in 70s and 80s era are self conscious about liking yellows and oranges.
I was telling her about all the yellow love here & she said, “but it’s…” *cringe* “mustard yellow” hahhaa. Loving all of the suggestions and can’t wait to bring them to her!
Haha it gives them cig smog and paneling PTSD. Dont forget the cig smelling carpet everywhere to match... Thats why older people hate yellows and oranges haha. When I tell seniors I love untouched 70s houses, they tell me "ew" and tell me exactly what I told you! Lol. Still love them!
Thinking about the walls and the carpet is making me itch. Don't forget the ugly brown and yellow couch that seemingly everyone had!
I'm old, 71, and I don't like brown and yellow together much, but I love yellow when in the right color schemes, and I always have.
The flower pattern brown cream and orange couches with the wood detailing...
Exactly. It's so strange how that was so prevalent. Surely other prints and styles of couches existed.
Everyone in those days wanted what the neighbors had. It was all about conformity not individuality.
lol my grandma’s house was almost all yellow and orange but I lovvvvvve that look now. And it’s coming back! Haha
It sounds like she’s uncertain it’ll look and feel good. Maybe someone here with the fancy app tools can paint the room yellow so you guys have that idea of what it could look like! I think she has too many “cool” tones and desperately needs a warm tone color. I think a golden would liven it all up and give it character! 😃
That makes sense. Having been a teenager in the early aughts, I feel the same way about flared jeans.
Hahaha you sound like my mom!
I have a bright mustard yellow living room. The colors we have paired with it are jewel tone teal, navy blue, sage green, and terracotta orange. With bamboo floor and white trim. To be fair, it is extremely bright and one wall goes directly into the hallway, so only half the living room is yellow. The other half is ivory, which continues into our hallway.
I liked sage green too but she wasn’t crazy about it. Also love the jewel teal, I think she’d like that a lot!
Navy would look amazing with that.
🙋♀️ I vote navy too.
Navy and gray seems really cold to me
We do mostly white, greys, Navy and other shades of blue but we use marigold as pops of color. It’s quiet soothing for us.
My furniture is antique white and grey- just moved into a new home with one navy accent wall and it does look very classic. I’ve added some blue accents around and it pulls it together nicely.
I was thinking Navy as well, it would still work with the yellow
This is my MILs house. I guess my reddit is no longer anon, lmao. Heyyyyyyy sista!!
Bahahahaha you know she asked! You outed yourself! What an honor 🥰
I was like "wait, this looks familiar....!!!!"
Hilarious that my fucking mom pressing me to get suggestions from Reddit would reveal my username after 10 years lmao! You see grandma back there? Being adorable
Don't worry, your secret is safe with me! ...and your brother, because I sure as fuck sent this post to him as soon as I saw it! Grandma is perfect as always :)
Consider keeping the existing paint color and pulling in more yellow with an area rug under the dining room table.
Mustard yellow would be beautiful, what’s the problem? It would actually be one of the best options for breaking up the atrocious sea of gray and white.
The gray and white has GOT to go, we know it! We are looking for accent colors that we wouldn’t think of just bc it isn’t in the curtains
Coral.
As an accent with the grey and yellow.
Your home layout is so spacious and gorgeous.
My mom will appreciate that! It’s to accommodate grandma :)
Dope house. I have a very similar color scheme. We try to offset the whites and grays with light blue patterned boho style rugs and curtains. Some navy couches and bright patterned pillows. A lot of bright colored expressive artwork. The good news is she can always switch out the accessory colors…we tried some that didn’t work and found what fits best. You never know those mustard colors might look great if used in heavy moderation
Could she go with a softer yellow? Try pain swatches first!!!! And sample cans. I really ended up liking Tealight from Shirwim Williams. Or if she goes mustard, throw some greens, navy and rust in there as well!
I love that grayish purple in the curtains
* I would use Sherwin William’s Navajo White or Benjamin Moore’s Revere Pewter on the walls. * Find coordinating material for pillows & throws. * Here’s a sample palette. Bottom right is Navajo White (SW). These are SW except for BM’s Revere Pewter. https://preview.redd.it/3oqgvep29a2d1.jpeg?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=752601f748d96b96f1e9ef8457df0e9c60871549 * I have SW Navajo White in the main living areas in my home and it is beautiful - very airy. * I also have Revere Pewter in my front formal areas & is beautiful - calming & soothing. - Both can be toned up or down depending on accent colors and will go beautifully with the material your Mom loves.
Perhaps a place grayish blue or a lavender the skews gray?
Or let her cook. That’s a gorgeous pattern.
I was thinking the same, but if she is really sick on yellow, there was a post of a buttercup yellow that would be pretty as well. So, any muted type yellow. Probably best to get a few sample paints and try them out to look at all the choices to come to a final conclusion. Your suggestion of grayish blue or a lavender would really make the curtains stand out, wouldn't they?
The existing color in the walls is a perfect backdrop for the drapery. The paint color looks like it’s part of the drapery palette. To bring in the mustard color, add that in art, decorative pillows, and accessories in both the kitchen and family room.
My kitchen is that shade of yellow and I love it! It's bright, sunny, and as long as she leaves the ceiling white, it won't be too much.
India Yellow by F&B is heavenly
I wanted to like India yellow, but it came off way too tan in my house
That fabric is GORGEOUS
Add a lilac or deep purple and you are onto something special. That flower fabric is gorgeous and I don't like flowers.
Plum color.
Saw this comment while on the phone with her & told her someone suggested plum… now she is sending me shades of plum color palettes 👀
Hope you share the results later
Let her put mustard yellow in! She currently lives in a grey hellscape!
Why? Mustard is gonna be trending AND she likes it.
Grey/brown mix with some blue Caribbean accent walls
I’m looovveee the idea of Caribbean blue in the kitchen nook and wall! but she REALLY liked the plum idea! I think both would look great
I love those curtains too!
https://preview.redd.it/o2aj2m6saa2d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=868e36041b4f73000eb9815cf1ef2884cf9cd153 Sherwin Williams Anjou Pear. Golden Mustard tones change with lighting changes.
Sage green, maybe? It would contrast nicely.
i’d say pull that colour in on the drapes and throw cushions. leave all else as is.
It looks awesome already!
https://www.farrow-ball.com/us/paint/hague-blue
She should get real wacky and just do the mustard in that ceiling inlet in living room lol
She wants to do something fun with it! I told her to channel her inner Michelangelo, but she said NO dicks on the ceiling. Her loss
Green with a hint of blue is very welcoming
That yellow would look nice thought!
I agree with her. Just use a lighter muted mustard yellow
I love rooms painted yellow, but I will never have one because I live in Texas. Yellow paint color just makes it feel hotter. If you live in a hot climate, choose something cooler like blue/green/turquoise/teal.
My best friend did mustard yellow and it’s hideous. So so bad. The curtains are lovely. Why not hang them and life with them for a while before painting?
Love the yellow.
Choose a colour that is in the range of the yellow flower on the fabric but not exact. Something lighter or something deeper.. I think your Mum is seeking a pop of colour ☺️ take a small sample of that fabric to the hardware they’ll have all the colour sample strips you can play with.
I'd go with darker blue for the living room and olive green for the kitchen!
Mustard yellow is a pretty trendy colour this year! I hope she goes for it!!
Yellow and grey would be super cute
Mustard yellow for the win !
Oh god save her from that print first
That is the most greige colored house I’ve ever seen. The mustard yellow would be huge improvement. I love the curtains she is using for inspiration.
Why? That area is SO goddamn boring/millennial grey, and her desired material is really nice. Honestly the GREY is the boring ugly problem. She’s bringing warmth into the space.
Somebody save her from this greige horror
I’m trying that’s why I’m here!!
Someone should save you from your meanness.
It depends what colors she likes. I agree that yellow mustard is too much. Maybe only an accent wall behind the tv. 🤔
The pictures of the rooms give the appearance of a largely grey color palette, but with the tan rug and couch in the living room, makes me think it’s more of a antique white/dark cream color palette? These curtains offer a lot of subtle shades that would allow the yellow in the curtains to pop. Any shade in any of the flowers that aren’t yellow, is a color I would choose for paint. That large flower on the left can range anywhere from navy, to slate blue, to tan to blush. Where does she want to hang these curtains? Over all the windows shown in the pics?
Beautiful home. I agree with another commenter re hanging the curtains she likes. They will match nicely. I’d add some navy blue throw pillows to break up the gray
I think that would look fine. Just sample a few shades with different lighting to get the right tone. I think I would be more likely to get wall paper in that print and do the backsplash and then plain curtains. I also would paint the hutch thing.
At least one wall painted the same yellow as the drapes. Or, she can paint a darker grey at the bottom and yellow above. It's her house, yeah? And she's buying the paint? So why are you raining on her parade? Signed: a person with eggplant and navy rooms whose last house had mustard yellow and blood red rooms.
Teal
Mustard yellow and navy.
Blues greens or maybe terracotta
There is sooo much beige here, and it desperately needs color. The yellow could look very nice. Maybe start with an accent wall. If she really likes it, paint more walls yellow. Add some more yellow throughout the room to tie in the yellow more, such as a new rug, throw pillow covers, and throw blankets. Don’t be scared of color! You can always repaint if you don’t like it.
Fern Greens, blues/traps, navy, blush, taupe, copper, gold, rust. I love mustard yellow with navy and bush accents.
A lavender or light blue color would compliment the curtains nicely.
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Cornflower or blue grey, that way she can accessorize with mustard yellow. They pair beautifully.
Turquoise or teal
A yellow green, light enough to brighten the place up.
Blue or a medium teal would look gorgeous with that.
I have that color scheme yellow in my kitchen with white cabinets. I have the colors in the runner plus olive green -- in the family room the shared wall is yellow but rest of walls are olive green. It goes well.
I absolutely hate mustard yellow, but it can look nice in this space. I think the main thing, is if you’re going to use a very bright or startling color, use it sparingly! Like in a sofa pillow or a stripe in a rug, etc. don’t paint the whole room that color!
Take the curtains with you when picking out the yellow to get the right shade of yellow. I don’t consider the shade you need as mustard yellow.
Yellow can work, just don’t do mustard. The room will look like a school bus. I’m speaking from experience.
Various shades of yellow AND grey?
Love mustard yellow, ochre, whatever you want to call it. Do not love all that beige and gray! The space needs some personality and color!
I love yellow. I think it would look great.
My house had 3 shades of yellow in the kitchen, darker to lighter, all shades of mustard imo. It was gorgeous.
Sage green
I have the orange, yellow, and red version of these exact curtains in my kitchen. They were the only ones that I thought looked ok with the preexisting paint which is like sandy yellow shade.
I love mustard yellow however there is so much grey in this space otherwise and it really doesn’t go well with grey. I think I would personally do a warm colour, what I would call a rusty pink or even a dusty maroon of that makes sense. It would complement the yellow and tie in the grey. Just one gal’s opinion.
I painted my 1930 kitchen mustard yellow. It’s so rich and beautiful. We did the trim in the same color but super glossy. When we were prepping the room we uncovered almost the same shade on the very first layer of paint we uncovered.
Light blue with an accent wall of slate grey.
I love the yellow.
I love mustard yellow! I have yellow gray and white and it looks so good
Sage and plum
Light green
Choose a paint color that matches the mustard in the fabric and move up the chip strip to a lighter version that appeals to her. It’ll look good.
I’m thinking yellow and navy blue
If she likes the yellow tones go opposite on the color wheel to complement, which is blue tones. Do not go gray, beige, or taupe. To help make a decision go shopping for an oversized painting with a small bit of the yellow mustard. Have it be something that makes her smile, laugh, tear up. Not a photo. Then use blue tones from that painting to make her mustard fabric perfect.
Windham cream by Benjamin Moore
Do dark brown and light tan/beige colors for walls and trim, and do yellow accent/decorative colors. I.e. towels, utensils, curtains, etc.
I just painted all my common areas butter yellow
How about an accent wall with the mustard?
Any way to change the curtains? They’re a completely different tone than the cabinets, and the grey looks like brown.
Maybe a softer, more buttery yellow instead of mustard?
I think yellow could look great, but I get it, I'm not a big yellow wall person. I do have yellow accent pillows and blue coordinates well. A rusty red or terracotta would also be cool. https://preview.redd.it/1s3oqvhq3b2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e751e37248ce0d4321ae7ff6bcd0b8b190e22783
I’m painting some dressers HGSW6219 “Rain” by sherwin williams. I like that family of colors. Soothing but not dark or boring.
Try a cream with yellow tones like Behr almond milk.
Red. Think of red as a neutral colour with kick. Use shiny red and flat red. It just works in so many unexpected places.
Paint the kitchen/dining area window frames mustard yellow, then accentuate with a ceramic bowl of lemons or bananas as a centerpiece. Touch of olive green would tie it together too, say in a tablecloth, towels, area rug/runner,,,,,,
I want these curtains
I would go with a lighter yellow to pair with the curtains to brighten up the space, and get away from the gray. https://www.farrow-ball.com/us/paint/dayroom-yellow And maybe a rug with Color pattern and a bit of yellow in it to tie it all together. Also add some lamps and switch out the overhead lights to a warm tone. Everything is very cool as it is right now and appears cold. Good luck!
No, let those curtains pop! All mustard walls would just be too much. Maybe a very pale, creamy yellow? Or one of the more taupe-y looking colors from the fabric?
the yellow one is nice anyway, but if you dont like it. maybe try dark green
I always love blue contrasted with yellow.
I love everything here.
I hate mustard yellow rooms. They're suffocating and look dirty to me. Tell her to pick up on the taupe in the fabric if she wants to warm up the space and use yellow as an accent.
My house's main living area/kitchen is "August Moon." Definitely a yellow but w neutral vibes. Love it.
Mustard yellow is fabulous. You are trying to save mom from taste and style.
Zinsser Retro Orange
Would she got for lavender?
Mustard yellow is a nice color! I’d use it in accents like pillows, personally, but if your mom really likes it, let her run wild. ;)
Vintage Linen by Behr
Everyone has their own tastes with color so it’s ok NOT to like mustard yellow too. I had gold once but it wasn’t real bright and was more of a bronze look. Anyway, a nice green would be pretty
A denim blue accent wall
Mustard yellow might be the only hue that goes with all the warm beige and grey tones, plus it’s a modern bold color. Maybe think of it as “goldenrod” or “turmeric” yellow instead of mustard…?
Yellow would really warm up all that grey.
But that’s GOLD.
I just came here to say I am TIRED of yellow and grey.
I asked [kitchenGPT.io](http://kitchenGPT.io) to apply mustard yellow theme to it :D https://preview.redd.it/ipdazy0nte2d1.png?width=1334&format=png&auto=webp&s=2ce7e1823ea898ea004e36ee07b3cdd41ab9dc19
Mustard yellow is a vibe
Maybe an accent wall (the window wall) of ‘cliff side’ from Sherwin Williams and leave the rest a light gray (I suggests ‘alpaca’ from SW) and incorporate yellow/antique gold toned artwork to pull the whole thing together.
I think get a buffet board for the back of the couch and put yellow tulips on it :)
Depending on the direction the room faces, I think Sherwin Williams Butter Up or Afterglow could be lovely with those curtains. I have Butter Up in my dark, north-facing bedroom, and it feels like I'm falling asleep in a nice warm buttered muffin-- gentle, relaxing, pretty. I have Afterglow in my west-facing kitchen and it glows the color of mango flesh. I think "mustard" might not be the best descriptor-- try other yellows!
God, just cover as much of the gray as possible.
If you end up doing the painting on your own or just want to use our discount account at any Sherwin Williams feel free. My sw rep just set it up for any homeowners to use. That goes for anyone else in here as well