Gray is challenging.
It starts to look blue, purple and even green.
It took me 3 stores and 4 trips to find the color I wanted.
(even this morning when i went to buy 5 gallons of gray,
I was sooo tempted to try just one more swatch.)
I wanted to go darker, but from my HGTV viewing,
I know that is not good for resale.
I also wanted a gray gray.
earlier this year my sister-in-law, laura, told me about this
awesome blog, http://www.younghouselove.com/.
i found that they had a going gray post
with advice on choosing a gray and
i took some tips from their post and i even
checked out the benjamin moore grays that they used,
but i wanted something more bold.
this is probably the most thought i have ever
put in to choosing a paint color. when we bought our house i chose
a swatch in the store, bought a can of paint on the
spot and went home to paint. did any of the colors turn out
like i expected? of course not. ;)
(honey, i am learning!)
my swatches taken with open windows and no flash
from left to right
top row: heavy goose-martha stewart, driftwood gray-martha stewart, gray wisp-benjamin moore
middle: nightingale-benjamin moore, metropolitan-benjamin moore, fusion-benjamin moore, cement gray-benjamin moore
bottom: sterling-valspar, secret passage-olympic, gray beard-olympic, tightrope-olympic
here are the swatches taken with a flash in the evening.
ok, i think i'm ready!
first we had the ceiling fixed from water damage this winter
drying...
hallway swatches
living room swatches in natural light
corner swatches
more living room swatches
dining room swatches
entry way swatches
hallway to basement swatches
more dining room swatches.
(hi bobo!!)
all of my cute little trial cans
(i tried to convince grant that they were practically
free. why? because i use a coupon every time i go to
the home improvement store so my savings cancels out this cost.
the total cost is probably
around $30ish)
swatches in natural light
will post the results soon!
