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Grey de la Grey

We picked up about a dozen paint samples from Home Depot on Friday night and another dozen from Lowes.  We taped them up on the walls in various…

We picked up about a dozen paint samples from Home Depot on Friday night and another dozen from Lowes.  We taped them up on the walls in various rooms all weekend and watched how they looked at all times of the day.  For the main area (living/dining/kitchen/hallway) we wanted gray.  For Greta’s room, we are looking for a grayish mauve, for the bathroom–a grayish blue, and we have NO idea for our room.  Which is kinda funny, because we got the most votes to start our paintbrushes in there.

Well, after looking at all the different paint samples on the wall for two full days, we decided against all of them.  Seriously.  One by one they were taken off the wall.  Some went right away and others took longer.  But we both knew, we hadn’t found our colors yet.

Gray is a toughie.  There isn’t one true gray.  It can look blue or brown or pink or green.  This morning, I learned that even more when I took a trip to Ace Hardware and picked up another dozen shades of gray from the Benjamin Moore collection.

Do you see what I mean?  These are ALL grays.  When you put them next to each other, you can really see the different tones come out.  I judged each individually and tried to find the truest gray.  Luckily, Benjamin Moore paints are the Creme de la Creme as far as colors go and I fooouuunnndddd one!!!

..okay, maybe two–but they are VERY close.  Whitestone is a pinch cooler or Harbor Gray is a teensy bit warmer, either way–these are the top contenders.  I’ll leave it up to Chris to make the final call.  And although the majority favored us starting in our bedroom, we think we are going to start in the front.    Originally we thought that we would have colors picked out for every room, but alas…that isn’t the case.  We want to make sure whatever we DO choose to paint the bedroom/nursery/bathroom lends itself very well to ol’ Whitestone or Harbor Gray.  We want everything to feel cohesive so we are starting with what we KNOW we like and hopefully we’ll be inspired along the way.   We’ll get the winning gray color-matched at Lowe’s to Olympic NO-VOC paint so we don’t have fumes smacking us in the face, plus, our wallet will thank us.  Let the painting COMMENCE!

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  1. I am probably too late – as I notice that this post is over a year old – but I just wanted to warn you that I painted my living room in “whitstone” and it came out a shade of blueish-grey. This was not at all what I wanted, nor was it was I expected it to be based on the paint chip!

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  2. YES!!!!!!!! Not only do I LOVE grey clothing and accessories, I LOVE grey on walls. So good for you guys! Ya, picking paint colors is an exciting time and THANKFULLY if you pick the wrong shade, getting another color and painting over will be no big deal.

    Can’t wait to see the finished product!!!!

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  3. YES!!!!!!!! Not only do I LOVE grey clothing and accessories, I LOVE grey on walls. So good for you guys! Ya, picking paint colors is an exciting time and THANKFULLY if you pick the wrong shade, getting another color and painting over will be no big deal.

    Can’t wait to see the finished product!!!!

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