We have been on a serious hunt here in chateau Yarmuth. A hunt for the perfect color of grey paint for the main area of our house. Actually, the main body of our home has been under construction for quite some time now. You see that molding below on the entrance wall? Well, a few weeks ago it did not exist. After getting a few scary high quotes, Floyd decided to go rogue and took a few days off to try his hand at DIY molding. The idea is that we will be painting the area below the chair rail a shiny white that is used on the wood moldings throughout our house. Now we just needed a color for the top portion. However, because of the way our floor plan works this paint color would also be going up the stairs and throughout some of our main hallways. That means it has to be just right.
After placing two tan colors on the wall and staring at them for a while, we decided that we would rather go grey. In our old condo, we had a lot of one of my favorite Home Depot colors, Brown Tee Pee, going on and we decided we want to branch out (However Brown Tee Pee is awesome if you are looking!). We got several samples of grey, all which were coming out too baby blue or too green. In the end, we did settle on what we are crossing our fingers will be the perfect true grey. But I can’t give away all the goods that easy. It/s not pictured here and you will have to wait to see the final choice! Ha!
And to prove I’m not kidding about our indecision, check out 6 of our 9 paint samples.
Oh and those green walls you see are our living room (also a work in progress) pictured here. That color is Svelte Sage from Sherwin Williams, another color I’d give two thumbs up!
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I love picking paint colors!!! although i am guilty of picking by name haha
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I do think that is the best color. It’s hard to take that leap and I think it is the perfect shade.
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Can’t wait to see what you picked! It’s so hard to pick colours..and those little swatches do nothing.
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I like the grey square that is on the left of the two browner greys to the right.
xoxo
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Ugh that’s the worse. When my bf and I moved into our home, picking out colors was the toughest thing ever. It was like having a ‘nothing to wear’ crisis. Lol!
We decided to call it a day by choosing neutral colors.
I really like the sage color. These color on the wall would all be great because they’re not too bright.
xoxo,
Mel
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How exciting!! I love painting. Your room is going to look great!
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Pretty options! I love the greener tone.
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ITs so fresh and really brightens up the room. Gorgeous!
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Hmmmm, tough! I kind of like the more slate color w/ your green, the greener tones are really pretty but I feel like that might be a lot of green.
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I’m sure your house is going to come out great! We painted the interior of our house a grayish green several years ago and it’s turned out to be a fine color.
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I love that green, first of all. And I think gray would be perfection, you’re right. Can’t wait to see how it all turns out!
xo Josie
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Love picking out paint colours! Happy Thursday hun xx
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Since you’re gonna keep us in suspense…..I love the molding! Looks like a professional job to me.
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OH! Pretty green. Looking for a sage for our basement, and that looks perfect!
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i had our master bath painted gray. it’s almost a clay color, so definitely has some green to it. but it looks great in there and goes well with the mosaic tile. can’t wait to see when you’re finished!
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paint colors are SO tough but totally make the entire room….we were lucky that even though we had a brand new home…the builder regarded this house as a labor of love and picked this beautiful tanish/brown color for the entire house (sans bedrooms and bathrooms) that we fell in love with. I have never had to go through this process…loving the multi colored wall.lol..but I would imagine that is truly the only way to “know”.
Can’t wait to see the finished product!!
C
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Best of luck choosing! That sage color is also really pretty.
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Can’t wait to see what you picked. I love picking colors, although it’s nerve-wrecking because I usually change my mind every 20 minutes.
I’d go for that light gray/light blue color almost to the very left. Then again, ask me in ten minutes I may change my mind again.
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I vote another color…just to make it more difficult…:) Good Luck!
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I did the same exact thing to my wall when I painted. I think I bought four different paint samples! I also bought paint and painted two walls… and then changed my mind and got a different color.
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