HOpe that helps! Sooooo, The first thing you’ll want to be careful of in your space is going towards a ‘cool’ gray. And if you’re still needing more help, my Laurel Home Essential Paint Collection is coming out on May 10th. I’m in the process of repainting my home after 7 years of the same colors, which were all in the warm beige family. It didn’t make into this post but it will in either another post. Which colour balboa mist or collingwood would be warmer and would compliment the revere pewter best? I prefer it, but learned it as grAy, so I’m sticking with that. 2. I can’t really make any recommendations in the comments for or against paint colors because I’m not there and especially because you are already working with someone. It’ll be horrible and make your home look like an institution. Depending on the time of day, it can morph into any one of the three colors. Want something creamy that will go with the gray while adding some color to the space. I do know Swiss Coffee though and and your instincts are right – it’s kind of a murky and odd colour – stay away from it. When it comes to personal questions, I do try to refer to my E-design, this way I can take a look at your room and come up with options based on your exposure, furnishings, floorings, etc…, otherwise I’m just guessing! Regarder des films en streaming complet sur votre smart TV, console de jeu, PC, Mac, smartphone, tablette et bien plus. I also plan to paint my kitchen and bathroom cabinets in a darker gray, but again, don’t want the cabinets too dark so as not to darken the entire house. Otherwise, if you subscribe in the box with turquoise lettering, you’ll receive a guide on how to select colors. Thanks again – can’t wait to explore more on your blog!ReplyCancel, Thank you so much! I realize that a lot of people talk about this and don’t fault you at all, but I do not get involved with percent formulations of a color because it’s not a paler or darker version of the color; it’s a different color! The light is ALWAYS changing, unless you live in a room with no windows. uh huh…. I’m tryin to stay in the same family. Once I hear from you I’ll get to it right away as I know you’re on a time crunch!!! Hi Kylie, Classic Gray is reading a little too purple for me but it has the “brightness” I am looking for. I prefer warm grays with green/brown undertones. The other gray i looked at was Cement Gray……i thought that might make it look more “spa-like”. In fact, it’s a bit of a joke. If you’re sensitive to green, you might not like it, but if you’re okay with a touch, it could be right up your alley! For that reason you’ll want stick with the neutral and warmer grays (as you noted somewhere in your comments), so you are right on track! We recently purchased the gray gia sofa & chair from Crate & Barrel. Am I going too gray? This room faces the North East. Thanks for checking me out!! Our Revere Pewter Kitchen Cabinet Remodel - ALL THE DETAILS! I’ve never used it, but it’s one of Loi Thai’s go to colors and that is recommendation enough for me. I even brought out a BM color consultant to check it out and she had no explanation. I want you to check out SAMPLIZE. Make the boards and move them around. At least with some colors. I highly recommend it. It is extremely bright during the day however it is a north facing house. This question would just be a 1hr charge if you are at all interested. We decided to go with a different gray in the guest bedroom (moonshine) and painted her dining room in the Revere Pewter, and it looks completely different there too. I get about 40 requests like this a week. And if I go that far, it becomes a consult which I’m not doing any longer. Hi Kylie! I discovered your blog only last week and I am utterly obsessed! Hi Linda! Generally other people’s opinions are based on personal preference rather than decorative know-how. Hi Jamie! Aside from that, what you’re asking for goes under an interior design service. Cabinets are white, tile is white, grout it white, and counters are a blue pearl color (aka black). We also asked him to remove the builder-grade mirror (we were able to give it to someone in our neighborhood! Beautifully styled bookcases too. Of these two, do you feel one would be more complementary to the Simply White and Kendall Charcoal? I have yet to settle on a color for my opened space coop. Balboa Mist is kind of like a lighter, softer version of Collingwood. It is up and gorgeous! You might have some challenging exposures, which can shift the way a paint colour looks and it’s REALLY hard to fight that! Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Very interesting. Thank you!ReplyCancel, Loved this post. I would worry about it a bit as darker colours tend to absorb more sunshine and therefor need to be repainted more often (trimwork is manageable). Also thinking about a green such as Green Umber (Williamburg Collection) or Castleton Mist (Historic). One last thing, I promise. Thanks!ReplyCancel, There is a fee for individual advice. master bed and bath, kitchen, dining, breakfast, and surrounding. I just found your blog because i am considering using Amherst grey on our exterior trim (not using white). (I guess the undertone would be red?). https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/interior-exterior-paints-stains/product-catalog/bmsf/studio-finishes. we have white washed wood ceilings that tend toward grey with green undertone + a little blue. Oh my gosh,. As a designer, it drives me a bit nuts because I want to represent the colors as closely as possible. I would need some photos. I want to do grey walls, and have Benjamin Moore AF-690 Metropolitan on my walls now, but it turned out really blue (we have east/west sunshine). Ahhh!!! Thanks for your help and all your great info!! The rectangles space has high ceiling with open beams (very small beams – less than 2×4). Thank you Laurel!! I have a question about grays and artificial lighting – especially fluorescent (yuck!). You are 100% correct that the room is north facing and bright! 2. I do love Revere Pewter. The kitchen has cream painted cabinets with a glaze resulting in warm creamy cabinets, the basket beige walls(SW paint) and warm honey oak hardwood floors throughout house, granite is defintely warmer with browns,blacks but some white too. It’s unbelievably tacky if not downright unprofessional when they feel obliged to contradict a designer’s judgment. I love Revere Pewter, but i don’t want to paint my entire house that color (although it would look great in all my rooms). I think it’s a warm gray that would appeal to both men and women. I thought the Asphalt would make it a little more dramatic! I always look forward to reading what you write. A well-known one is Ivory White and Acadia White AC-41. I can’t see the precise colors, the light, the other things going in the rooms, the style of your home, the size of the rooms and windows, the height of the ceiling, the floors. Thank you! Color printers are much better than they used to be! The main floor is all open concept – kitchen, living room, dining room, & entrance way. Our new house has the kitchen and family room in one open space, with an I-beam (where old wall was) dividing the two. It only looks good at night time with LED lighting.ReplyCancel. Im on the hunt for a very light and bright greig paint color. I’ve seen some very crazy situations where the same color “clashes” with itself on an adjacent wall. While doing some preliminary research I came across your blog. Currently, I am trying to select a color for our kitchen/great room. I would need to know more than “cream cabinets” and would need photos, etc. And that’s that it doesn’t matter where you live. Another thought for a high contrast look would be Intense White, but it would be quite high contrast! Home has a lot of traffic-just wondering if semi-gloss is too shiny for a gray paint.ReplyCancel, YES, it is too shiny! Pick a few colors you think you might like and pin them up, one at a time. If that interests you, please check out my E-design packages, fun and affordable! I’m two days into owning my first home and am officially overwhelmed. I hope that helps! But I find that with almost all of the warm grays that they can vacillate between slightly red/violet and green/yellow undertones. Laurel, thanks for the beautiful articles on the different Grays. If you’d like to move things faster you’re welcome to check out my Online Consulting on my site to see what I offer. We do not know the trim color of kitchen because previous owners left us nothing. However, when choosing a color, one needs to look at everything, not just the floors. I am going for bright, clean, but warm, wispy and soft but not dingy or drab feeling. Silver Satin. films en VF ou VOSTFR et bien sûr en HD. It’s a beautiful neutral that looks great with warm and cool colors, brass, nickel, bronze fixtures. It’s complicated color and I don’t want to make a mistake. How does one see the undertones in a gray paint (or any neutral for that matter) without A. being told by an expert like you or B. painting the entire room and seeing in all types of lighting? Sometimes I saw hints and I mean hints of lavender and sometimes tiny hints of green. ???? I have a favorite BM ‘greige’ that did not make your list but I did want to mention it. It’s best suited to a home with frontal northern exposure. Google the information to see if there are any tutorials. I never heard of this until a few years ago. What effect does the southern light have on the color in that room, and does it affect cool colors differently than warm colors? Can’t do it based on a vague description. I will get to it asap 🙂, Hi Kylie, our home is mid century modern with beams that travel from inside to outside. Compared to Revere Pewter, it will look like a more clean, cool gray, but can slide slightly blue-green at times. Â, Read more: Colour Review Comparing Stonington Gray and Gray Owl. ReplyCancel, Am looking for a warm,light, neutral color that would work in a dark, cold, north facing bedroom .ReplyCancel, These are all beautiful in this post! It was finished in cream stucco and a speckled red brick (hideous). Well if I were to go on my thoughts we’d be here allll day! I’ve found SW to be pretty good, same with H.Depot, but sometimes it depends on the store/employee so you have to double-check the sample (dried) with your original before you leave the store 😉 which is weird because I thought that the northern exposure would of made it less so. Painters just get used to the texture and consistency of a certain paint and are often hesitant to branch out. Stucco I thought maybe I could do Gray Owl from Benjamin Moore. I have a white cabinet with white countertop and white trim. I mean, off the top of my head ASphalt could work, but I can’t really say without seeing your home! Here are all 132 shades matched to Benjamin Moore colors. So, you would like really quite a light gray colour – but still enough colour to give some contrast with white. Bleeker Beige is more of a greige than beige; or so it turns out in my home. I have also had problems with griege paint going too purple. But, I will also hit the other neutrals, such as beiges, khakis, taupes and browns, etc. All About Wainscoting + The One Thing You Must Never Do! Mar 19, 2019 - 26 – Atjazz, N'dinga Gaba, Sahffi – Summer Breeze … But the painter liked it as much as I did when he finished and said that he would be recommending it to clients. Stonington Gray vs Gray Owl – Undertones and More. ~Kylie. I want to paint my wood mantle gray. Do you have any suggestions for trim and ceiling color to go with the Chelsea Grey in a bedroom? It has a warm tone to it and feels very soft and cozy. Cotton Balls is pretty universal, I have found, but again, there are always exceptions. Hi Tenley, thank you for your note! Thanks!ReplyCancel. Samplize offers peel and stick paint samples that are more AFFORDABLE, EASIER and more ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY than traditional paint pots. But something I’d like to point out to you is that if your room is freshly painted, I am guess that there’s nothing on the walls yet and perhaps the room isn’t even decorated with window treatments and other furnishings. I have used Benjamin Moore “Vapor” (AF-35) for my trim color throughout and love it! I really love the color and am reading that designers LOVE this color, so, how can I go wrong, right? I did Stonington gray in the sunroom which is off the dining room and I did a edgewood gray in a spare room. Or grEy if that is your preferred that spelling. It’s quite sophisticated, with slight purple undertones. Hi Kylie, Anytime I mention Cloud White below, keep in mind that Simply White is also a viable option – Cloud White is just a wee smidge heavier. Classic Gray is a pale, pale gray with warm undertones. The rooms you posted are beautiful especially the last one…I could grab everything off the wall over the mantel! I plan on using blue accessories for a pop of color. ~Sandra, Hi Kylie, most of the posts here refer to north or south-facing windows, so I’m finding it difficult to apply your wisdom in others’ answers to my situation which is all windows facing east or west. Right now I am studying your tips on wood flooring, and the “cool” gray & “warm” gray paint colors. The combination is beautiful.ReplyCancel, You are so right about that. I primed and made some large swatches but was unsure until I ran across your blog and this great article. Hi Rachel, I would love to help but have been swamped with my day-to-day business and my Online Consulting. I have completed the redesign and renovations of the interior of the house. Normally I’d send you there, but maybe I can give you a few quick ideas to put you in the right direction! Hi Nicole, they both do SUCH different things and both will work! Just keep in mind that in the evening or on any sides that are heavily shaded it will look more black than anything… Should I chance getting the edgecomb matched or spend the money on the brand name paint? Question for you. Hope that helps you out! haha! I am knee deep in paint chips. —Judy, Hi Judy! I used Pale Oak in a study and the utility room and it too turned out to be the neutral that I was looking for. Short of that, if you subscribe you’ll get an easy to follow guide which explains how to select the colors yourself. The trim & the doors will be White Dove. Thanks so much! We have a large kitchen, dining room and living room concept. Now I do usually refer questions like yours to my Online Consulting, but a quick colour thought for you…Revere Pewter THE king of gray with slight beige/green undertones. It took all day, but he finally got it. Thanks. (in both of the large fan decks) and a few, I believe are from the classic color collection which has anywhere from three to four digits. Hi Leslie! That’s one reason that I wrote the paint guide. It’s not like you can just flip a switch and make it something else. Thanks, Hi Cinzia, thank you for your note! The perfect white trim color for your warm gray paint. I think the grays are the most deceiving because the colors are too subtle to see until they are expanded and then you really see it!ReplyCancel, The results are in! I was thinking Collingwood gray to tie in the taupe colour but I am not sure if there would be a better option that I haven’t explored. I’ve decided that in the scheme of things, that this is not actually very high on the horror scale and to just live with it. I have a new home being built and need to make my paint selections. But whether to pick up color from spring flowers, summer grass, autumn leaves, or snow and fog is always a matter of pleasant confusion to me (worth many hours of pondering color). I’m thinking about a lighter gray with white trim. Again, thank you so much for your candid, at times hilarious, and always thoughtful and helpful comments and advice.ReplyCancel. Light gray looks great with a non orangey chocolate brown as well as charcoal, black and so on and so on. Although, my living room if I didn’t have shades on the windows, in winter come noon-time is blindingly bright! Hi Kylie! We are rehabing a 6K sq foot house top to bottom. I am just beginning to get an understanding of how north facing vs south facing etc. Anyway… I realized I needed a warm gray, and sure enough, I was right! Benjamin Moore Shoreline $38. I’m quite partial to Abalone however. https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/online-decorating-design-services/ COLOR! Thanks! 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