As promised, this post is dedicated to GRAY PAINT. I had no idea when we set out to find that perfect shade, just how many options there actually are. Sure, I figured each brand would have several options but would they really be so different? YES they are so different. Some are warm with brown or red undertones, others are cool with blue and green undertones. Others are more neutral with the perfect balance of cool and warm.
I was on a mission to find that one color that was soft, cool, and just blended into the background. I wanted a whisper of color that didn't feel brown, blue, or anything other than gray. I wanted it to make our home feel effortlessly chic, inviting, and modern all at the same time. Its like when you spend time on your hair and makeup to get that 'I just rolled out of bed aren't I gorgeous' look similar to a lingerie model.
I spent hours and hours online researching what other people had to say about different shades of Sherwin Williams, Benjamin Moore, Valspar, Restoration Hardware, etc etc. I began to see that everyone had something different to say about all of the options.
We went to Lowes on New Year's Day and had some samples mixed. Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore were closed that day, but the lady at the paint counter said she had the paint formulations and could make samples. We asked her to mix Ben Moore Abalone, SW Agreeable Grey, SW Passive, and a Valspar color named Warm Chinchilla (husband found that one). With samples and paint brushes, we headed to the house to paint some walls.
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P: Passive, A: Abalone C: Warm Chinchilla and the unmarked one is Agreeable Grey
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We painted in different rooms to catch the different sunlight. There isn't any electricity yet, so this all had to be done in daylight. Passive and Chinchilla were too blue and Agreeable Grey didn't feel grey to us. Abalone looked pretty good on the walls. I google image searched Abalone and found this beautiful home painted with the shade I had been searching for.
See how soft this color is on the walls? It seriously makes my heart happy in this photo. So I sent my choice over to the interior designer that has helped us pick some of the finishes and she text me back the next day and said "we need to talk about your paint color". Yikes. She text me a photo of Abalone next to our master bathroom finishes and said it was really a brown color.
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| Abalone next to our master shower choices (more on those later) |
Ugh, she was right. The paint strip looked so red to me compared to our beautiful tile choices. My heart sank. The paint color was 'due' in just a few days and I didn't know when I'd have more time to go get more samples and paint again. About an hour went by and I received another text from her. She found a shade she thought went perfectly and encouraged us to go to the Sherwin Williams store to get a sample rather than the big box stores just in case the formula was wrong.
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| Sherwin Williams Repose Gray |
It looked beautiful in the text photo, but I had to see it up on a wall to be certain. So, of course, I googled and googled and I really couldn't find anyone saying it was less than a true gray. The kind of gray I'd been searching for. The next day, we went to the SW store and had a sample mixed. The dot on top of the can looked the same as all of the other samples I had. WARNING: don't judge a gray paint by the dot on the lid! This color is beautiful. It's everything I've wanted in a shade of gray. I will post when it's been painted because the small swatch on the wall just doesn't do it justice. So, for now, here are some photos of other walls painted Repose Gray.
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| Both from Pinterst search |
xo
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