We tried MINDFUL GRAY in the master bedroom. ![]() It wasn’t too blue next to it, instead, it complemented it well. I liked how this looked next to the tan tile. We used REPOSE GRAY for the bathrooms and the guest room. This light gray was my favorite so we used it in the main room, kitchen, and hallways. We went with GRAY OWL in an eggshell sheen for a majority of the apartment. Less stress for us, and perfectly painted walls. There was no way we could pack, paint, and work at our jobs and make it into our new home in time. I know what you’re thinking….this is the DIY Playbook and you didn’t even paint yourself? We decided to hire a pro because of the short timeline in between closing on our home and moving into our new space. Or you can check out this comprehensive post with lots of tips for picking the perfect paint color.Īfter checking out all of the shades in our rooms, we picked our favorites and gave the colors to the painter. If you have white trim, hold up a piece of white paper next to each shade so you can understand how it will look next to the white.Paint the color next to other key elements in the room (the kitchen cabinets, the tile in the bathrooms, etc.).Make sure you paint on a large enough sample so you can see the color from afar.Here are a few tips for painting the samples on… It’s crazy because the paint colors looked sooooo different in every space! Finn thought I screwed something up because once we decided on a color, we would walk to another room and be perplexed as to how it could look so different. Make sure you don’t mix up the colors as you go. I then proceeded to paint the samples in every single room in our place. Each one only cost a couple bucks, so it’s absolutely worth it to buy samples and try the colors out on your walls. I purchased samples (which come in quarts at Lowe’s…that’s a lot of paint!) so I could easily try out each shade on the wall. We used both “Argos” & “Passive” in our Chicago apartment, so I was very familiar with them. Sherwin Williams #6002 “Essential Gray”.Not exactly scientific research, but it certainly helped me narrow down my choices. I started researching online, which for me involves a combination of blog reading, Pinterest searching, looking at paint swatches, google image searching specific colors, and reading home decor articles about the best shades for each brand. ![]() I decided that I needed to narrow down my choices from about 50 shades to 6 shades. So for me, it was gray all the way from the start. Plus, so much of our home decor works well with gray. I’m a sucker for gray and I love the way it looks with white trim and dark floors. I knew that I wanted to go gray before we even moved in. But let’s backtrack a little bit here so we can chat about how I decided upon all of the new colors for our home (which I’m now calling Augusta…since that’s the street we live on). Gotta love how a new color can make a room look and feel so much different. …and now I am here to prove to you that this statement is oh-so-true!Īm I right? Dang. We’ve all heard it before… PAINT CAN TRANSFORM A SPACE
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