I found the perfect gray!!! You are welcome.
Remember when I posted about my paint colors for the house here?
Well, I had to make some tweaks.
The main color I chose for the living room, ethereal mood, looked gray. But once it was up on the walls it looked green. Like a light celery green.
What.the.heck? If you have had to repaint your walls over and over again, you know what I am talking about. I was so upset. That meant more time, energy and money to repaint the walls, so I decided to live with them.
That lasted about 3 days.
I went back to Sherwin-Williams, got some of their color-to-go paint samples and my walls looked like this for about a week:
I didn’t want too light of a gray. I also didn’t want a ridiculously dark one. I wanted a true gray. Something that didn’t look red or blue or some other color when you looked at it differently in the light.
I decided to go with Dovetail
After I primed the walls (because I didn’t want the different hues of the samples coming through) and re-painted the walls again….I was happy! I feel like I found the perfect color that was in my mind the whole time.
From this experience I learned that if you try something in your home but it just doesn’t feel right, try, try again. If I would have stuck with the original color I chose, every time I walked into the living room I would have felt unhappy and that would have bugged me until the end of time.
So, take a risk. It might pay off, it might not. But when it does, it is totally worth it.
“In progress” photos coming soon!
xo,
Chrissy
Been there – done that. Some things in life you do have to live with but change the ones you can!
Exactly! I agree ; )
I lurve the color you went with! It suits you so perfectly! Hoping I can use your advice when we begin the painting process. We’ll probably go with a grey, but a little lighter than your Dovetail.
Thank you! It is definitely a bit dark…I usually don’t like such dark colors but since the window is HUGE and we get a ton of light, thought I would go for it. Definitely I will help! Although I am not a color expert…as you can tell ; )
Well done Christina!!
Thank you!
Between this and 50 Shades of Grey I’m so confused. But seriously, nice job on the paint. Looks very lovely in your apartment.
Haha…you are so funny. Thanks! (P.S. It’s a house, not an apartment. I upgraded, remember? ; )