It creates this serene atmosphere.” Laura Bohn, paint by Sherwin Williams The darker colour grounds the room, and then the lighter runs right up to the ceiling and makes it feel higher. “These grays are just the calmest thing in the world, and the green in them means they go with everything. Sensible Hue SW 6198 and Aloof Gray SW 6197 We’ve all seen those seductive articles that create mystique around this paint colour or that, like this below: They look to their favorite designers, bloggers, Pinterest and Houzz for help with finding that elusive perfect paint colour.Īnd I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the feature at the beginning of every House Beautiful issue where they list designers favourite paint colours along with the description is their most popular. People constantly poll each other online about their thoughts on this colour or that. They know that if a celebrity designer comes out with a list of their favourite shades of white or grey or fill-in-the-blank-here-paint-colours, that people will grasp onto those brochures and lists like a life raft, and then bottom line, gallons of paint will be sold, which is the whole point right? So I asked Tricia to put together this post so that we could clear this up perhaps more profoundly than I have in previous posts: A clean colour will look bad with a more muted or dirty colour, a dirty colour will make a clean colour look bad, if your trim is too dark and your wall colour is too light, your trim will look dirty, but that same trim with a dark colour will be perfect, the list goes on.
Every colour in the world is ugly in the wrong context. There is no such thing as the perfect colour. Tricia and I were talking about a thread on a forum where a designer was very concerned over a paint colour she had just specified for one of her clients when she started searching online and reading what others were saying about the same colour. Literally.Today’s guest post is by Tricia Firmaniuk, my eDesign Director. SO PRETTY & also each gallon was only $5!! And the part of the house right up the stairs is a lightish yellow (and the boring builder whitish color because we can’t reach the wall above the stairs :/ ) Painting is such a pain. Boys are kinda boring sometimes when it comes to color :P) Daughter’s room is a Magenta-y purple on 2 walls and a teal blue on 2 walls. (Best part other than the amazing happy color is that it was $5!) The other 3 are Dolphin Gray (kinda dark gray). My kitchen is Dark Purple! (My FAVORITE of the whole house!) I loved it so much I used it for 1 wall in my bedroom too. I totally agree and it breaks up the very very blue of the other walls.
#ALOOF GRAY TV#
The main wall in my living room is a really light gray with a very slight bluish tint because Hubby says the big tv looks better with a gray wall behind it. I have Carribean Blue in my living room (3 walls) and laundry room. Your colors are so NEUTRAL compared to mine! Haha. After looking at a lifetime’s worth of inspirational photos on Houzz I narrowed my neutral color choices down to three categories…. I’m actually a little nervous about it, but I think it’s the right direction. So in the new house I am (mostly) taking the color off the walls and going very neutral. Accessories should be fun, and mine aren’t…becasue all the “fun” is on the wall. I’ve found that decorating those rooms can be challenging, and most of the things I put in them tend to be white, tan, or brown. I love color, and my walls have been (or are) saturated greens, blues, oranges, browns, and purples. In our current house I went a little crazy with color.
CLICK HERE to read my three tips for choosing a paint color (and getting it right the first time!) This post includes a six-minute video that breaks down the process.
#ALOOF GRAY UPDATE#
UPDATE – I got better at this, and I’m here to help you. A neutral that looks great in your living room might look like the most awful color in existence in your bedroom, and just because you find a color you love in a friend’s house or online doesn’t mean it will look anything like that in your house. Neutrals are hard to choose because their undertones are all over the place and they change so much from house to house, room to room, and even depending on the time of day. Saying you’re “just going to paint it a neutral color” doesn’t make things any easier either…even though it may sound like giving up. There are just so many options, and they usually look very different on the wall than they do on a little paint chip. I don’t think anyone here would disagree with me if I said choosing paint colors is HARD.
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