Our only complaint about it is that being a grawn, it looked a bit purple in artificial light. Dried basil is a complementary color to whitall brown. This was our most daring color choice but we felt it was meant to be after the BM guys suggested dried basil for our master bath to downplay the tile in there.
Our inspiration room featured a whitall brown accent wall and similar charcoal bedding to what we now have. This is two below Brandon Beige on the same color strip. When I saw that it goes well with both brown and gold, I had to have it for our living room as these are the accent colors we had in our existing pillows and throws. It was painted in a bedroom we saw on Houzz. If you don’t believe me, read about him on Angie’s List.įORMAL LIVING AND DINING ROOM, ENTRY HALLWAY AND BACK HALLWAY He has always done a great job painting our house. We chose not to DIY this time around but rather to rely upon our trusty painter Danny Wright of Wright Way Painting. It took me three long weeks to pick out paint colors for phase I of our painting project. That way you can move them to various locations throughout your room and view the color in both natural and artificial light. I also highly recommend buying paint samples and painting them on poster board. And that can save you from making painting mistakes (time & $). I found that they were very honest with me whether they agreed or disagreed with my selections. If you live in Austin, run- do not walk- to this store. I even visited the Westlake location and had a similar good experience. Fortunately, everyone in that store has an eye for color and I was in good hands. I guess his son’s games coincide with when my Juliette naps and I kept missing him. So I must admit when I began the paint selection process this time around, I panicked when I did not run into Sanders during any of my first 3 trips into the store. He turned me onto Harbor Gray, which was what I ended up choosing. I headed over to Ben Moore and ran smack dab into THE expert- Sanders Gibbs. Finally, I came upon a blog called Design Crisis in which they called upon a painting expert who suggested Abalone or Silver Fox. I wanted a true gray and and must have painted at least 13 of them on poster boards all over this room. Gray can look baby blue/purple/beige/pink depending upon your lighting and other factors. If you have ever tried to pick a gray paint, you know how excruciatingly difficult it is. My love affair with this store began like this: I was desperately looking for the perfect gray for my guest bedroom. I also cannot say enough good things about the staff at Rooster’s Paint and Decor (formerly known as Hill Country Paint) in Austin, TX. Luckily, I am developing a better eye for these things and both Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams have excellent online tools. Since we are not huge fans of the tile, we began the daunting task of picking paint colors that would work with the tile and downplay it at the same time.
We are guessing the green and brown colors were chosen to match the multicolor slate tile which features shades of green, brown and rust.
The master and Juliette’s bath were painted a deep green, the master bath was a pastel green and the guest bath was the color of a caramel apple (we have been known to call this the poop bathroom because quite frankly, it’s the color of poop!). The majority of the house was painted in different tones of cool whites or cool beiges. When we made the move to the new house, painting was #1 on my priority list.
And then we painted a room here and a room there (usually to coincide with the arrival of out of town guests) before finally hiring a colorist to give us color suggestions and a painter to knock the rest of it out.
#Benjamin moore quiet moments full#
So you might be surprised to hear that Dean and I lived in our first house a full year before we painted a single wall. And I think painting is an inexpensive way to refresh a house and infuse it with your own personality.
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