I painted 4 sample rectangles today and hung them on the wall to get an idea of what it would look like. Granted this was at 3:30pmCST but I’m surprised at how dark it looks. Should I get it lightened? Kyle is BM Stonington Gray just like in the Inspiration pic (we also have a grey crib)
Post by simpsongal on Jan 29, 2019 17:17:39 GMT -5
Yup get lighter samples. Those saturated chips are so much darker on the walls. Google some articles on warm gray paint and you should get some paint names to try.
If you’re questioning it, get more samples. Our painter also suggested putting samples in a corner, so you can see how the color bounces off of itself.
Personally, I really like dark wall colors, if they’re balanced with white trim and light furniture/decor. That actually looks really close to the wall color in my bedroom & I love it.
Yup get lighter samples. Those saturated chips are so much darker on the walls. Google some articles on warm gray paint and you should get some paint names to try.
I did 2 layers of paint on them. I wonder if I should do just 1?
It just looks SO MUCH darker than the inspiration pic I’m wondering if they heavily edited the pic or got the color wrong.
Post by aprilsails on Jan 29, 2019 17:56:46 GMT -5
The inspiration pic looks like it’s a really well lit (or artificially lit for the photo) room. Looking at other pics of Stonington grey on Houzz it is definitely darker in other pictures.
The number of coats on your chips shouldn’t matter. I think with the amount of natural and artificial light you have in the space it won’t look like that inspiration photo. You could go one shade lighter on the chip, or look at other options. I like to find pictures in the colour I am interested in that come from real people.
Grays are really, really hard. We have the exact same gray painted through our entire house. It's pretty light - almost to the point of looking white in our living room. It's a middle tone gray in the family room. It's dark upstairs.
Seeing it painted on paper is also hard to guage. If you're committed to painting, I prefer to paint a swatch on different sections of wall throughout the room. They'll get painted over anyways, right?
Man, I thought I was done with this decision! I may just leave it white (like the rest of the house), do a grey chair and add color with prints.
FWIW, I like the gray you chose, even though it’s darker than your inspiration pic.
Thank you. I love how it leans blue so I may just try getting it lightened 25% and trying that.
The room has 1 large north facing window and 2 good sized east facing windows so it has a lot of light, I think it was probably just the staging of that pic that made it look darker.
I was leaning towards a grey glider or poang with grey cushion so grey walls is probably too much LOL
Post by minionkevin on Jan 30, 2019 2:10:39 GMT -5
I am convinced grey and green are the hardest colors for paint. We painted Kid1’s room in what online looked to be a pretty neutral grey. It is purple. Looks nothing like the swatch, nothing like anything I saw on a screen. Our living room is a blue-ish green (SW Quietude) and it took me forever to get right. We have basically every other color in our house, besides red and what should actually be purple, and nothing was as difficult as those 2 rooms.
I’d get the one you bought lightened, although maybe even 50%. The example photo has a ton of natural light. If you think your test square is too dark, you will not be happy with all of it that color. I like your original plan of the full gray walls like the photo, though.
What color are those shades, and are they staying? If they are staying, aside from darkness of the paint chip I don't think I like it with those shades. Neither of them end up looking gray, the shades look greige to beige, and the paint looks blue. If the shades are staying, I think you need a warmer, slightly greige-ier gray for the effect to be similar to your inspiration pic.
I am convinced grey and green are the hardest colors for paint. We painted Kid1’s room in what online looked to be a pretty neutral grey. It is purple. Looks nothing like the swatch, nothing like anything I saw on a screen. Our living room is a blue-ish green (SW Quietude) and it took me forever to get right. We have basically every other color in our house, besides red and what should actually be purple, and nothing was as difficult as those 2 rooms.
Omg, we painted our full bath Quietude after the gut reno last spring and I can't even say how many samples it took to get there. I do really like it though.
Yup get lighter samples. Those saturated chips are so much darker on the walls. Google some articles on warm gray paint and you should get some paint names to try.
I did 2 layers of paint on them. I wonder if I should do just 1?
It just looks SO MUCH darker than the inspiration pic I’m wondering if they heavily edited the pic or got the color wrong.
If you are going from light to dark you will want 2 coats so you have full coverage. I have a great light gray in my bedroom. I'll go dig out the paint can and post the color.
Susie the shades are only 6 months old so they are staying. They are much lighter in person, not sure why that’s not picking up in pictures
I wouldn’t do a true gray or gray with undertones with those shades.
I agree with this. I actually like the grey paint color you chose, but I also prefer darker colors. If the shades are staying (personally, I would replace them even though they are only 6mths old), then I think you either need to find a greige paint that you like, or pick a new color all together. I know that you said that your crib is grey, but what color is the other furniture going in that room?
Susie the shades are only 6 months old so they are staying. They are much lighter in person, not sure why that’s not picking up in pictures
They're perfectly nice, no problem keeping them. What I'm trying to say doesn't have to do with light/dark though. They have a lot more brown in them than the wall paint you sampled. Putting them next to each other makes your paint look blue and your shades look brown, instead of everything looking gray. If you find another warmer, more greige paint, they'll coordinate better and the effect will be more monochromatic (which I assume is what you are going for, from your inspiration pic?).
I would try something that is a warm greige rather than a cool one.
There are way more colors than just these options of course, just a few examples.
Post by bullygirl979 on Jan 30, 2019 10:34:46 GMT -5
For some reason my computer is being stupid and won't let me upload a picture. But the color is SW Alpaca. I also have SW Revere Pewter in my great room. The RP leans a little more beige while the Alpaca leans a little more gray. I'll try again in a bit to post pictures.
I wouldn’t do a true gray or gray with undertones with those shades.
More griege? Like revere pewter?
I would definitely try to pick up something more greige and with warm undertones. Since you want something on the lighter side, maybe look at SW Agreeable Gray? I really liked the sample I had of it, it didn't work with the room I was putting it in. www.kylieminteriors.ca/the-4-best-warm-gray-paint-colours-sherwin-williams/ (this is my go to paint advice person)
I'm currently living in a home with true gray walls (that I love) but the all of the woodwork and tile in the kitchen is in browns.. it drives me batty because they just compete against each other. They're lovely on their own, they just shouldn't hang out together. I think you'll find the same of your curtains if you paint it a true gray or gray with blue undertones.
Post by dr.girlfriend on Jan 30, 2019 11:25:53 GMT -5
My living room was painted Revere Pewter when we moved in, and I was surprised that it read more like a "dirty white." We painted to Pashmina, which is a bit darker...it looks more beige on the swatch but reads as a nice warm grey in the room. Here's some B&A:
Revere Pewter:
Pashmina:
Never trust online/magazine photos, or if you do google a TON of real photos that aren't color-corrected. The BM website is pretty good with their color representation I think, but your sample does look a lot darker:
I wouldn’t do a true gray or gray with undertones with those shades.
I agree with this. I actually like the grey paint color you chose, but I also prefer darker colors. If the shades are staying (personally, I would replace them even though they are only 6mths old), then I think you either need to find a greige paint that you like, or pick a new color all together. I know that you said that your crib is grey, but what color is the other furniture going in that room?
It doesn’t make sense to spend money on new shades when we like the existing ones and it’s a matter of picking the right paint color.
We don’t have any other furniture yet. Well we have a bed but it needs to be painted or stained and I want to buy a chair.
I agree with this. I actually like the grey paint color you chose, but I also prefer darker colors. If the shades are staying (personally, I would replace them even though they are only 6mths old), then I think you either need to find a greige paint that you like, or pick a new color all together. I know that you said that your crib is grey, but what color is the other furniture going in that room?
It doesn’t make sense to spend money on new shades when we like the existing ones and it’s a matter of picking the right paint color.
We don’t have any other furniture yet. Well we have a bed but it needs to be painted or stained and I want to buy a chair.
Post by stackingtens on Jan 30, 2019 13:42:11 GMT -5
I always find this to be a professional photography problem. I use a real estate photographer to do after photos of my company's projects, and the lighting is *amazing" but the colors look very different in the pictures than they do when living in the room. It make for gorgeous photos, but everything is brighter and lighter, so it's deceiving. I think that's what you are getting with your inspiration picture-it's a super bright picture. I definitely think you could just go a few shades lighter and achieve the same effect!
I got 4 other colors & don’t like any of them 😔 Wickham Gray (I shade down from SG on the swatch) is top left Stonington Gray is top right Stonington Gray 50% lighter is bottom left Shoreline is bottom right Edgecomb Gray is far right
Maybe they all look darker than the in store swatches and online is because they are samples of Behr Marquee which is only supposed to need 1 coat and I did 2?
With so much brown going on in the floor and the shades, I personally don't think grey will work well in that room. While I like your new samples o.k. in the first pic with just the white chair, none of them really "do anything" when paired with the shades. It just ends up looking sort of blah.
Maybe think outside of the box a bit - are you opposed to something that's more of a colour, as opposed to a neutral? I'd keep it warm, like maybe a soft, warm blue? You could really go in any almost direction as long as it's a warm tone...
Of those I think Edgecomb Gray looks the best with your shades, by far, but the shades are still more tan than your paint samples. I'm not sure they're going to work with gray walls. They seem like they would go better with something still more beige, like SW Accessible Beige, maybe?:
Neutrals are hard. Our bedroom is SW Sandbar, which is very close to Accessible Beige, and it was a hard pick. We've had beige/greige chips hanging in our hall for months, but we have tan upstairs carpet that is the same situation as your beige shades. Really limits how gray/greige you can go.
Of the most updated pic, I’d do the Edgecomb Gray, but at, like, 25%. Paint colors are SO hard. I had a really light pink one once that looked white in bright natural light and I was worried it wasn’t pink enough and then when I put it on the wall in the room, it looked bubblegum pink. Maybe grab some from the store that look way lighter than you think you want and do some samples with those.
I ended up painting that room navy blue because I couldn’t get a light color to look right based on the light that room gets.
Edgecomb Gray is the best of those choices. But it doesn't look like there's much contrast between the shades and the paint color, and it could all just end up looking like one big wall of blah greige. If you're 100% sold on a gray, I'd go a lot lighter. A light blue or green would look nice against the shades, but if you have your heart set on a gray, that obviously doesn't fit the bill.