Happy Monday! This past weekend was a fun filled weekend for our family. The kids went sledding and soaked up the last of the snow before it started melting away yesterday. We got to spend some socially distanced time with some friends and got our fill of much needed conversation and socializing. Our house projects of the weekend were picking out a paint color for the dining room, playroom, and the master bedroom; installing the vanity in the powder room; and painting and installing faucets in the upstairs hall bath. Thomas is busy trying to finish up as much as he can before heading back to work March 3 at the end of his paternity leave. We’ve been so fortunate to have him home, working on projects and helping us adjust to the craziness of being a family of 5. We will be sad to see him go back to work!
Picking out paint colors is always a daunting task and unfortunately we needed to paint every single room in our house. Pinterest and Instagram became my best friends as they are full of resources and beautiful pictures! I knew I wanted to go lighter as I mentioned in “A Decade of Brown…Gone!”
Before we even chose our main paint color, we needed to get the kids’ bedrooms painted. Mary Hayes’ nursery was the first that needed to be done so that it was ready for her newborn pictures scheduled at the end of January. Since I was keeping everything light and bright, I grabbed samples of Benjamin Moore’s Opal and Pink Damask. It’s amazing how different the paints looked in both rooms. Avery’s room is in the front of the house with two windows and both colors looked more pink than they did in Mary Hayes’ room. Mary Hayes’ room is in the back of the house with only one window. Opal started to take on more of a peach color which was not the look we were going for. Ultimately we chose Pink Damask for both of the girls’ rooms and I could not be happier with our choice! The color in the rooms still looks as if we used two different paint colors which has allowed us to tailor the decor to each girl. We can’t wait to reveal their rooms!
The next room we tackled was William’s room. His room was painted in a dark green when we bought the house. Like Mary Hayes’ room, he only has one window that faces the back of the house and does not get much natural light. The samples we used were Benjamin Moore’s Classic Gray and Sherwin William’s Alabaster. Immediately after putting up the samples, we made our choice. Alabaster it was!
The hall bath on our second floor was another lovely shade of green and we were ready to paint over it. I actually only ended up with one sample for this room. The bathrooms are where I wanted to add a little color since it is often harder to use textiles and decor to add color in a bathroom. After looking through Pinterest for some inspiration, I ended up choosing Sherwin William’s Oyster Bay. This color was going to be the perfect backdrop for the brushed nickel finishes that I have chosen for this bathroom. The vanity will eventually be repainted in Pure White by Sherwin Williams.
The dining room, play room and master bedroom will all be painted the same color. We wanted to choose another color for these rooms instead of keeping everything the custom color. Keeping in mind with our long term plans for these rooms, we chose to sample three Sherwin Williams colors: Worldly Gray, Agreeable Gray, and Reflection. The built ins in the playroom and the wainscoting in the dining room will all be painted white. After we let the samples dry, we decided that we liked the color of Agreeable Gray but on some walls it looked a little light. We are going to lighten it to 75%.
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Our house is painted Agreeable Grey and we like it.