Can I tell you how much I love, love, love the new 8 oz sample cans? It's more than enough to paint several large swatches on the wall, and at only $2.94, it's reasonable. If I don't like the color I don't feel like I wasted too much money, like I used to buying a quart at about $10.
In fact, I would often skip the color-testing stage, and have occasionally been less than satisfied with the final room. That totally would have happened this time, too, if I had just had Craig get a couple gallons of the color I originally thought I was going to go with.
These are the samples I painted on my wall. I know that your monitor may not show the true color (I know mine doesn't), so we'll just use this for reference purposes. These are all Behr Ultra: from left to right they are Classic Silver, French Silver, and Burnished Metal. From looking at the paint chips, I was pretty sure I wanted French Silver, which definitely had some blue in it.
These are all in the gray family, but once on the wall, I could see that Classic Silver had too much green in it, and French Silver was darker than I wanted. So I went with the Burnished Metal, as it went to the blue side like the FS, but was lighter. (Am I the only one who can be swayed by the paint name? FWIW, Behr Ultra has good names.)
I found this duvet cover at Overstock.com. It only came in twin, so I bought two and will have to work some magic with the sewing machine to make it fit. Sears has the same design in a comforter set in all the sizes, but I have a down comforter I want to cover.
I think the leafy pattern is a fresh update on a floral, giving it a contemporary feel without the "hard edges" that modern can sometimes have.
It's coming along...some day soon I'll have a relaxing master retreat rather than the mess it is now.
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I painted my bedroom gray a couple of months ago and I still love it. It is a cool and calming color. I haven't done much other decorating yet though, I still need to find a duvet cover or something. I just have white bedding right now.
Oh I love those colors. I was just discussing plans to paint my bathroom gray but like you I want some blue tint. Can't wait to see the finished room!
I'm so excited to see it finished! And I'm amazed that you're tackling the 2 twin covers to make it work. I thought about doing that with my guest bedroom, but I didn't know if I had the patience!
LOVE the paint choice!! Can't wait to see it!
That's gonna look GREAT! I can't wait to see it all done, especially after you work your magic with the sewing machine!
Looking forward to the finished product!!!
Melinda
It's going to be fabulous!! I definitely agree with you about the pattern on the duvet cover...soft without being too flowery froufrou.
Eeek, I'm so excited about your room! It's going to look beyond fabulous!
I think the rooms calls for mercury glass accessories!
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