At any time when we paint, I’m amazed by what a distinction shade makes. Working example: Right here’s a photograph of our eating room “earlier than.” The partitions are painted Chantilly Lace, and it’s tremendous. However! After six years in our home, we have been curious what shade would possibly seem like.
My good friend Maud, who’s a inventive director, helped us visualize issues by photoshopping paint shade onto the partitions. How useful is that? (Apparently, you are able to do this on Benjamin Moore’s web site, too.) Right here’s what Duck Green would seem like.
Right here’s Parma Gray.
Right here’s what Hay would seem like.
And, lastly, India Yellow. Which might you decide? Right here’s our alternative…
* drumroll, please *
We went with Parma Gray, which reads as a cool blue. What do you suppose?
I adore it! A wall shade makes the entire room really feel like extra of an expertise.
We additionally added bookshelves to either side of the fireside. Our (amazingly useful) mates Grace and Jack constructed them, and now we love displaying favourite books and household photographs on the cabinets.
We’ll function an up to date residence tour in just a few months (our most recent home tour was 5 years in the past!), however I used to be too excited to share this room with you.
Curious: What paint colours do you want? Have you ever painted any areas in your house?
P.S. A Connecticut cottage with colorful rooms, and a family’s dream home with a black living room.
(First “after” picture: Bookcases styled by Oliver Cano. Buffet desk: vintage hand-me-down from my grandmother. Framed black-and-white flower {photograph}: Permanent Press Editions. Desk lamp: Menu. Second “after” picture: Eating desk: Lulu and Georgia. Navy chairs: Anthropologie. White chairs: DWR, similar. Rug: Lulu and Georgia. Third “after” picture: Flooring lamp: Urban Outfitters. Bar cart: classic from Craiglist. Striped stool: Oka. Ship plate: John Derian. Vegetable candles, on mantle: Fruit and Flower Shop. Fourth “after” picture: New York print: David Ehrenstråhle, bought out. Vase: Gisela Gueiros. Placemats: Heather Taylor Home.)
