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Friday, April 16, 2010

decisions, decisions...

i love, love, love colors.
but sometimes life requires neutrals.

and there are so many neutrals!!!

i need your help!
do you have a favorite neutral wall color?
please let me know.
many thanks.
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11 comments:

  1. UmāApril 16, 2010 at 4:57 PM

    Isn't it amazing how many shades of gray there are? Some going towards brown, others blue, and some a more true shade of gray. I painted the room off my kitchen in Benjamin Moore Timber Wolf Gray with super white trim and have been really happy with it...very relaxing. I needed a shade that would coordinate with the gray tile on the floor.
    http://secretnotebookswildpages.blogspot.com/2008/11/shades-of-gray.html

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  2. Lovely WorldApril 16, 2010 at 6:13 PM

    Happy BIrthday to you! In terms of neutrals, we used Navajo White in many areas of our house.

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  3. debbi d-wApril 17, 2010 at 12:26 AM

    My suggestion is kind of in the negative. Our current home has all grey slate tiles or grey carpet and the walls when we moved in were all a stark white - toward the bluer end of the specturm, and it felt (and still feels in many spots) like a hospital. I vote for the warmer end of the neutrals to avoid that unintentional institutional feel!

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  4. MollyApril 17, 2010 at 2:53 AM

    The last house I lived in I painted the same soft beige color in the kitchen and down the hallway with pure white trim and moldings. I painted them from the same buckets of paint, but depending on the time of day, the color always seemed to change and never looked the same from one area to the other. With the early morning light, the kitchen was almost a soft lilac. It was called Smoked Oyster, a Behr brand color. I can't paint where I live now, but look forward to using this color again.

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  5. StacyApril 17, 2010 at 10:01 AM

    Love the options you've got up. Curious what room it's for (cools for resting, warms for dining/thinking?).

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  6. StewartApril 17, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    I agree with Debbi, most of the new houses we have looked at use a warmer neutral color. Soft beiges are popular right now, or even bolder "neutrals." Have you looked in any magazines, or asked the painters what is "in" right now? (I'm thinking to the future when you head to VT and need to sell...)

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  7. my croftApril 17, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    I have an idiosyncratic idea of what constitutes a "neutral" and lean toward green. Or any very pastel shade of a favorite color. Lavender. Ocher. But mostly green. Because if you look outside, and outside is not paved over with concrete and asphalt, mostly what you see up here in the northeast is green. And nothing clashes.

    so, as the wv would have it: nombuga!

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  8. SuzApril 17, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    I'm having the SAME problem...I can't believe it..my bathroom wall looks so funny with all the grays samples posted on it! hahaha!
    Let me know what you decide for me
    Although I did like M.Hearts color

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  9. Judy HartmanApril 17, 2010 at 11:59 PM

    I've always had neutral walls (linen white), but I'm actually craving color!!
    Takes courage, though! I usually use lots of color in my accessories.

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  10. Vivien ZepfApril 18, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    Navaho white is my favorite "white".

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  11. mayalunaApril 19, 2010 at 6:57 AM

    I'm always happy with a soft white. Happy belated birthday to you, Karen!

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