PAINT

We bought our home four years ago. We did a total remodel. I love how open our home is but when it comes to painting it's hard to separate the spaces and do a fun paint color. I love gray and as you know is really in right now. I fell in love with Sherwin Williams 2138 a few years ago when I saw it used at one of my favorite stores in Orange county Juxtaposition Home www.juxtapositionhome.com  I could not use the color all over because it's so dark. I love light and airy spaces and I did not want to make the house feel dark. I went totally 80's and decided to do one accent wall. After 3 years i am ready to change it and have a little bit of color but not huge contrast. 

I really hate to spec paint as a designer that is part of my job. When a client ask me to spec paint I start to sweat and immediately feel I did not us enough deodorant!!!! Lucky for me I have my friend Kathy that is an artist and is amazing with paint. We can usually brain storm and come up with something great. Here are some pictures of what I am thinking. The shade on top of the dark gray is two shades lighter than the original dark color. To the left of the fire place  is our dining room space. I would not call it a room because it's open and runs into the living room (it's like an L shape room).  The walls right now on the rest of the room are a creamy white from Dunn Edwards "whisper" great on cabinets. 

What are your thoughts? Excuse if the blog doe snot flow great. I am still learning and trying to learn this blog stuff. Excuse the quality of photos they were taking with my Iphone. 

Reading my own post

For me it's very hard to write because I am not a good writer.  I write like I talk!! I went back and edit my first post because after reading, I felt like when you hear your voice in a video or in your voice mail. Terrible!! Will try to get over my nerves and write more or it might end up being a picture only blog. :-)