After my furniture fiasco with Stanely Manufacturing in which I was shocked that my furniture arrived so damaged and mismatched in color, and after reading this post and many other posts where companies are now producing their products in China, I will never buy furniture made in China again. Thank you for the warning. Sorry about learning the hard way like I did. I ended up buying solid Maple wood furniture from Durham that only costs a litte bit more since I added an Armoire. I was amazed that the prices were not that different and the Durham Furniture was quality made in Canada. Also I had a great experience with the Flemington Department Store in NJ. I want to not be known for just complaining and have learned to give praise where praise is due but warn others when there are problems to help others like they have helped me.

I'm in the same boat. 2 1/2 years ago I purchased a leather sofa, two arm chairs, ottoman and two dressers from a Thomasville store in MA. The legs on one of the armchairs didn't match the other chairs and it had a different finish, AND there was a 1" "slice" (not all the way through, though) in the leather at the very top of the couch. The delivery men made a big ordeal of writing up the color, the finish mismatch, took pics, but forgot to take a pic of the slice in the leather couch. That evening when I opened my husband's dresser drawer to fill it with clothes, a 1/2 piece of veneer chipped off the front because there was a little nail sticking out below the drawer inside. So when we called to remind them about the slice in the leather we also told them about the chip in the dresser. They were planning to send a guy out to my living room with stain, and he was going to restain the chair legs right in my living room! I don't THINK so. So we sent it out again to be fixed and it was weeks. It came back okay - acceptable, not perfect. So we reminded them about the slice and the chip and they said we could touch up the chip with a marker can you believe that? And as for the slice they said we'd have to send the couch out to them again so they could reupholster it. How about bringing me a new one and taking this one away when I get my new one? So we never pursued it. We don't like to complain. We are blessed with what we have and I was starting to feel like a spoiled brat. But let me tell you this. We inherited the money we spent on good quality furniture. We thought it was smart to get something we could pass down to our children and we never had any money for fine furniture. I see that chip every day and it's in my face. And I just know one of my boys may very well pick at that slice in the leather. I wish I did squawk more because it would be done and over now and I'd have what I paid for. I feel ripped off. I will not do business with Thomasville again (although I do love those pilar fighting seat barstools!).

Sounds like a brilliant plan to me! I love color, and I love working with color. I find looking at color online very unsatisfying and misleading and downright frustrating. And little paint chips are the next worst way to look at color,And lighting effects color too. The Benjamin Moore Stores here (Maryland), and probably everywhere, offer some colors in larger sheets, maybe 20" by 20". Very easy to take home and look at in the room where you'll use it. They are not free, but much less expensive than buying a quart of color paint - and then you have to bring it home and put it on a board yourself, but that works too. The other thing I like to do is ask what colors they put in the can, and how much of each color. That helps me compare one shade to another. It sounds to me like the griege you're seeking does fit the dictionary definition. If what you're looking for is a cool beige more than a true grey it certainly has some yellow in it and probably some green. You may be surprised at how many different base colors can be in a can of paint, and yet when you look at the final color, you don't -see- them at all.

CHINA CABINET TABLE ARM CHAIR SIDE CHAIR There's your links for you. Personally I think blues would look awesome with the wood tone of your lovely dining set. They're complementary colors on the color wheel.