I love the grey/blue in this picture. I saw the picture posted here on a blog http://www.onlinefabricstore.net/blog/abcs-of-decorating-y-is-for-the-color-yellow/ Does anyone know the paint color or something similar? It mentioned the picture is from Martha Stewart Living, maybe someone knows what issue or if the source paint color is listed?

Honeybeen, Moonshadow is right, I am a huge fan of the old Martha colors, and the woman who designed them. In the interest of keeping things simple, I will throw out a few Ben Moore Colors for you to consider. Take a look at Chalk White 2126-70, Silver Crest 1583, Cascade Mountains 862. Those are just a place to start. You might also like Ellen Kennon's Gustavian Gray. Hard to say what it will do in your home, but it is a lively complex color which leans blue, green, gray at various times of the day. General things to keep in mind are that color will appear differently in your home than in mine or anyone else's. Depending on how much and what kind of light you have, the colors above may or may not wash out. If you have a lot of natural light from a southern exposure, for example, you may need to go with a more saturated color. What else you have in the room, as well as your trim color, will make a big difference because color is what it is in relationship to what's around it. Anything in the room that lives on the opposite side of the color wheel will bring out the blue-ness of the paint. Put a terra cotta sofa or artwork against the walls and they will read blue. Put a navy sofa in there and they will read gray. Finally, I will tell you what I tell clients...a little blue goes a long way! You are absolutely right in looking for a gray with a hint of blue.

I watched and it was pretty interesting. Remember, that was the 80's when everything was in excess, including hair. lol. They only had two kids and it took 7 years to build, and by then Tori was 17! So that didn't make a lick of sense when she talked about "family." But I still enjoyed watching and they made it seem it was a regular reality show for when she moves, etc., and I'd kind of like to keep up with it. lol. Anyone know when it would come on? I checked and it doesn't come on next week at the same time.

Awful nice of you to ask. I got with a local drafter (who I didn't realize hand draws) and came up with a close but still somewhat flawed plan. It is done to the level to get a more complete estimate on a build. I stopped short of trying to figure out the biggest problem with kitchen and dining area. Just sort of gave up, I liked the rest. But it remains a problem. I will have to hire someone to redraw if I figure it out. Generally its a pretty standard small ranch. I am trying to pack in as much future flexibility as possible but of course there are always ramifications. I wanted a potential future buyer to have the option of a second bathroom and bedroom upstairs, meanwhile I could use for storage (this will be on a crawl space) . This resulted in a 12 12 pitch which I'm concerned about making the house look top heavy. (Although I do love the scandanavian look of a high pitch they are usually on two stories). Since it was a single bathroom I sacrificed some space elsewhere to make it a little bigger. I thought about a double vanity but I'm single. So I did a single sink in the bathroom but the linen closet could be removed and a double vanity put in if someone down the road really wanted it. I would love a walk in shower since I never take baths but, oh well. I would like to do something with the "front" windows. The double hung thing blocks the view. Don't know what my options are though. Biggest problem, Kitchen/Dining area (as in there is none) I love a big living room, and don't care for traffic patterns through it. So the kitchen ended up where most would put the living room. Which makes the kitchen both have wasted space but not enough space for an eat in dining room. So there is no place to eat, not even a counter bar. In the summer one could use the porch. This is the biggest problem and I don't know how to fix without making the whole house bigger (200 a sq foot) or doing a bump out which sort of defeats the idea of a simple cheaper rectangle to build. Looking at it and how its just your basic standard little ranch its sort of amazing how long it took to get here. The front is cut off but its the same, a double hung on the other side of the slider which is in the middle