We considered revere pewter for our MBR but opted for something darker instead - but trim paint that would have been with it is Cloud White, and I thought it looked good. But I'm notoriously bad with color...

Because of being so bad with color, I feel like I have the entire BM paint sample section in my basement. ;-) We're reno-ing the whole house, inside and out, so lots of paint to pick. Unfortunately I'm horrible at picking paint off swatches - you're lucky! DH is the one good at that - I don't even bother trying anymore, just let him do it. LOL

Just wait....I've heard that it will be possible for paint stores to mix up sample pots of all the BM colors come June.......! Just in time for me to start thinking about bathroom colors--oh joy! LOL

But now, Katie, you'll be able to look at the walls and KNOW you picked the best one! :-) There is a lot of value in being assured of such things.

Our Benjamin Moore store will mix samples of any color... oh the choices! I must have at least 50 pots in my sample box! I figure even if I add up the $ for sample pots, I'd rather do that then waste time + paint costs by just picking one from a swatch... but then again, I've been known to paint an entire room only to decide I don't like the color and repaint the whole thing!

All the trim in our house is BM white dove and it looks great with every color. It's white without being too white.

Thanks for the input.

kpaquette: I'll put cloud white on my list to check out. Oh goodness I only have this one room to figure out. The whole house....you poor lady!

rhome: I do hope I feel that I know it's the right color after it is all done. :)

cat_mom: Oh my, pots, pots & more pots. I just have to learn to say NO More!

janie-k: I think I purchase about 10. With 50 on hand you must be close to being able lay your hands on just about any combination you want!

I will have to find a grayed white tone that will look good with the Revere Pewter & blend in with the white metal of the windows to help disguise them a bit. Currently the trim is a cream white and it makes those windows stand out very gray. Since we couldn't afford to change out the windows at this time the best I can do is minimize their impact.

In my latest paint odyssey, I have learned to NOT compare color swatches once they're on the wall. You have to put up a big enough swatch so you can look at it on its own. If something's not right about it, go get a new pot to correct for what's "missing" and paint over what you had before. I know it hurts to lose that frame of reference, but you'll be better off in the end. If you don't love it, it ain't right. And if you have anything other than primer on the wall, your judgment WILL be influenced by the reflection of that color. Even if you have a giant swatch, you have other walls reflecting the original color/tone.

(Disclaimer: Just because I have learned this does not mean I won't end up with 587 sample pots again the next time I paint a room.)

I agree totally judy: I had painted big pieces of foamcore as the sage green is still on the walls in the kitchen at this point. The board though not primed did give me a sense of what a nice big coating would look like. My mistake was that I kept the others around where you could see them and yes it influenced my perception.

Finally I removed everything that for one reason or another didn't work and was just muddying the waters & went back to my original choice.

I dabbed some of the paint directly on each of my granite/floor & even cabinet wood sample to view how the paint looked with each one of them. The Revere Pewter works individually & collectively so that is what I'm going with. I may find ultimately it won't have enough punch, but I'll deal with that once all is in.

It feels good to have yet another decision made.

LOL!! oh, I feel your pain...but love RP since I put it in my kitchen, butler's, stairs and hallways!!! FYI, we used Decorator's white on all the trim (it seemed the best choice to go with either the warm or cool tones all over the house). Good luck - and I can't wait to see pictures!

please excuse the garbage bags - I was trying to determine a good table size!!!

this is a shot of the hallway from the dining room

I'm writing that name down- will need a grey for the downstairs bathroom which was originally planned to be done in time for the kids being home at Christmas- then Easter... and now DH said hope it'll be finished before guests come at end of June! What!?!*** :>)

Anyhow, haven't even started looking- no drywall yet, but maybe I'll think about Cabot Trail too, as there's rose/pink in my granite....

I had picked and painted my downstairs hallway and laundry room- but not so crazy about the colour anymore- though flooring hasn't been laid- maybe wood tones instead of concrete will help... but am thinking I may redo that too...
isn't this fun? :>)

Mairin: Your kitchen is amazing! Have you posted any photos of your completed backsplash yet?
Thank you so much for posting such good expansive shots of your RP walls. It looks a lot more tan on my screen, but I can tell that it is going to work great for me as my cabinets are almost as dark as yours and my granite is light (Blanco Romano).

Based on the 14 x 8 panel I painted I tend to wonder if need to go a bit deeper in tone. I understand that most paint can be lightened as I've seen reference to 50% strength, but can the same thing be done to darken the paint? I was thinking perhaps just a 10% or 20% deepening. On the other hand once I get the full walls painted it may be just fine.

I'll check out the decorator's white. Cloud White was also mentioned earlier but tends to be too yellow next to my horrible white/gray window frames that can't be changed out at this time, but BM lacey pearl might work well.

raehelen: Cabot Trail reminds me of melted milk chocolate. The Edgecomb Gray which is next to the Revere Pewter on the swatch card has a bit more tan to it, but is still quite gray. It is lovely too, but I needed the cooler tone of the RP. In my spavce both tend to have a green cast in certain lights.

LOL - I saw the name of this post and had deja vu!

I did this with my Master bedroom - picked Aura Flora - then I dh voiced some concerns so I started looking for other colors - painted the entire room twice and hated it and finally realized the Flora was the right color and we love it - our door rep saw it and went home and painted her master the same color that weekend!

I struggled with my master bath too and ended up with my gut first choice there as well - Tranquility.

I am a color person and I also used to be able to pick colors from swatches and get it right almost all the time. DOing a whole house remodel kind of put me over the edge though. I too wasted a ton of money on sample pots - some of them I never opened. Hey I had a crazy idea --

How about a thread where we all list our sample pots that have plenty of paint left for other people? I would be more than happy to ship them to someone rather than toss them.