Faron, Thank you so much for writing back right away. You are so knowledgeable and generous with your time. I just want my walls to look nice and I was afraid if I skipped the primer, the paint may not stick. These forums (especially Michael) has taught me how important it is to prep the walls before painting and I can see how nice my other walls look by following this advice and making sure my painter did what I told him to do. But my bathroom was just painted and I am not changing the color much at all. I guess it is my fault for taking a shower too soon in the room and not putting the fan on in the room after each shower since I have no windows and that is why the paint is now streaking. All the other rooms look great and the other bathrooms have no problems that are rarely used. I do have the guest bathroom that I can take showers in for one week. I rarely use it since I like taking showers in my master bathroom with the glass doors than in a tub with a shower curtain. I only use that bathroom for guests or to wash my little doggies. I guess for one week, I can use the guest bathroom to shower in despite a little smell from my doggie's puppy pads in there. I guess I should feel blessed that my townhouse has 2 1/2 baths and has a lot of room. I just keep the puppy pads in there since in the winter time my spoiled little 5.8 lb Maltese, Sassy does not like to go outside. My other little doggies will go outside in my fenced in backyard on the stones but not the little Miss Princess Sassy who has always been like this knowing her cuteness will win out. I am just changing the color slightly since the BM Navajo White is only slightly less yellow than the Deep Cream and the Navajo White which I feel will go better with the bone colored Jacuzzi and the two bone colored sinks and the bone colored toilet, as well as the taupe tiles up the sides of the Jacuzzi and shower stall. The extra gray in the Navajo White surprisingly does not look gray to me in that room but warms the walls up and takes away the lemon cast that to me just did not look right against the taupe tiles. They are so similar in color and the formulas show it (Navajo White has 4 Less Units of Oxide Yellow and 4 more units of Gray and 1/2 extra unit of Orange than the deep cream color but otherwise they are so much alike in formula) but the room will then appear less lemon but still happy and bright and be semi-gloss like I wanted since I have no windows in it and I want to be able to clean it easily when I brush my teeth and get my walls dirty. I love my new pictures and my new olive towels and new olive rug and I feel they will go better with walls that do not have that lemon cast to them. I guess I should ask the paint store for a "liquid deglosser" and they will know what I mean? I can degloss part of the bathroom except for the tallest walls I will not be able to reach even with a tall ladder since I am not quite 5 feet. Maybe I can do what I can before painter arrives and he can do the rest. I think he is not that tall either (but much taller than me) but has tall ladders and long poles for his rollers. I had the painter tint the primer deep cream last time for the deep cream room and bone white tinted for the bone white room. I guess that was not really necessary since the colors are so light. The painter used the Deep Cream tinted primer for the Philadelphia Painted room telling me it was not worth going out to buy new primer. I wonder if this is why that room turned out more yellow than I had thought it would be.

cp, have you tried having SW match any of the BM colors? My painter only uses Kelly-Moore (west coast) and my local KM store has been able to get dead-on matches of SW colors. One took them three attempts, but they only charged me for the one quart. Thanks Linelle. I am not quite up to having the walls painted but will be in the next week or two. No I haven't had them match it because I'd rather just have an actual color in case I ever have to repaint in the future. Is it because your painter gets a better deal from SW? Would you be willing to pay the difference if he gets BM? Our builder's painters use SW. Seems to be the more popular paint down here. Yes I'd be willing to pay the difference if it's only the cost of the paint. Not if they charge an uncharge to use a different brand. Sigh. I've had paint matched at Sherwin Williams a few years back and they did a pretty good job of it. They have the forumulas from the other manufacturers. Thank you lukkiirish. That's good to know. I'll have to see how close they can get. and would insist on the BM you want. After all, he is working for you. It is unlikely you will be socializing after your house is finished, so don't worry about his opinion of you Thank you cyn. I normally am very willing to make waves but this is a case where I may not have a choice as the builder may want to charge me an upcharge for switching. In short I believe that the similar paint can be found/matched, but you'll spend a bit more time. Thank you April. Unfortunately, the SW colors are not exactly the same and as an artist, I'm very color sensitive. Wilmington Tan - SW 7693 STONEBRIAR Georgian Green - SW 7727 KOI POND (not a great match) Guilford Green - SW 0029 ACANTHUS (not a great match) There really aren't comparable colors BenM to SW but these are the closest. Thank you Lori. Those are the same I was able to come up with and no, they're not great. Even the Stonebriar is a hair more yellow. I'm either stuck picking other SW colors or seeing if I can switch to the BM paint. I'll keep you all informed. Thank you.

Hillary, that's not Shady in your photos, right? I ask since Shady is one of several colors we're considering for the exterior. I've been told it's close to SW Agreeable Gray. I have to get some sample cans of various colors. Agree with the garage door being the same as siding. White gives it too much focus. Not sure about the deck color, but Patricia's suggestion makes sense.

Is the the interior or exterior?// I see only an interior wall. IMO black trim is real staement and needs real thought if this is inside. Take pics from further back so we can see the house if this is anexterior question. DO NOT start another post just use comments for everything.