Warm Gray paint color for entire home - advice needed!
My home is a truly All-Beige home: walls, trim, crown molding, baseboards, and ceiling are all painted the same beige color. Even my carpet is beige. Although the beige color is a pretty one, I am sick of the all -beige look and so ready to paint my entire home to get a new fresher look! I know I want to paint my entire home a WARM GRAY color, and all the trim & ceiling a WHITE color.
I like Sherwin Williams brand paint and have narrowed the WARM GRAY down to 3 colors:
1) REPOSE GRAY (SW 7015)
2) AGREEABLE GRAY (SW 7029)
3) WORLDLY GRAY (SW 7043)
My dilemma is I need to pick a WARM Gray that will go with my newly remodeled kitchen and my tile floor (see attached photos).
Since my kitchen is very dark brown (a warm color), I definitely don't want to choose the wrong gray that will clash with it.
I think my tile floor will go nice with gray walls but I decided to include a photo as well so the full picture can be seen.
Please let me know your thoughts! I really need advice on this one. Since the paint color is for my ENTIRE home, I really want to make the right choice.
Thanks in advance!
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5 years agoI love SW Worldly Gray have it throughout my home in every room...my colors are neutrals..shades of gray with black accents...
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Comments (32)Okay...all the junk is out! Plan: clean up/mop dust, mortar chips, etc. and spend the evening with my paint samples...narrow down to three or four...paint sample boards, and pick a color. I would love to have time to see the sample boards in different light etc.; but my get-er-done DH scheduled plumbers on Monday and convinced the tile setters to partially grout the shower and come back to finish on Monday too....Grrrr! So...I plan to only paint behind the toilet and area and by bullnose edging. If I pick wrong.....I will not have to do redo the whole room. If I pick the wrong color, I am not worried about repainting near the bullnose; it is the toilet area that worries me. Anyone have a tip for painting behind a toilet that is 1/2 inch from the wall just in case. This is our attempt to correct a horrible inefficient layout...not thrilled about looking at the side of a toilet; but that compromise meant a towel closet in the bathroom (finally), a 60x60 angle shower, and room for a 77" double vanity while eliminating the 3 right angles in the second entrance from the master bath....See MoreNeed Advice: Beige Valspar Wall Paint Color for Coastal Home
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Comments (16)With that beautiful acacia floor with its distinctive grain I too would vote for something without too bold a competing pattern. A classic soapstone, or a “mist” (Virginia, Silver etc) honed granite or a soft white marble with gray - any of those would look beautiful. I suspect as geologists that you both really “see” stones for what they are as opposed to the general public’s perception of counters as being simply a field of color and pattern. But a deeper knowledge or appreciation of the material itself is not your friend when getting everything to pair well. Ironically. I don’t find Houzz easy to search, but you might see what you can locate pictures of kitchens with acacia floors as your starting point. I would focus on the choices of counters used first, then cabinet color, and finally backsplash. Re the marrying cool tones to warm ones there shades that are neutral but a paint color still will not tie everything together. You can used the same stone for the counter and backsplash though, which eliminates one matching conundrum. Final thought, don’t use quartz - you are geologists - you of all folk should have real stone....See MorePreviously painted rooms warm colors. If gray is out, now what color?
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5 years agoLove BM classic gray but it is a very light color...as you can see in my home image above the SW Worldly Gray is light...and BM classic gray is even lighter...both great choices..
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Thanks to everyone for your input! Here's a photo of my tile floor. As you see, it has grey and beige in it. My carpet is a light beige.SW Worldy Gray is one of my top choices, but I also like Repose Gray and Agreeable Gray. Does anyone have any experience with any of these colors that can give me some direction as well?
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