that mock up.. is perfect spacing.. for the trees as they are at that size ... in a decade ... they will be growing into each other.. and probably not all that pleasing to the eye ... size estimates in conifers.. is usually at ten years .. and you can easily presume.. at 20 years.. they will be twice as large in every dimension ... 25 feet max is not much for picea pungens and pinus .... unless you used dwarfing cultivars ... and those will take decades to get to the height needed for sight blocking ... in this example.. in 10 years ... the magnolia will be in full shade.. and probably not seen .. and might not flower fully .... imo.. there are at least 2 and maybe 3 too many trees for that spot ... but it sure will look cool for a while.. in tree time ... ken BTW ... in my z5 MI ... there are only 2 bulletproof mags ... star and tulip ... and i am blanking on the latin.. soulangea ... and something something.. lol ... are you aware if sweet bay will thrive up in that part of ME???

It might not work. Wall colour is so dependant on the light - natural and artificial. We can wish it all we want, sometimes we have to change direction. My greige suggestion is BM's Silver Satin. If a greige looks too dull in your space and you still want a light neutral, consider brightening the colour and going with a warm white/off-white. Less grey undertone, more white or yellow.

I hear you! You don't want a color, you want a neutral on your walls that will work well with your sofa. I have a collection of large color samples, but you probably don't. What I would do in your case is go to the BM store and pick up the 2"x 3" color samples that they have free for the taking. Pick up some of everything, even colors that you may think won't work. If you feel guilty for taking so many you can always take them back when you are done with this exercise. Once you get your samples home take one of your sofa cushions outside - lay down a sheet or something over a table and set your sofa cushion on the table. You want the cushion to be in direct afternoon sun on a clear day. Get a sheet of plain white paper and set that down on your sofa cushion. Then lay 2 of your samples on the white paper. Step back and look at the color combination. Pick your favorite. Lay down another sample. Do this until you have limited the color samples to 3 to 5 samples that you think coordinate well with your sofa. Remember that you have picked out colors that work together every day for most of your life when you pick what you are going to wear or what makeup you are going to use, what bow to place on a package. The reason that I say to do this in direct afternoon sun on a clear day is that we do not have any artificial light source that works as well at rendering color as the sun. It will show you things you won't see in your home till after you have painted a large area, People may disagree with me, but every artist tries to use direct natural sunlight when they paint so that they can get the colors just right. When you take a painting into your home the colors still work together. They may look less vibrant or may look cooler or warmer because the lighting is cooler or warmer, but all the colors are changed in the same way by the lighting so they still work together. (You don't change outfits based on being outside or inside, you wear the same outfit all day and it doesn't suddenly clash when you go into your office. The opposite does sometimes happen. Great hair color until you get in the sunlight - it just turned green! Yikes!. Once you have picked your 3-5 top contenders buy samples of your top 2 or 3. I don't actually recommend poster board, I recommend using 140 lb water color paper. You can buy 30 sheets for about $10. It works very well for painting samples, doesn't warp and has a similar texture to a painted wall. Tape the edges down before painting. Paint 2 coats. let it dry, remove the tape and you will have a narrow white boarder on the edge of your sample. If you want to paint an area of your wall paint it white, then hang your samples on the wall. Then move them to another wall, move them all around the room. live with them for a few days. Look at the color in the morning, afternoon and evening. If one seems a bit too light or too dark or a bit too blue or green you can tweak your selection, but you will be close to that perfect combination. Have confidence and enjoy the process!

Sorry o missed these comments! I didn’t get notified for some reason! I had another person suggest 50%worldly gray, and was planning on getting a sample of it yesterday, but our sw store is currently out of samples. He said that the surrounding stores nearby are also out, and a lot of ppl are on hold with their painting projects because of it. The painters are supposed to start ours a week from today, too! I might just go with Agreeable gray, since it has looked good in all pics I’ve seen of it. Hopefully it will look just as good once we get ours painted?! I did have a friend send me pics of her 50% Accessible beige, but it still looked too beige-y to me. We were also planning up putting quarts counters in with the white and gray, so didn’t want that to clash either. Mainly looking for a great very light gray/beige, greige that doesn’t read purple or too blue. Thanks everyone!