Where cheating on primer really shows up, is if someday you decided to hang wallpaper. The drying of the wallpaper paste will literally pull the paint off the drywall. I have run across this "self priming" paint when hanging wallpaper. I would put a pre-paper sealer on the walls first, and then hang the paper. All done quite "kosher" and according to accepted practices. A couple days later the customer would call and complain that the seams were lifting. Sure enough, the seams are coming up and the paint is stuck to the back of the wallpaper,. leaving bare drywall paper showing on the wall! Obviously, the paint was not bonded to the wall! I know of no way to correct this problem, other to remove the wallpaper and advise the customer not to hang more wallpaper. So long as only paint is used, the bonding situation does not seem to be aggravated.

I looked at SW and they have a good product, but they were jerks at the store so I went with Porter Paints. I'm very happy with their advice, service and product. Central Florida (Orlando). But remember if they rush the job it won't matter much about the quality of the paint.

Daobrien your choice for alabaster cabinets will be so pretty! I have sw alabaster cabinets and love this white! I would choose a gray that has more chroma in it than repose gray. You need more contrast for your kitchen island than repose gray will give you. Look at sw Dorian Gray and Acier. These colors are two down from repose gray. Also look into Chelsea gray. I would pick alabaster for your ceiling in flat paint. SW alabaster for trim in semi gloss. What paint color are you painting your walls?

We just painted SW Comfort Grey with Greek Villa for the trim and a darker shade of grey-green on the gables. Comfort Grey is a very beachy grey as it has some green in it. A neighbor used the same color but with some black trim in addition to Greek Villa trim. The black gives a nice contrast. Also the gables are cedar shingle. See https://tours.jennifercoleimages.com/public/vtour/display/597952#! (may need to cut and paste). If you really want a neutral grey, I like the second inspiration photo that you posted.