Losing my mind trying to pick a light greige color!! HELP!!
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Comments (23)Here's my disappointing update--I had my painter drive 40 minutes to the paint shop best known for matching colors. There was one guy in the store that was the "expert" at matching the aura colors. We tried 10 different shades, and none of the aura paint could match the regular BM colors that i had selected. A huge waste of time and money. Worst yet, I am back to square one, banging my head on the wall trying to determine a paint finish. My husband says just go with the eggshell, but I don't like sheen. If I do go with the BM Regal Matte, will the match the ounce size BM "Access" colors that I selected? (I am hoping that most of the issues people have had with the BM Matte is due to dark colors burnishing? Does that sound likely or just wishful thinking??) Thanks for your input....See MoreBacksplash Decision Is Causing Me To Lose My Mind!!
Comments (53)So, I guess I know why I am paralyzed with this decision. I don't really know how I want the kitchen to look. I do love the idea of it being sparkly and stuff, but I also love the idea of the juxtapostion of the modern and the glam. I hate tests, can someone take the Sweeby test for me? I think we may have figured out the solution to the fact that there are no bullnoses on the short side of the Italian tile available, so that is not stopping me anymore. I appreciate all of your responses, each one of them is a valid point and they all echo the thoughts in my head. I too think either one would work. I guess this is so hard because, it's not like a chandy--if it looks bad, ditch it and move on. It's the flippin' backsplash, it's attached to the house and there is no way we are replacing it on a whim. I just don't know what to do. I guess if I am not doing anything fancy behind the range, then the Italian tile would surely look great. Oh boy, this is killer. I wonder if they will allow me to order a square foot of each one and try it out. Probably have to order a minimum quantity. If anybody has any more thoughts, please feel free to give them to me. Jeanteach--not close enough to CT to buy tile, I'm outside Philly. Thanks for the information though. Suzanne1003--how the heck did you find that? The photo is so much better than the one on Mission Tile's site, that I do believe it might be too ornate for my kitchen (If I think shadow lines from a slight bevel on the Italian tiles are too much)-- I couldn't tell before that they are individual tiles, very nice though. Once again, thanks everybody, if you feel like chiming in again, please do so....See MoreIs gray green, or am I losing my mind?
Comments (14)Wow, thank you for so many quick responses! Daisyadair, maybe we can trade colors? :-) Unfortunately the paint chip is the same color as the paint, but I did not expect it to look so green once it was on the entire wall. Mimi, thank you for "enabling" me, I am more and more convinced that I want the BM Gray Owl! Squirrel, you are right, this is BM Color Viewer. However, the BM Silver Satin looks very close to what's on the color viewer, I did not have the camera batteries to take a photo of the real room (and there are plastic covers and dropcloths everywhere). I did not catch the "green" before the paint job even though I was doing BM Color Viewer. It just looks so different in person! Flyleft, good advice and I should have followed it in advance. I did the posterboard thing for the other bedroom and decided on Vale Mist, and it is PERFECT. However, color chips and BM Color Viewer don't do the trick (as I am finding out). I will let you all know what I decide tomorrow morning at 7 when I talk to the painter - you all are great, thank you so so SO much for the quick feedback! ~Lynne...See MoreCool grey vs warm grey vs losing my mind
Comments (16)Thanks Cheryl! I hope that's the case with this paint color as well. There can't be anything worse than that contractor's yellow in our ENTIRE house. I have a hard time picturing everything together though - I painted our upstairs bedroom a darker grey and it's more on the warm side. I also put down dark flooring in there and have since decided that dark floor and pet hair don't match. So, I am stuck with those colors in the bedroom! Hoping I can figure out the colors downstairs....See MoreJak52
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