mindstorm: Could you please show me your river rock so I can get a better idea of what you want? I think I remember the Ice Fog, and thus what you DON'T want. Thanks, Ivette

Benjamin Moore Oklahoma Wheat Sherwin Williams Sawdust BM Dry Sage I have east-west facing great room/DR combination and I have used BM OK Wheat which is the best color I have used there. I have SW Sawdust in an east/west bedroom/bathroom which works well. I have used BM Dry Sage in East-West facing kitchen with oak cabinets which was the best color I used there. I have purchase iceberg most recently for my GR/DR combination but have not painted yet. I will paint it and evaluate it. I do like fall/spring colors. I like the colors of a lion's coat or leaves with a yellow color. I do not like the emerald colors or blue royals for oak companions. It is too hard. I think the grays are too blah. I like the colors of nature but then I can mix accessory colors to create a pallet of beautiful colors. The wall color is not everything but oak and west/east north/south directions can dictate what the main color must be. I also do not think taupe plays well with oak. For me, it was like a mistake trying to be corrected. I think some ocean aquas could be good, but I have not yet done that. Olives and avocados do well with oaks. They are a natural. imento accents make for a beautiful vignette. Nothing prettier than a spattering of the right color of red with the greens of fall or evergreen in winter. Because of the situation of my house, most of my rooms open east/west on one side while on the other side, they are north or south or north/south.

when it comes to a choice like this only you can truly make it. One is going to give you a very dark velvety room, the other will be of course bright and light. How much do you like to change? See i am a tried and true dark lover, I currently have this in my living room. here is one of my favorite rooms well, i lie, here are a lot, note the different sources of light and how it effects it. I hope i helped some.

Have a peep at 868 Mountain Mist by Benjamin Moore. It can be a little ethereal, depending on the light. Pretty. It’s very similar to Farrow & Ball’s Borrowed Light. They are both from the Blue-Green Hue Family.