According to colorcharts.org, SW Svelte Sage is a 92.7% match to F&B French Gray. There are 7 others that score 90% or lower. *Go to www.colorcharts.org *In the upper center "Search" box put in French Gray *At the next screen, on the left you'll see a list of manufacturers who make a "french gray". Click on F&B. *Next in the center of the screen will be a swatch of F&B's French Gray. Click on that. *Next you'll be presented with a screen that has a palette on the left and a larger swatch of French Gray on the right. *Under the larger swatch click on "match this color". That's it! :)

Thank you for the picture of your cats! My four year-old is here with me and he keeps asking me to scroll back up so he can them again. We both said "awwww" as I opened your thread ... you must be v. happy to get to cuddle so many beautiful kitties. (and now just from me) And thank you for the pictures of your dining room and plants. Wow! I love the color you used on the wall there and, of course, I was envious of all the live greenery! I cannot even remember what that was like. More than you know I appreciate your telling me that the only way you could have them is because you could close the room off from your cats -- I've had some judgmental / snotty comments from other cat owners "Well, my cats are well-behaved and would never eat my plants!" Do they really think I trained our cats to do this? Do they really think I didn't try everything (humane) to get them to stop? But I love our animals and we're a family and same as I happily make tons of safety concessions for my human children (covering outlets, locking away cleaning products, etc.) I'll make them for the feline / canine members of our family as well! Aargh. Thank you for letting me vent. I just really appreciate knowing I'm not the only ones whose cats like to eat greenery. We used to purchase cat grass until we realized that while neither of them (this was before the third joined our family) could control themselves (they'd gorge away), one of them consistently threw up after her cat grass meal. Four of the artificial plants (two orchids, two tropicals) arrived yesterday and more are on their way. I'm trying to figure out placement. But this morning as I was brushing my teeth I was reading a shelter magazine (Domino); what was I noticing in all the interiors to which I was drawn? Plants and flowers! You really did open my eyes. And about being vegan, I have to say if it weren't for baking, it would be so much easier! Some things I can easily adapt to vegan baking, but others ... eggs and sour cream are sooo good! And tofu sour cream in a baked good just isn't the same. Some of the time Ener-G egg replacer works, and other times I have to fiddle around with oil / prune puree. But you know what? We do always have a carton of eggs in the fridge because most of the time I'm lazy! Almost every week my four year-old and I make challah (egg bread) together and I have yet to figure out how to make a passable vegan challah. My two year-old has recently discovered chocolate chocolate chip challah so I need to find some elastic waist pants ... for myself because I eat right alongside him! I have to say or I want to say I think there is nothing wrong with being a vegetarian and not a vegan. There is nothing wrong with eating meat and fish and dairy. I love (and overeat) chocolate, but a good friend of mine, who eats meat, doesn't have a sweet tooth; it would never occur to her to eat dessert first. We're just designed differently! I find vegetarian eating is a lot more flexible and certainly a lot easier than vegan in the outside world (going to parties and being able to eat pizza is the first example which popped into my head). I think our intentions are what matter most. And your intentions with your beautiful cats is totally apparent: You've made a safe, gorgeous home for both humans and felines alike. When I've figured out plant placement I'll be back with photos! Happy long weekend!

Palimpsest - will the pinkish hues work well with the dark beams? DD has never been into pink.. Any other pale neutrals that can work with the beams? I used pale powder on the ceilings in the master bedroom with theresa's green on the walls. Like it there as the room is facing east and the color just seems to morph with the light. Abundantblessings - I will check out cabbage white and borrowed light.. From the website, I too prefer borrowed light. Liriodendron- frankly when I was uploading the picture, I too was surprised at the amber color.. But IRL it feels loud, hot and brash. The painter knew I was planning to change the color so he was not very careful during staining:( The louvred doors are just primed and need to be panted. I was planning to paint it the same color as the walls in eggshell finish. That way, I hope it will just blend in. The ceiling currently is BM cream in regal select matte. I know what you are saying about the ceiling colors. In the other bedroom that is similar to DD's room, I painted the walls in BM HC-1 Castelton Mist and ceiling in HC-3 Greenmount Silk. They work well with the dark wood beams. F&B is expensive but they seem to give a matte appearance similar to lime wash which is the traditional finish on the adobe bricks. FB actually makes an excellent excellent lime wash but they do not sell it in North America. The other lime wash options I have tried did not work well.. These walls had been painted many times before, so I am OK with painting it.

Assuming the colour match is pretty accurate, there isn’t enough difference in Chroma (colourfulness) to make these work well together. Surprisingly, Chantilly Lace will likely come off a little grubby or dirty. I think they will probably just give you SW High Reflective White if it’s available in the sheen you are after, as it’s the closest thing they have to Farrow &Ball All White. So pull a chip of that, next to Chantilly Lace. If you are after very little contrast between walls and cabinetry I would just choose one but in different sheens. They are both very low Chroma, high Value neutrals. I wouldn’t describe either of them as feeling particularly warm though.