Saturday, March 13, 2010

Designer Moment - My Color Choices

My top picks for interior walls at this time:

French Gray Linen (Porter) A very muted gray-green can act as a good body color for a warm OR cool scheme. It's very transitional.

Silver Mist (Sherwin Williams) - Everyone wants that soft silvery, robin's egg blue right now. This one is again, very muted and transitional.

Seal Skin (Sherwin Williams) - A very deep brown-black. Amazing contrast against the two colors above.

and, my old standby

Fencepost White (Sherwin Williams - from their old exterior palette). Transitions with different color palettes from room to room. Don't be deceived by the word "white", this is more of a muted putty tone that contrasts great with white trim.

Paint finish should always be FLAT on walls, if possible. EGGSHELL for areas that need to be scrubbed. And HIGH GLOSS for trimwork or paneling.

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