We wanted a neutral color, but weren't fussy about which neutral color. So, like the amateurs that we are, we marched to the mistint section in the Benjamin Moore store and chose a color, any color, that looked tame.
See? The definition of tame. |
I said to the lady working at Benjamin Moore that it seemed like a nice color and she had this funny expression like she wanted to say something but felt like she shouldn't. That should have been our clue.
Vee finished up putting primer on the last section of the wall, while I started cutting in on one wall. The first stroke scared me because the paint in the can was totally a case of false advertising — there was no way it was that same tame color! But I told myself how the color in our bedroom (which we thought and thought and thought about for weeks before making a decision) seemed scary at first, but worked in the end.
No amount of talking to myself could convince me, though. So I decided to paint a big section to see what it really looked like. Behold:
Definitely not tame. It was closer to orange than we would have liked. And it looked like mud.
So we looked at some paint samples we had at home and decided on a greige color: either Benjamin Moore's Edgecomb Gray or Revere Pewter. They were next to each other on the paint chip and were pretty similar. But Edgecomb Gray had more beige in it, while Revere Pewter had more gray in it.
From left to right: Lancaster Whitewash, Edgecomb Gray, Revere Pewter. |
We went to Home Depot and matched to paint to Behr interior paint to keep costs down. Then got to work pronto. I learned an important lesson on how paint never looks the same in its liquid state in a container and in its dry state on the wall. Just look at this:
Right after we finished painting, I was relieved that the orange was gone (I actually chanted, "Die, orange, DIE!" as I painted.) But I wasn't sure about the color. I mean, I was still in shock over the horrible mistint paint. Can anyone blame me?
And our light bulbs cast a blue glow on the walls in the living room. It looked better in the kitchen, where the lights were less blue. Look how different the color looked in the kitchen and in the living room at night. Vee tried to convince me that it was just the lighting, but I was already considering repainting.
Oh, those are just broom handles at the bottom right corner here. What can I say, I lead a glamorous life and my house reflects that. Clearly. |
Thankfully, after living with the new paint for a while, I saw that it wasn't blue and would look great once we switched out the light bulbs.
I love the Edgecomb Gray now. Love love love. And I'm keeping it. Yep.
I am up at almost 3 a.m. because I bought a gallon of Edgecomb Gray this weekend and it is so beige that I can't sleep now. I saw it on a friend's wall and it was decidedly non-beige and decidedly gray. I have done only one coat in a large wall swatch. So I keep reading now that everyone loves Edgecomb Gray and that it's complex, but I do not want beige or yellow. I wanted gray. I wonder if it's my lightbulbs making it look so yellow/tan. I wish morning would hurry up already!
ReplyDeleteThe color definitely changes with the lighting, but I'd say it lies somewhere between gray and beige (aka greige). I hope it's working out for you!
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