Adios contractor beige

I have mentioned before my love/hate relationship with color. I love bright vibrant colors, but at the same time I also love the calming whites. This can make for a heck of a fun time in the Home Depot paint section.

We have only painted 2 rooms in our house - the dining room and the nursery. Other than that, everything is a boring contractor beige. I think the previous homeowners painted the entire house the same color before they moved out because I can see hints of sea foam green and red in places. Eek!


I had finally had enough of our living room being the blah beige, so I finally made a color selection.


Silver Sage by Restoration Hardware


I bought a sample can, painted 2 small areas and then slept on it. I still loved it the next day, so we decided to take the leap and paint the living room. Our house is very open and the entire downstairs flows from one area to another - this is great, except when trying to figure out which walls to paint. We left one huge wall blank (only for the time being) because it is about 100 feet tall and I need to either hire a painter or find some scaffolding.

We love it. The pictures do not do it justice.... it is color, without being too in your face. It looks wonderful next to the white trim, white mantle and white built in book shelves.

Now, I just need to pick a color for the game room....and the master bedroom.... and the study.

Like my homemade Martha Stewart paint fan?

**New pictures on Baby M**