Hello friends and welcome to a brand new week. I hope you had a great weekend!!!
Paint.
I love it.
I love how a very subtle color difference can completely change the feel of a room. I love the variations of whites with all their undertones. I love deep moody charcoals, Caribbean-water blues, happy cheerful cotton candy pinks. I adore opening the paint can of a color I have never used before.
Through the years I have tried many colors in our own houses and for clients. Sometimes a color once on the wall is not at all what I envisioned, or it’s – meh, fine – but sometimes……..
it is DELICIOUS
and I fall in love.
This is what happened when I finally landed on this color for our master:
Gentleman’s Gray
Benjamin Moore 2062-20
After painting our room a blah beige (it looked gorgeous in the Pottery Barn catalog, not so gorgeous on my walls), and then sampling a bunch of different colors, Jenny at Evolution of Style told me about Gentleman’s Grey and I knew as soon as i put the first swatch on the wall that it was perfection.
AND SO…….
I thought it would be fun to share with you on a semi-regular basis colors I have used over the years that are winners.
Today is a two-fer.
The aforementioned and oddly named Gentleman’s Grey, which has not even a hint of GRAY,
is actually a gorgeous rich navy with hints of teal.
And while we’re talking about navy, today’s paint color crush…..
Newburyport Blue
Benjamin Moore HC-155
Transitional Living Room by Chicago Interior Designers & Decorators SuzAnn Kletzien Design
{Ballard Designs}
Traditional Kids by Atlanta Architects & Building Designers William T Baker
I love this color with brown leather and lots of white, or orange, hot pink, or coral.
Isn’t it delicious?!
Newburyport Blue is a contender in an office I am working on.
Samples go on the wall tomorrow, can’t wait to open those cans!
I’m linking this post up to The Pink Pagoda’s Blue & White Bash, come check it out!!
This is not a Benjamin Moore sponsored post,
just sharing with you paint colors that I have found to be winners through the years.
Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says
you know i love navy! and that first living room is the swooniest. totally a word.
Kris @ Driven by Décor says
Thanks for sharing about Gentleman's Gray – that's a new one for me but it looks delicious! Can't wait to see what you end up going with for the office – are you trying out Hale Navy too? I've seen some gorgeous rooms in that color!
Vel Criste says
I think the Newburyport blue is fabulous, hope it works out in your office Lisa, can't wait to see it!
Elizabeth @ The Little Black Door says
I'm loving them both! Great series, give me more! 🙂
Dana Frieling says
Good luck tomorrow. I hope it's an instant, no-brainer, 'delicious' type of decision!
Jenny says
I love me a deep moody blue! It really can be a neutral in its own way, since it goes with so many other colors, right? Pretty!
Emily says
Hi Lisa! Thank you for visiting and commenting about my son's nursery. The white and navy color combo always looks so crisp and clean! I love that you are sharing go-to paint colors. It usually takes me a couple of months of having paint samples on my wall before I can decide on one. 🙂
The Pink Pagoda says
Hi Lisa, I'm slow to get over here as we lost power and internet in a storm — so happy that you linked up — thank you! I think navy paint is very hard, so I'm excited to see some tried and true gorgeous options! Hope to see you next month!