https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 12:39:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213553 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:03:28 +0000 archivedbee 213553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've used Porous Stone by Dunn Edwards. I love it. It is a mossy-grey (so a little hint of green in it), but depends on the lighting in the room too, it can look totally grey , or mossy green grey ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213427 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:28:39 +0000 Andrea 213427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aMohror: @BabyBoecksMom: @mrskc: thanks so much! I love all your nurseries. I have so many options to check out now. Grey is such a pretty color but it is hard to get just the right one isn't it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213406 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:13:24 +0000 mrskc 213406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: <a href="http://lovelifeandmyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/06/week-22.html" rel="nofollow">http://lovelifeandmyjourney.blogspot.com/2012/06/week-22.html</a> here is a picture of the nursery after we painted it Sterling by Behr. scroll down a little to see it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213400 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:11:36 +0000 mrskc 213400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAGS: We just painted our nursery sterling! It's a real nice light gray color. Although it reads a little blue sometimes depending on the light. </p> <p>Dolphin Fin by Behr is nice too. I feel like gray is hard to find the right shade in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213398 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:10:47 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 213398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: No, it's really grey. I had a hard time trying to get the picture to show it. I think the accents and the lighting make it look like it has some purple in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213392 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:07:08 +0000 aMohror 213392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I LOVED the gray we used! It was the perfect shade and not too light but not dark either. It's called Wood Smoke by Glidden. There are two squares we did gray on my blog, here it is if you want to check it out!</p> <p><a href="http://amandatuchon.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://amandatuchon.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>If you click on a picture it will get bigger too ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213385 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:02:16 +0000 Andrea 213385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: so pretty! So there is no purple in that one? It looks a little purple but maybe only because you have purple accents in the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213213 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:35:38 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 213213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Sorry! I changed the permissions on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213200 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:23:26 +0000 Modern Daisy 213200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After a very similar trial and error (although some of mine ended up too blue in addition to being too dark) we settled on Pewter by Benjamin Moore. I learned the hard way that you have to start with the swatch that says "Black" then work up to a lighter shade in order for it not to be blue or purple. Pewter is just dark enough to seem like we actually put color on the wall without being too dark to decorate with light furniture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213186 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:06:45 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 213186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's the link for the swatches from Restoration. We color matched at Lowe's because the paint quality at restoration was sub-par (heat damaged).</p> <p><a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1671013" rel="nofollow">http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1671013</a></p> <p>Pumice was the grey just lighter than gravel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213180 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:57:23 +0000 Andrea 213180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: @MrsBrewer: thanks for the tips ladies! Looks like DH might be able to leave work early so we can go today. It going to be 99 degrees tomorrow and going to pick paint doesn't sound appealing in that heat. I just want to stay in my house with the A/C!!</p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: I just tried to view your photo but it says I do not have permission.<br /> =( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213175 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:51:00 +0000 MrsBrewer 213175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Ooo One more thought! I learned this when I was trying to pick out paint colors. I know at Home Depot you can actually go to the paint counter and "borrow" their huuuge thing of paint swatches. Like the thing that prof. Painters carry around. Yea you can borrow it for free! That helped me soo much, because I was standing there just staring at all the colors for probably 10 minutes, and finally a worked asked me if I would like to take the big thing home with me. I must have looked pretty pathetic! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213174 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:48:19 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 213174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: make sure to take the color swatch outside to see if it's really grey. We brought home 3 different samples and they all looked either purple or blue. I finally top k the color outside (out of the horrible lighting inside) and I was able to pick an actual "grey" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213168 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:46:21 +0000 Andrea 213168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: oops, I thought it was more $. Ok, ignore my complaint then. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213162 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:42:15 +0000 MrsBrewer 213162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I know at Home Depot the samples are only like $2 maybe a little more. But still cheaper than even buying a quart! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213160 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:40:10 +0000 Andrea 213160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: not that I have anything against purple, we have another room that color. It is more the waste of time and money. I wish they gave little paint samples for free! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213144 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:32:20 +0000 MrsBrewer 213144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: yep, I wish I would have known that before I painted all of our walls. But whatever....it can always be repainted! I'm glad you did the smart thing and tested yours though ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213115 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:24:24 +0000 Andrea 213115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, so many greys. I'm gonna go to the Benjamin Moore store tomorrow, thanks ladies! </p> <p>@MrsBrewer: one of the samples we got did turn out purple on our wall, ugh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213091 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:09:12 +0000 ohapostrophe 213091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kitchen is Benjamin Moore winter solstice and I love it! My living room is one shade lighter on the same chip- silvery moon. I like that too but wish we'd gone with the darker one for both rooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213076 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:01:56 +0000 chibee 213076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought Stonington Gray for my bedroom although i haven't painted it yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213067 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:54:44 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 213067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did LOs nursery in grey, but I'll have to look at the card when I get home. </p> <p><a href="http://flic.kr/p/bPt3zM" rel="nofollow">http://flic.kr/p/bPt3zM</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213065 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:54:38 +0000 ladyfingers 213065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have Benjamin Moore Abalone in our living room. We love it but in certain light it could look blue or purple so definitely paint a swatch first in a couple of different areas. I've also heard good things about Revere Pewter, also by Ben Moore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213052 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:43:49 +0000 BoogieBea 213052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have grey walls - with a hint of taupe? I'll have to look to see the name of the color. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213024 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:23:59 +0000 Shutterbug 213024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used Martha Stewart Bedford Gray (color matched at Sherwin Williams - I like their paint better). It may be a little dark for what you're looking for, but Martha Stewart has a lot of nice grays (at Home Depot) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213023 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:23:56 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 213023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Check out restoration hardware greys. Gravel would be too dark for you, but there's another lighter one in the same tones.. Can't remember the name off the top of my head and I'm feeding baby. I think it might be atmosphere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213020 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:22:54 +0000 MrsBrewer 213020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Be careful if you go with the warm-gray tones. (pink gray's)....Because....welll.....we ended up with a purple looking living room. It's not terrible, but not exactly what we were hoping for. But we were moving in the next weekend and didnt have time to re paint before moving in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213016 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:20:32 +0000 pelikila 213016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bathrooms are Gentle Rain by Behr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-213013 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:18:32 +0000 autumnlove 213013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love gray walls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-212024 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:30:41 +0000 Andrea 212024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: nice! I think we're looking for more of a true grey, though. </p> <p>@Leialou: @LAGS: those look good, thanks!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-have-a-light-grey-paint-color-to-recommend#post-212016 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:26:39 +0000 LAGS 212016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did Sterling by Behr and I looove it! Its a really light grey... feels super fresh! </p>