https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 00:48:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1918551 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:16:28 +0000 Mrs. D 1918551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish we could paint, but our housing belongs to the school board, so it's basic off white for us, and everyone else on our street. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1918533 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:53:12 +0000 coopsmama 1918533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, as an update - the paint color is staying. :( I'm growing to hate the yellow tone more and more as I just wanted a nice neutral but apparently my husband likes it and is finishing it now. Guess I'm gonna go look for a new shower curtain tomorrow to try and make the best of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1918078 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:23:55 +0000 coopsmama 1918078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: Our entire second floor is painted a crisp white. It was that way when we moved in and I do LOVE it. It's just so clean. Sometimes I wish the entire house were that way. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1918027 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:48:02 +0000 lamariniere 1918027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always chime in on these posts to say paint it WHITE! :happy: I loooove white walls. I love how crisp and immediately clean they make a place feel. I also like that white doesn't turn funky colors depending on the light. Our current apartment is all bright white. But our last one was similar to the Navajo white. I always felt like our place looked murky later in the day or on cloudy dreary days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917974 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:25:48 +0000 Shutterbug 1917974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think gray is the new beige, or rather that everyone in the 2000's painted their walls beige/tan/cream, and now everyone is painting their walls some sort of gray. Don't get me wrong, I love me some gray (our downstairs living area/family room is Martha Stewart Bedford Gray) but I think it's just really on-trend right now, which is why everyone is suggesting it. Our main living areas are Sherwin Williams Softer Tan. I didn't pick it, but it's ok. It is a little yellowy though, so probably not for you (thought we do have almost the same granite :) ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917776 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:30:04 +0000 coopsmama 1917776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: Right - it's such a personal thing! But I'm so afraid that if we put our house on the market people won't give it a thought because right now it doesn't look super appealing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917762 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:23:20 +0000 blackbird 1917762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kitchen: Orange </p> <p>Living room: Blue-ish</p> <p>Hallways: a very light gray, almost white </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917749 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:18:47 +0000 PurplePumps 1917749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that's a lot like the color we have (ben moore standish white, which is really yellow) and I am not a fan. The first thing I did was to repaint it. Color is such a personal thing, that I think many people paint anyways to customize. But definitely less yellow and more grey if looking for a modern look. But not too cold and grey, a warm browner grey imo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917734 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:13:17 +0000 charmed 1917734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have SW "pediment" in our halls and one living room. It's a gray/beige and looks close to the color in @Chillybear:'s photos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917722 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:08:37 +0000 avivoca 1917722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is very different, but our living room and hallway is painted BM Palladian Blue. It's kind of ethereal but looks grey-blue in certain lights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917698 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:57:18 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1917698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: That's great to hear! I keep telling DH our next house will be RP everywhere! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917642 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:36:19 +0000 coopsmama 1917642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. tictactoe: Glad to hear it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917639 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:35:11 +0000 coopsmama 1917639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Argh, so it would seem my instincts were right and Navajo White is just not right for our house at all. It seems that everyone is recommending more of a gray tone. </p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Ooooh I'm loving that pale oak! </p> <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Glad I'm not the only one who thinks it looks yellow. :-/</p> <p>@keepcalmcarrie: @loki: @runnerd: @loveisstrange: @Chillybear: @MaryM: @mrs. wagon: @looch: @snowjewelz: @babycanuck: Thanks all for the color recommendations! I will look into them all a little more later today. </p> <p>@oliviaoblivia: Oh great - builder beige. ;) Well I guess we learned our lesson! I'm not great at picking paint colors at all. Every color I've ever picked I've ended up hating. </p> <p>@runnerd: I love that Edgecomb Gray. I wonder if it would look right in our home, though? YHL mentioned in their post it looked terrible in their first home and our current home reminds me of that one in a lot of ways.</p> <p>@MaryM: It doesn't matter if we don't love it, true. But our home is going to be a tough sell because it's just unique, older, has an unfinished basement, etc. so we're really trying to spruce it up however we can. We really need to get out of this home eventually. It was a poor decision to buy it when we did. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917632 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:31:42 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1917632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I think that is our exact granite color. Looks great with gray walls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917614 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:26:09 +0000 babycanuck 1917614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have Behr Rhino on our main floor and in the common areas, and did Behr Pewter Mug in the spare rooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917608 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:25:05 +0000 snowjewelz 1917608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I believe we have Sterling from BM in our main living areas, then a shade darker, Pelican Gray in rooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917597 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:19:53 +0000 looch 1917597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have BM Sea Salt, it's a pale gray beige. The only problem is that it can only be mixed in Aura paint, so it's more expensive than I feel necessary for paint. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917549 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:04:01 +0000 mrs. wagon 1917549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put Behr Parisian Beige on our kitchen walls when we redid our kitchen. It's more on the pinkish side of beige than yellow, green, or blue... but I love it. But we did it because our cabinets are a pretty dark cream color with brown touches, and our counters and hardware are black, so I needed a beige to make the cabinets look as white and stark as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917545 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:03:19 +0000 mlm2934 1917545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs scrapbook: you won't regret revere pewter :) im its biggest fan </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917542 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:02:26 +0000 MaryM 1917542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have Behr "Moon Rise" in my main living areas (which is a similar creamy, not quite yellow color)</p> <p>If you're painting it for resale, does it really matter if you don't love it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917541 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:02:25 +0000 mrs. wagon 1917541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: that's really beautiful!! Gonna have to remember that for whenever we get around to painting our WHITE WHITE WHITE walls everywhere. Our rental house had a similar greige (I kinda squirm at that word but it's so fitting) and we got compliments on it ALL the time. I kinda wanna call the landlord and ask what color they used! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917539 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:01:23 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1917539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following because we are buying a house soon and I'm loving all of these gray-beige colors here!</p> <p>PS. Revere Pewter is my dream color, but we didn't use it in our last house because we relocated across the country before we had a chance to paint. So I don't actually know what its like to live with it, so I'm afraid to recommend it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917533 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:59:08 +0000 Chillybear 1917533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we chose SW- Modern grey but it definitely reads more beige it has worked in many space in our house. below is pictures in our kitchen, basement, and bar. </p> [attach=132/14/ne47ak.600x450.10553389_10100998429825526_5736370428739888919_n.jpg] [attach=132/14/ne47am.600x450.577750_10100641955028876_992075892_n.jpg] [attach=132/14/ne47ao.450x600.262175_10100490227462136_1973989512_n.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917527 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:57:53 +0000 mlm2934 1917527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: I'm thinking edgecomb gray now based on your kitchen?</p> <p><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2013/07/foyer-freshness/" rel="nofollow">http://www.younghouselove.com/2013/07/foyer-freshness/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917524 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:56:39 +0000 loveisstrange 1917524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our living room/dining room are called Misty Moonstone, I think it's a Glidden color? It's a really pale silver. Bathroom and kitchen are white (since we have loud, 1940s pink tile and counters. ugh). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917521 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:55:54 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1917521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coopsmama: we joke about Navajo White at work (I design/build high end homes). It's builder beige. It's OK in one room, but throughout a whole house it would not be my first pick. </p> <p>For a non-offensive not blue, not brown - grey we often use BM Barren Plain. In some houses we'll use Abalone, but it can go mauve in the wrong light. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917519 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:55:46 +0000 coopsmama 1917519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here are some more photos to get a feel for what we're working with. They're terrible because I'm holding a squirmy baby with one arm while taking them with my phone: </p> [attach=4361/14/ne474z.450x600.image.jpg] [attach=4361/14/ne4752.450x600.image.jpg] [attach=4361/14/ne4754.600x450.image.jpg] [attach=4361/14/ne4757.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917516 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:54:08 +0000 mlm2934 1917516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree - not a fan of that color. We have revere pewter throughout our house - it's a greige, and I'm obsessed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917508 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:52:44 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1917508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's an idea of Pale Oak in the kitchen. My granite is so dark you can barely tell where the wall ends and the counter top begins. </p> [attach=3033/14/ne46zy.450x600.1414432252939.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-paint-colors-do-you-have-in-your-main-living-areas#post-1917493 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:49:42 +0000 loki 1917493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found a greige-ish colour I love and we have used it EEEEEEEEVERYWHERE now. (master, guest bed, kitchen, living room...) i'm obsessed. haha. It's by Dulux and it's called Kitten White. I think the name for it is awful because it really is a true greige... it definitely changes in different lights but i like it in all of em! </p>