RH Slate Gray Paint Collection

I just stumbled across 

Restoration Hardware's Slate Paint Collection

These wonderful grays can be ordered in samples or gallons.

Check it out...

Grey and natural in the kitchen..

 

I thought it might be nice to ease into the weekend with a beautiful kitchen image.  I love the softness of the cabinetry and the contrast of the natural wood- um and the floor is fabulous!

Have an amazing Friday...

image via pinterest

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when it's hard to get gray right...

Yes, Jamie, I sure do agree.  

glam and gray

Atlanta Homes Magazine

The master suite of the 2013 Atlanta Symphony Show House

Melanie Turner Interiors

heaven, possibly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We've looked at his library before, but here are more images of the New York apartment of Francisco Costa, designer for Calvin Klein. 

 

I can't get enough.

 

images here and here

Modern grey in Los Angeles...

 

We all wonder what it would be like to own a villa in California...  this would be a perfect way to keep it feeling down to earth and beautiful.  I love the clean lines, the natural light is amazing and the simple color palette makes it very appealing.

 

images via Veranda

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Down Pipe - a Perfect Dark Gray

  

 

Check out my dark side.

It's Down Pipe and I love it.

We used it on one large wall in the lobby of my husband's new/old office.

The building was built in the early 1920's as our town's original post office, so we wanted to incorporate a nod to the history of the building. 

 

 You can see I rolled up some of the building's original

blue prints and tucked them into a wire basket.

You might remember when I blogged about using these original

blue prints here and here. 

 Here's a glance at the lobby 'before'.

A little bland, there, wasn't it? 

 I really like how this light, distressed piece looks against the dark wall. 

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We framed and stacked some blue prints in the adjacent conference room.

And painted the conference room ceiling Down Pipe, too.

Made a huge difference.

 

Farrow and Ball

Down Pipe 

 

Big thanks to Bill Bates and Barry McElreath of Antiques on Augusta for helping me through.  

Down Pipe is their go-to and they knew it was just what I needed.

 

C'mon over to the dark side...I'd highly recommend it.

I've gone over to the dark side...

 

 

 

 

 

 I've fallen hard for one particular dark gray and I can't wait to show you how I used it.

I've always wanted to try a really deep gray, I just needed a little nudge.

 

Details soon...

"Gray is my neutral"

 

 

photos by Matt Ramirez for The Wall Street Journal

article written by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz

 

 

Interior Designer Ryan Korban's New York apartment was just

featured in The Wall Street Journal. 

Check out the article to see how he discovered the color gray,

and what he pairs with it. 

Pottery Barn's Gray Picks for this Fall

 

 

 

Have you seen the gray selections in

Pottery Barn's Paint Palette for Fall 2013? 

 

Check these out:

 

 

 

Morning Fog 
Sherwin Williams 6255

 

 

Functional Gray
Sherwin Williams 7024
(My fave, I think...)

 

 

Backdrop
Sherwin Williams 7025

 

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Iron Ore
Sherwin Williams 7069


What do you think?
Have you tried any of these...?

Glidden's Best Gray Paint Colors

wall color: Seal Grey from Glidden

 

 

 

 

wall color: Pebble Grey from Glidden

 

You guys are the best.

 And I know you love your gray paint colors.

I've gotten a lot of e-mail asking for a few gray color selections in paints available from home improvement stores.  

 

The good folks at Glidden were kind enough to send me a little information for you...

 

Seal Grey and Pebble Grey, both pictured above, are Glidden's top selling gray selections. (Notice that Glidden uses the spelling 'grey'.)   

Krim Danzinger, Senior Color Consultant for Glidden Paint says, "When decorating a bedroom, 'Pebble Grey' is a nice choice.  More and more the bedroom is where one wants to surround oneself with a sense of peace.  We are over stimulated by our busy days and we need a space of respite, a place to fall asleep quickly and soundly.  However, a grey selection is also a wonderful backdrop for a spark of color as well. 

'Seal Grey' is a beautiful expression of quietness in this seating area.  If rest and relaxation is on your list for the weekend, this is the area to enjoy reading your favorite book." 

 

 

Glidden's Tips for Grey

�        A grey selection is a stunning color to be used for a nursery color on an accent wall.  It�s the kind of unisex color that can be companioned with either gender.  A grey appears very calming and creates a wonderful contrast with yellows or pinks. 

�        Using a grey in your kitchen can be very welcoming.  This neutral can be a backdrop to those interesting materials that are also used in your kitchen such as granite, marble and stainless steel.

�        Grey, perfect for a �man cave� atmosphere, gives the man his personal space to enjoy.  Whether it is a collection of his antiques to a movie theatre area, this grey surrounds his environment with meaningful things.

 

 

My thanks to Krim Danzinger, Senior Color Consultant for Glidden Paint. 

 

charcoal gray...

Francisco Costa in his Manhattan apartment

Elle Decor

 

 

...with brass-lined shelves. How's that for a home library?

Gray from Michael Del Piero

 

 

 Interiors designed by Michael Del Piero are favorites of mine. 

Love the gray walls and art groupings in this entry way.

 

 

 

And this one has been a favorite for a while...antique chest and books,

abstract art and a fresh graphic fabric on the chair.

 

Awesome.

gray baths

 

 

a few new favorite gray bathrooms

collected here