Here we are at week two and I am excited to have settled on the color palette at least for the walls.  We are gaining momentum on this project.  For some reason, the ORC makes it all come together…

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PAINT

This week as been about getting the base colors for the room where I want them.  I settled on A PIECE OF CAKE by Magnolia Home for the walls which is a light gray that looks taupe until it dries.  It is a silvery gray. My husband thought it was the same color as the dry wall tiles he was installing on the ceilings. I have to admit he has a point, so this color required some serious convincing on my part.

 

It looks almost white during the day but as you can see below it is darker than the white wall on the left.  For Portland winters I think it will stay light enough. We’ve already had some rainy gray days and it feels a lot better in the dining room already than the dark orange we lived with for years.

Below is pretty much what you need to paint.  Blue tape and paper, spackling paste for patching walls, putty knife, sandpaper, brushes, rollers, paint cup, paint tray and liners, drop cloth, paint, a bucket of water and a rag.

I recommend buying the small color sample cans until you figure out what looks right.  The space and natural light at your home is often radically different than in the paint store.

I chose SUMMER SKY by Metro Paint mixed with their MOUNTAIN SNOW until it was a very light sky blue for the Ceiling.

 

And for the built in bookcase I chose:

 RALPH LAUREN OCULUA BLUE RL1747

and

METRO PAINT MOUNTAIN SNOW  $13/gallon! Recycled paint

You don’t need a lot of the teal blue relative to the white.  I came up with something close to this color:

ACCENT WALL/SKY MURAL

I have been obsessed with sky and cloud formations all Summer in anticipation of painting the mural on the accent wall. Something like this sky wall by NEWALL is my goal:

I love the colors and swallows in this wallpaper by John Derian.

Here are just a few of the lovely skies captured this Summer – can you believe how brilliant blue the sky can be?

Gearhart Beach on the Oregon Coast:

Astoria, OR at my Father in Law’s Studio – my husband and kids are canoeing.

I had this vintage painting below framed over the Summer. It also captures the color palette I am after for this room.  I chose a gray washed, simple, more modern frame than the original ornate gold one. What a difference!

Thanks for following along.  See you next week.