Interior paint Colorist needed for colonial in Northern Virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you all for your responses. I thought I posted this on RE forum, and just noticed it here today.

Are any of you seeing Taupe (brown/gray) as a new interior color? Warm taupe has red undertone; cool taupe has yellow as I understand it. A respected realtor friend of mine says it's coming on board instead of gray.

Taupe would actually work well with our floors (rose tone) and mahogany furniture. Plus blue is its opposite on the color wheel, and I've been thinking of blue for master bedroom. Look at 2015 Pantone Style Setting Colors. There's a deep desert taupe admixed with steel gray, violets, mahogany and others. I can't go so dark toned though as foyer faces west.

I've been to Color Wheel. It's a great store. Will check it again. Thanks to all.

LOL - didn't taupe just go out of style? Nothing wrong with it, but funny to say that it's becoming popular now.

[Anonymous]

OP here, yes, I looked back on Pantone and Taupe was popular 2008. To be honest, I've pretty much tossed taupe due to my floors being walnut color. I don't want dark. I did look at BM Athena and it is a lovely color. I love Farrow and Ball but my wallet doesn't. Ha! Thanks for the names at colorists at various known paint stores. I will check them out.

So, a large central foyer with curved side stairs is which color I'm working on as it sets the tone. West facing front door, so lots of afternoon sun, and good amount in morning through DR which is directly behind. Also one sees the LR upon entry, although french doors shut off these rooms.

Our first color main was BM Linen White which was nice, but often seemed washed out. Then I did bold, dark colors which we're good while raising kids. Now I want elegant lighter colors, so no gray or taupe/beige. The old deck of C2 is 70% full spectrum paint, I'm told, and a new C2 fan deck 100%(no sample cards yet). Today I brought home large pieces C2 Vintage Linen and Rice Paper from the old deck samples. Amazing non-muddied color next to the walnut floors moving them around over last eight hours. Great color for art work. Can't wait to see the new C2 samples in person, not just the fan deck.

Any thoughts on the above? Any one gone the full color spectrum route in a medium light home? I'm thinking it's how to approach this in our home.

[Anonymous]

^^ sorry, didn't mean to imply gray or taupe aren't elegant. meant to say "but" instead of so.

[Anonymous]

Doesn't everyone paint their rooms Revere gray BM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't everyone paint their rooms Revere gray BM?

Apparently that is the trend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, yes, I looked back on Pantone and Taupe was popular 2008. To be honest, I've pretty much tossed taupe due to my floors being walnut color. I don't want dark. I did look at BM Athena and it is a lovely color. I love Farrow and Ball but my wallet doesn't. Ha! Thanks for the names at colorists at various known paint stores. I will check them out.

So, a large central foyer with curved side stairs is which color I'm working on as it sets the tone. West facing front door, so lots of afternoon sun, and good amount in morning through DR which is directly behind. Also one sees the LR upon entry, although french doors shut off these rooms.

Our first color main was BM Linen White which was nice, but often seemed washed out. Then I did bold, dark colors which we're good while raising kids. Now I want elegant lighter colors, so no gray or taupe/beige. The old deck of C2 is 70% full spectrum paint, I'm told, and a new C2 fan deck 100%(no sample cards yet). Today I brought home large pieces C2 Vintage Linen and Rice Paper from the old deck samples. Amazing non-muddied color next to the walnut floors moving them around over last eight hours. Great color for art work. Can't wait to see the new C2 samples in person, not just the fan deck.

Any thoughts on the above? Any one gone the full color spectrum route in a medium light home? I'm thinking it's how to approach this in our home.

The Vintage Linen looks a little yellow for me, but Rice Paper seems nice. But it all really depends on your lighting and the furnishings. How have they looked throughout the day?

[Anonymous]

Have you checked out Farrow & Ball yet? Love so many of their colors.
http://us.farrow-ball.com/neutral-colour-schemes/content/fcp-content
http://inspiration.farrow-ball.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vienna Paint (a Ben Moore store) also has a colorist on staff. I've never had her to my home, but she's given me good advice in the store. Also, for what it's worth, my kitchen designer recommended sticking with the Ben Moore historical colors palette for our colonial. These are the colors whose code starts with HC. We used Edgecomb Gray as the base neutral for our main floor - love, love, love it. It's also helpful to search for specific colors on Houzz and see how they look in photos of other peoples' rooms (I know monitors will vary in how color presents, but it still gives you an idea of depth and how the color presents/reflects when on all 4 walls). Finally, once you narrow your choices, make sure to test colors on a poster-size piece of foam core and look at them in a variety of places throughout the day to see how they look/change in the light.

+1 to all you've said. Great suggestions!

+2. Her name is Linda Bassert. She'll do private consults as well. Just as an example, I've been able to live with my 1980s solid oak cabinets (ie very nice but very dated) because Linda found a gray color that seriously reduced the yellow/orange tone of the cabinets. Her personality is slightly odd, but she truly has a gift for color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, yes, I looked back on Pantone and Taupe was popular 2008. To be honest, I've pretty much tossed taupe due to my floors being walnut color. I don't want dark. I did look at BM Athena and it is a lovely color. I love Farrow and Ball but my wallet doesn't. Ha! Thanks for the names at colorists at various known paint stores. I will check them out.

So, a large central foyer with curved side stairs is which color I'm working on as it sets the tone. West facing front door, so lots of afternoon sun, and good amount in morning through DR which is directly behind. Also one sees the LR upon entry, although french doors shut off these rooms.

Our first color main was BM Linen White which was nice, but often seemed washed out. Then I did bold, dark colors which we're good while raising kids. Now I want elegant lighter colors, so no gray or taupe/beige. The old deck of C2 is 70% full spectrum paint, I'm told, and a new C2 fan deck 100%(no sample cards yet). Today I brought home large pieces C2 Vintage Linen and Rice Paper from the old deck samples. Amazing non-muddied color next to the walnut floors moving them around over last eight hours. Great color for art work. Can't wait to see the new C2 samples in person, not just the fan deck.

Any thoughts on the above? Any one gone the full color spectrum route in a medium light home? I'm thinking it's how to approach this in our home.

The Vintage Linen looks a little yellow for me, but Rice Paper seems nice. But it all really depends on your lighting and the furnishings. How have they looked throughout the day?

Thanks. I put the large piece of Vintage Linen in the foyer all day, with and with chandelier light. When cloudy out around 1pm it was more muted but in good natural light and incandescent it reads cream with slight yellow. C2 Rice paper is very nice, calmer than Vintage Linen. I need to get a bigger swatch. I'm going to look at BM Fresh Air, an off white also. I'll be patient and go to the paint stores recommended here and take my time. Furnishings are oak, mahogany, leather, guilt mirrors, brass with red oak with walnut stain. All in all pretty traditional. The Vintage Linen particularly goes well with the floor and trim (BM White Dove)-brightens up the room from the Khaki currently there.

Farrow and Ball is beautiful paint but out of my budget and I don't like to color match. Thank you for your suggestion though.

[Anonymous]

[insert comment about yuppies with multiple degrees who can't pick out paint colors for their own homes.]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[insert comment about yuppies with multiple degrees who can't pick out paint colors for their own homes.]

Haha! True, I have no decorating sense at all. Good thing I had a brain for science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, yes, I looked back on Pantone and Taupe was popular 2008. To be honest, I've pretty much tossed taupe due to my floors being walnut color. I don't want dark. I did look at BM Athena and it is a lovely color. I love Farrow and Ball but my wallet doesn't. Ha! Thanks for the names at colorists at various known paint stores. I will check them out.

So, a large central foyer with curved side stairs is which color I'm working on as it sets the tone. West facing front door, so lots of afternoon sun, and good amount in morning through DR which is directly behind. Also one sees the LR upon entry, although french doors shut off these rooms.

Our first color main was BM Linen White which was nice, but often seemed washed out. Then I did bold, dark colors which we're good while raising kids. Now I want elegant lighter colors, so no gray or taupe/beige. The old deck of C2 is 70% full spectrum paint, I'm told, and a new C2 fan deck 100%(no sample cards yet). Today I brought home large pieces C2 Vintage Linen and Rice Paper from the old deck samples. Amazing non-muddied color next to the walnut floors moving them around over last eight hours. Great color for art work. Can't wait to see the new C2 samples in person, not just the fan deck.

Any thoughts on the above? Any one gone the full color spectrum route in a medium light home? I'm thinking it's how to approach this in our home.

I know you already vetoed Farrow and Ball, but we have a new house and the entire house (including trim) is painted in BM Linen White. I completely agree that it sometimes looks washed out. In certain light it can look grayish in the shadows. I'm interested to see what you decide on because I'm the person who said I'm considering F&B Elephant's Breath for certain rooms. I think I understand what you mean about getting something with pigment that doesn't look washed out.

[Anonymous]

Ellen Kennon is the best. http://www.ellenkennon.com/fspmain.htm