{"id":423,"date":"2012-06-26T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdoves.com\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:12:41","slug":"paint-colors-for-the-baby-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silverdoves.com\/blog\/paint-colors-for-the-baby-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Paint Colors for the Baby Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started this post before we painted to discuss all my color options. The time for consideration was swiftly approaching and I had to decide before I could hash it out here on my blog. So now I will just share a quick history of the decision making and some photos of the empty, painted room.<\/p>\n

First, some rambling:<\/strong>
\nI was leaning towards grey walls, either medium\/pale or perhaps a bit darker. I struggled the most because I really like the look of all light and neutral colors, but I also love contrast. Since we will be having almost all white furniture, a darker grey would provide more contrast. I also picked up 3 brand new paint cans at a garage sale for $2 each. They are each shades of grey. I had to look them up on Sherwin Williams but here are some swatches from their site:<\/p>\n

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I liked them, especially “Grizzle Grey” but I was a little worried they would be too dark.While on the Sherwin Williams website I kept\u00a0drifting\u00a0to shades that were closer to the medium grey I envisioned. The one I kept going back to was “Earl Grey<\/a>.” I wanted to test it on the wall first, so I made a trip to Sherwin Williams a couple days before the scheduled painting day so I could get a sample. Unfortunately, I let myself get distracted by all the other shades and questioned my decision, so I bought 2 grey samples to try on the wall. I should have stuck with my gut, because the other color I tried was still too dark. Earl Grey it was!!!<\/p>\n

I have to say, with all the walls painted now I am so happy I went with it! It is the perfect middle grey. It might be a bit on the dark side, which I actually kind of wanted. The contrast of the walls with the white trim and doors looks so awesome already and I can’t wait to see how the crib and other furniture looks up against it. I also intend to use a couple of the other, darker paint sample quarts to paint some frames I picked up at a garage sale a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos I took of the room while it was still in it’s original color and all set to be painted.<\/p>\n

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Here are a couple photos with the grey walls right after, with the tape still on and a couple once it had been removed.<\/p>\n

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And here is a walk through video I made. The quality is so-so and it’s probably a little boring but if you are bored enough to watch, here you are. :)<\/p>\n