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Friday, 17 June 2016

The Best Grey Paint Colours For Interiors

Let's continue yesterdays Best Grey Paint post (where I shared my current favourite grey paints for front doors, click the link to reveal all!) with...
The Best Grey Paints For Interiors

There's s so many good 'uns to choose from here that it was trucky to narrow down my all time favourites. I've spent ages umming and aahing but here are my current top 5 favourite grey paints.

For those of you who want a mid grey paint that has a gently warm feel, without veering at all to red, choose Manor House Gray from Farrow and Ball. 

Farrow and Ball Pavilion Grey and Manor House Grey
Farrow and Ball Pavilion Grey and Manor House Grey

Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray
Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray

Hallway in Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray:
Hallway in Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray: 

Farrow and Ball Drop Cloth is a current favourite of mine. A grey with a whole heap of putty undertones, which at times reads as slightly greenish.

Farrow and Ball Shadow White walls and Drop Cloth woodwork
Farrow and Ball Shadow White walls and Drop Cloth woodwork

Farrow and Ball Drop Cloth
Farrow and Ball Drop Cloth 

Farrow and Ball Drop Cloth and Railings
Farrow and Ball Drop Cloth and Railings

Farrow and Ball Drop Cloth
Farrow and Ball Drop Cloth 

For a gentler take on grey paint, try Farrow and Ball Cornforth White (click through for my full case study): neutral and soft, this is a grey that let's a rooms' bones speak for themselves. 

Farrow and Ball Cornforth White
Farrow and Ball Cornforth White

Farrow and Ball Cornforth White
Farrow and Ball Cornforth White

Farrow and Ball Cornforth White kitchen
Farrow and Ball Cornforth White

Little Greene French Grey is a fantastic choice for a grey painted kitchen that will truly stand the test of time. Don't compare it to Farrow and Ball's French Gray, which is far greener. They are completely different beasts! Little Greene's French Gray is a fairly clear and classic grey with the slightest hint of a blue undertone.

Little Greene French Grey
Little Greene French Grey

Little Greene French Grey
Little Greene French Grey

Little Greene French Grey
Little Greene French Grey

Little Greene French Grey and Dark Lead
Little Greene French Grey and Dark Lead

Earthborn Gregory's Den is another huge favourite of mine. It's the colour we chose to paint our dining room in our old house and I never tired of gazing at it! A warm creamy greenish grey. Very Modern Country!

Earthborn Gregory's Den
Earthborn Gregory's Den

Earthborn Gregory's Den
Earthborn Gregory's Den

Earthborn Gregory's Den
Earthborn Gregory's Den

And it partners superbly well with Farrow and Ball Blue Gray...

Earthborn Gregory's Den and Farrow and Ball Blue Gray
Earthborn Gregory's Den and Farrow and Ball Blue Gray

Earthborn Tom's Bakery is a warm neutral grey, with a slightly putty feel...

Earthborn Tom's Bakery
Earthborn Tom's Bakery

Earthborn Tom's Bakery

Dulux Dusted Moss 1 is gorgeously sultry deeper grey, with a definite hint of green.

Dulux Dusted Moss 1
Dulux Dusted Moss 1

Dulux Dusted Moss 1

Dulux Dusted Moss

Dulux Dusted Moss:

Dulux Heritage Stone Green is a stunner! A very greyed green.... We chose this for the shower room in our last home...


Dulux Stone Green
Dulux Stone Green

Dulux Stone Green
Dulux Stone Green

Dulux Stone Green
Dulux Stone Green

These choices of best grey paints are very subject to change, as I come across and use new paint colours. But don't worry when and as that happens, you'll be the first to know!


Images via: Farrow and Ball,    Kate's Creative Space, unknown, Remodelista, unknown, zoebeers, Modern Country Style, unknown, Light Locations, unknown, Sydenham kitchens, unknown, unknown, Harvey Jones,  Modern Country Style, Modern Country Style, Modern Country Style, Modern Country Style, Sweet Briar Cottage, Paul Massey, Milestone Kitches, Abigail Ahern, unknown, Modern Country Style, Harvey Jones, Housetohome

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Monday, 3 June 2013

Colour Study: Earthborn Gregory's Den

I'm very proud to present our Dining Room paint colour reveal!  We used Gregory's Den by Earthborn. I struggled long and hard to find this perrrrrfect paint colour; I was a woman on a mission.


Here's a reminder of the Before state of our Dining Room. We took this photo as the previous owners were moving out. Dotty wallpaper plus border plus LOTS of varnished orange pine!


Here's another picture, facing the other way:


I wanted a lighter version of the paint I picked for the kitchen. F&B don't do lighter and darker versions of their colours generally so I had to ....shock, horror....go elsewhere! 


Earthborn's Gregory's Den was a brilliant match for a lighter, less coloured version of Farrow and Ball's Blue Gray. I am quite extraordinarily pleased with the flow-through effect between the kitchen and dining room. 


Earthborn's Gregory's Den is my favourite kind of colour: is it grey? Is it green? Is it blue? Yummy! 


Gregory's Den used to be called Treehouse, which caused a great big muddle with getting hold of the paint, let me tell you. The only place I've found to order it online is here


Earthborn paints have an incredibly chalky, matte finish, which looks utterly beautiful but, I have to say, isn't the most practical for sticky little hands so I am expecting to have to touch this up a fair bit.


Remember that this was a quickie makeover, rather than a rip-out-and-start-again. However, there was so much room for improvement that we decided to work with what we had and invest elsewhere.... but that that hardly seem to matter. The power of paint is incredible. Isn't it amazing what £50 can achieve!?


We're SO thrilled with this room. Strangely, for a room that wasn't completely over-hauled, this is one of my absolute favourite places in the house! The creamy grey of Earthborn's Gregory's Den is a fantastic start to one of my favourite makeovers ever...
More details coming soon!

Love
Sarahx

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