Perfect Color

Our bedroom was this awful mix of colors; one deep burgundy color, one a gold tan, and two builder white walls. I cringed every time I went in there. Usually, I try to keep our room clutter and toy free; a serene place. It was that way in Idaho, but when we moved to Utah our large master in our last house seemed to appropriate everything that didn't otherwise have a place to go. In this house, the bedroom is even bigger, and the same thing was happening to a lesser degree. In getting the rest of the house put in order, I would just carry things I didn't know what to do with upstairs to our room. It also held all the pictures that would eventually go in there. The problem was those awful walls. I just couldn't get motivated to declutter or hang pictures when the backdrop was so horrible; it wouldn't be serene or relaxing. So even though this is a rental ( we love it and still want to buy it, our fingers are crossed!) we decided it would be worth it to paint.

I read a blog that has the most amazing color on her walls; Comfort Gray from Sherwinn Williams. That was my color. Jason stopped buy and picked up a color sample, and I got all confused. You know how they have a darker color on the bottom, then the color gradually gets lighter and lighter towards the top? Well, Comfort Gray was right in the middle....of a lot of green. I had thought the color was a gray with blue undertones, but it was green. I didn't want green, I wanted more of a blueish. So we went back to the store, picked out two colors that I thought would work, got samples of them, and went home and put them on the wall.

LIke I said, this room has three different colors on the walls. This made if VERY confusing to tell what the colors would look like. They looked different on each wall! The lighter color looked to me too blue, not enough gray and maybe even a hint of lavendar. NOT what I wanted. The darker color looked straight gray, no blue at all; depressing.
Here they are on the white wall,

Here they are on the burgandy wall and the gold tan wall.

After agonizing over them, I decided that neither color was the one, and just stuck to my original color, comfort gray. We bought it, and started painting. It was looking minty green! AAaaaah! Oh well, I thought, it will be an improvement over what it was, at the very least. But, as it started to dry, it looked less and less green. When we got all the tape off the walls, it looked even better. Then, this morning, I woke up to this:

I don't know what this looks like on your screen, and I apologize for the messy room, but it is the perfect color for me! It dried to a bluish gray, just like I wanted. I am in love.

Here is a pic of it in natural light, no flash. Next up, decorating. I am going to make some curtains and I have a neat idea for the wall above the bed. Sooooo glad we did this, I no longer cringe when I walk in. I smile!