I think we should normalize using more than one color. The trend has been to overdue 1 color. First beige, then white and now gray. Most people refuse to create a palette.
@@Michael-ur5qbShoelace is same exact color as Mountain Grey by Glidden or Pittsburgh Paints. Way more than "just a grey" It's a creamy taupe grey but the grey is an undertone to calm down the taupe so not so pinky toned. It's beautiful I have in my bedroom with grey brown flooring and creamy white wash pine so I've got cream and the pink tones from the pine wood. Grey is used to tone down and soften colors within the actual color probably without you even knowing it's there.
I just painted my living, dining, kitchen and hallway in creamy mushroom and it is beautiful! Very warm and inviting and definitely a brownish tone which I love! Really brings out the tones in the mahogany woodwork!
Thank you for the warm whites. I once pained an entire living-room/dining-room in a fairly open-plan older home (Craftsman) a pale, whipped-butter, yellow (matte) with true white semi-gloss trim. It was delicious. One could tell that it was, in fact, yellow (not white, not cream, not off-white) but the yellow was so light & delicate that it functioned as a neutral. I found it to be a very peaceful space, not loud or garish or "too much". I got the idea from seeing some renovations to the White House organized and supervised by Jackie Kennedy. Neoclassical architecture looks beautiful with a very pale main color (sky blue, butter yellow, or blush) with true white trim. There is so much trim (wainscoting, baseboards, crown molding, built-in case work, window frames, ceiling treatments like medallions, etc.) that the white kind of dilutes the impact of the colors in a light-bright way.
Accessible beige is the best color. Sherwin-Williams carries it. It's the best color throughout the house it will never go out of style. 🤗 Evergreen fog by Sherwin-Williams is a beautiful color too.
@@asht7899 If you like Accessible Beige but want to try something a little different, take a look at Desert Light or Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore; or Symmetry, Popular Gray, Agreeable Gray, Pediment, or Modern Gray by Sherwin Williams. All beautiful colors. They all have slightly less green/yellow than Accessible Beige, which I prefer.
Creamy Mushroom is beautiful! If you agree but would enjoy a very subtle hint of lavender/mauve, try Elephant's Breath by Farrow & Ball or Hazelwood by Benjamin Moore. Gorgeous colors.
This is exactly the reason why I have had a stick with the color heartwood lying underneath my window for 6 years and now that I am finally moving into a new apartment, Gray still bores the hell out of me. Love it Hate it Love it Hate… what a nightmare. Gets me so indecisive 🤷🏻♀️
I just had a home we remodeled painted and used Oxford white. Wanted nice white wall. The walls now have a green tone to them agh! Think the new windows and the led can lights changed the colour is that possible? If so can you talk about that and how to choose if you have a lot of led can lights - Thank you
Hi James, love the video, I tend to like the warmer aspect of colors. I would like to ask, which colors would you recommend for kitchens, either for cabinets or walls. Thank you,
James, can you pretty please collaborate with Mark Tobin Kitchen Design? He mentioned trying to get you on, and I really hope you'll consider it - I know the two of you would make a great team!
I have gray tile floors that look like wood boards…open concept home, i don’t want my house to look cold, what color so you recommend for my walls? My kitchen is white but i painted the island SW sticks and stones… do i do a white? Which white for the walls… im in the construction process, need to decide soon thanks
Velcro shoelace sing heathen is what got me laughing. Thanks for that James. I’m trying to pick colors for my new house and binge watching all your videos but sad to say it’s not helping me that much.
I'm studying up now on many videos of neutral paint colors, trying to find something, anything that is a little bit happy. The repeat of these maybe 8-10 basic colors again and again is oppressive to the human spirit. I still don't understand why people love to hide in the dullest of colors in which actual happy, expressive, excitatory color is absent. Must I please the herd of color hating people to rent or sell my otherwise nice house?...
