Did you know that it’s Sherwin Williams’ National Painting Week?  In that spirit, I thought I’d do a little round up of our paint colors throughout the house.

Thanks, Bob Ross.

When it comes to paint brands, we were all over the place.  We have a little Sherwin Williams, a lot of Glidden (our painter’s preferred brand), a little Valspar, and a little Benjamin Moore.  But with the exception of the Glidden paints, all of our color choices were matched at Lowe’s.  Piece of cake!

Ok, let’s get started.  Keep in mind that these pictures were all taken at very different stages of the project, and the difference in lighting makes a world of difference.

For our foyer, stairs, upstairs hall, mudroom, and laundry room, we decided to go with an off-white called Kitten White by Glidden.

We had the foyer, stairs, and hall professionally painted, but we did the mudroom and laundry room ourselves.

The formal living room is a very pale pink called Moment of Promise by Glidden.  Seriously, who comes up with these names?  This room was also professionally painted.

The den is Churchill Hotel Maple by Valspar.  We painted this room ourselves.  To be honest, this is probably my least favorite color in the house.  I don’t hate it, but it’s hard to add color to.  And this room definitely needs some color!

The downstairs bathroom off the den is Delta Sandbar by Valspar.  I think it looks great with the bright white built ins and trim.  We painted this bathroom, including the built ins ourselves.

The butler’s pantry is Lazy Gray by Sherwin Williams.  This was another DIY.

Yet another DIY, the kitchen is Morning Fog by Sherwin Williams. It’s just one shade darker than Lazy Gray in the butler’s pantry.  We also painted the cabinets ourselves.

Heading upstairs, the first guest bedroom is Fresh Cut by Glidden. We had this room professionally painted.

The second guest bedroom is Del Mar Shores by Glidden.  It’s hard to tell, but it’s a very pale yellow. We tried out Orange Bisque by Glidden, which was a lovely coral color, but just a little too much for Charles.  Since I already had my pink formal living room and pink couch, I couldn’t really argue! (We ruled the Orange Bisque out after just a swatch, but our painter didn’t get the memo and painted the whole room. Oops!)

The office is probably my favorite color of all.  We decided to go bold with Filoli Dark Iris (read: navy) by Valspar.  We my dad painted this room–three coats–and I think he did a pretty fantastic job!  The darker color shows a few imperfections in the plaster walls, but in my opinion, that just adds to the character of the house.  Does anyone really expect the walls in a 112-year-old house to be perfect?  If you want to be my friend, you answer no.

For the guest bathroom off the office, we went with the same Lazy Gray from the butler’s pantry. I think it complements the navy well.  We also painted this room ourselves. (And no, this was not me trying to be artistic…I just can’t hold a camera straight.)

Continuing with the blue theme, we decided on the very popular Palladian Blue by Benjamin Moore for our master bedroom.  I love it! It’s actually more of a seafoam green in person, but either way it’s very soothing.

All of the trim and cabinets in our house were painted in a glossy stark white.

So what’s left?  We have yet to pick out a color for the master bathroom.  We tried Ocean Air and Seafoam from the same Benjamin Moore family as Palladian Blue, but neither were working for us.  I think we have about decided to pick a gray from our shower tile.  To be determined…

We also have yet to pick out colors for the dining room.  We have decided on a wallpaper, but want to wait until it’s up to decide what color to paint below the chair rail. And honestly, I can’t show you a picture of the wallpaper because pictures just don’t do it justice. Unfortunately, the budget isn’t allowing for wallpaper right now, so that’s on hold.

We also have to paint the upstairs half bathroom.  To not break up the stairs and hallway, I think we will probably go with Kitten White in here.  This is a temporary bathroom anyway–we have plans of making it into a full bathroom for the front two bedrooms eventually.

Lastly, we decided to stick with white in our master closet.  But I have plans to jazz it up a bit with a fabulous rug!

I have to give a mega shout out to my awesome paint crew: my mom, my dad, my brother, my future sis-in-law, my mother-in-law, and my aunt! You people are amazing and I love you!!