grey

last week i went to my mom's for a couple of days (that turned into a 6 day ordeal- think 'gilligan's island'). before leaving, john told me to choose the new paint color for the living room so he could do it while i was gone. i kept putting it off, because as i told him, "grey is grey- what's so hard about that?" aargh! that was the kiss of death. i ran in, chose a color, filled 3 gallons of very expensive no-VOC paint, and handed it off. and being the kind of man he is, he finished it. and had everything back the way we left it. upon walking in, i couldn't believe it. my grey living room and dining room were...blue. gulp. very diplomatically {{{wink}}} i told him that we were going to have to do it all over. that this was not grey. and he, being the kind of man he is, said 'ok'.

so we tried another color, this time in a sample size (yes, i learned my lesson), and it was- purple.

so here is what i've learned.

• grey is not 'just grey'. sometimes it's blue, lavender, sage, or taupe.
• always buy a sample first!
• make your friends come over and look at it as you cry about how awful the color is

today i go back to get yet another sample can. this time with sage undertones. we'll see what happens.

any grey suggestions??? that actually look grey? i need actual sherwin william's numbers here, people!