Our Paint Colors
Here’s a quick list of paint colors that we used throughout our current house (to see what colors were in each room of our first house, click here). You can also check out where we got almost all of the items in our current house here (and all of the items in our first house here).
Door: Valspar’s Eddie Bauer Home in Full Sun (EB1-1) color matched to Valspar’s Duramax Exterior Paint in semi-gloss. Trim & siding: unknown (came with the house). Door hardware: Rustoleum Universal All-Surface Metallic Spray Paint in Oil-Rubbed Bronze.
Dining room walls: Moonshine by Benjamin Moore color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin. Back of built-ins: Dragonfly by Benjamin Moore’s Affinity Line color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin. Trim: Olympic No-VOC off-the-shelf white paint in semi-gloss.
Upper office wall color: Moonshine by Benjamin Moore color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin with this stencil on top (done in halftone of wall color with pops of leftover paint from kitchen). Bottom office wall color: Benjamin Moore’s Gray Horse color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin. Cabinets: Decorators White by Benjamin Moore Advance (in satin finish). Desk chairs: spray painted in Krylon Ivy Leaf (more on that here and here) Wood counter: Minwax stain in Dark Walnut (sealed with Safecoat Acrylacq).
Kitchen walls (which are wood paneling): Sesame by Benjamin Moore color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in semi-gloss (primed first, see this post and this post). Trim: Olympic No-VOC off-the-shelf white paint in semi-gloss. Cabinets: Cloud Cover in Benjamin Moore’s Advance paint, Fireplace (trim & facade): Olympic No-VOC off-the-shelf white paint in semi-gloss (primed first, see this post). Firebox: Benjamin Moore’s Temptation color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin.
Hallway walls: Moonshine by Benjamin Moore color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin.
Living room walls: Moonshine by Benjamin Moore color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin. Trim: Olympic No-VOC off-the-shelf white paint in semi-gloss. Beams: Shaker Gray 1594 by Benjamin Moore, color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin (dry-brushed on, see this post).
Sunroom Walls: Unknown (came with house) – but we have plans to paint in here…
Master bedroom walls: Valspar’s Carolina Inn Club Aqua color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin (although we used semi-gloss paint in the same color for the niche with the sink). Trim: Olympic No-VOC off-the-shelf white paint in semi-gloss.
Master bathroom walls: unknown (came with house) – but we have plans to paint in there…
Hall bathroom walls: unknown (came with house) – but we have plans to paint in there…
Clara’s nursery walls: Proposal by Benjamin Moore’s Affinity Line color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin. Trim: Olympic No-VOC off-the-shelf white paint in semi-gloss.
Clara’s closet walls: Proposal by Benjamin Moore’s Affinity Line color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in satin. Metallic wall stamps: Folk Art craft paint in Champagne (hand stamped with a potato, see this post).
The playroom walls: unknown (came with house) – but we have plans to paint (and clean up) in there…
Guest bedroom walls: Plumage by Martha Stewart color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in eggshell (with primer, see this post).
Guest bathroom walls: unknown (came with house) – but we have plans to paint in there…
Laundry room walls: Sesame by Benjamin Moore color matched to Olympic No-VOC paint in semi-gloss (primed first, see this post and this post). Trim: Olympic No-VOC off-the-shelf white paint in semi-gloss.
Basement walls: Um, yeah- there’s no paint on the walls in this room. And it’s safe to say that it needs some serious work.
Check out what colors were in each room of our first house by clicking here, see where we got almost all of the items in our current house by clicking here, and find out where we bought all of the items in our first house by clicking here.
