One in a Million

I've narrowed down the millions of paint options for the kitchen (ahem, much like the abundance of fabric choices that I often struggle with) to my final choice! Drum roll please....

I have chosen Glidden's "Arctic Stone"!

It is the perfect soft grey-blue color, and really lightens up the kitchen. I painted three swatches around the kitchen, to see how the color looks in different amounts of lighting. It is by far the best color, not too girly blue and not too boring grey.

(Speaking of grey, do you spell it grey or gray? I always thought e-y looked better than a-y. Guess it's a Great Britain vs. America thing. I'm going with the Brits on this one!)

I get to painting this weekend, and I always seem to think painting is way easier than it is before I start. Half way through I realize how difficult and tedious it is...hmmm. Just hope I only need two coats to cover the sage color that is in there now. Think I might even give the baseboards a new coat of white, if I feel so inclined of course.

Kitchen Paint Color

We've lived in our house for about a year and a half, and so far we have only managed to paint our guest bedroom.  The colors in the house aren't incredibly offensive, but they also aren't really anything I would have chosen myself. I've come to understand that we probably will never paint our living room (due to the fact that the ceilings are about 20-25 ft high), so I've set my sights on our kitchen.

The kitchen is currently a sage green color, which I feel is too dark for the light-and-airy kitchen I want it to be.

The main problem I have in choosing a new paint color, however, is my obsession with all things turquoise and Tiffany blue. I don't want to go overboard with this color, as I already have many accents around the room in this shade (note the precious hexagon tray I snagged at Marshall's this weekend for $10.00!). I was thinking of choosing a more grey-blue tone to offset the brighter blues in the room already. Maybe something more like these...

Martha Stewart's "Frost"

Behr's "Fresh Day"

Behr's "Quietude"

I've already tested about five or six colors, hidden behind my kitchen cork board of course, hehe. I'm finally narrowing down my options, but it sure has been difficult. I better make up my mind soon, the BF has given me the green light to paint the kitchen myself! Wish me luck :)