Daily Tide 11.4: Going Grey Part Three

I took some pictures of our new color pallet "inspiration" on our last evening walk...

Will show you those shots soon...

But today we finally put down our grey paint brush...

At least for a while...

The jury is still out on whether or not to give the entry/living room/kitchen a dose of our new soft grey therapy...

I'm thinking it would flow quite nicely with our white, travertine floor tiles in those rooms... 

But I'm also wondering if this "grey is the new tan" phase will pass... 

Matt has repeated the phrase, "Danielle, we are NOT repainting our entire house every four years..." on more than one occasion recently...

Errm... I suppose that means I better really like this grey color we are splashing up everywhere...

So far so good... :)

Right now the hubby and I really digging the grey...

Hence the "Part Three" grey office treatment... 

The office now sports one bold dark grey wall and four other light grey walls...

We think this color combination drifts together much better than the previous blue/tan combination...

And, because I always enjoy a quick before and after...

Here's two shots of the before...

 Yep, we like the after...

I have also just realized that Matt has put the surfboard into its rack facing the "wrong" direction... I'm off to make it face the "right way"... ;) ... j/k

Daily Tide 11.2: Going Grey... Part Two

We've been going grey around here (too cheesy?... sorry, couldn't resist)...

Our last trip to Huntington reminded me to get out with my love and "just be"...

Nightly walks around the neighborhood have resulted...

And the sunsets... oh my...

Inspiring...

Motivating me to try a whole new color palette on the walls...

We went a tad bit darker in the master...

More like the steely, dark, whopper kind of clouds...

Similar to what was before...

 But oh, so much better :)

And we didn't stop there...

We call this next lil area "the library"...

And today it got a few horizonal grey stripes :)

And an old chalkboard got a quick coastal, seashell treatment... 

One more room is still left on the going grey docket...
But we're not thinking about all that additional edging and rolling right now...
Nope...
Just being in the moment...
And right now, this is making me smile :)

Daily Tide 10.22: Going Grey... Part One

Last night the sunset sky was breathtaking...

And its puffy grey clouds sort of inspired me...

Particularly, the feathery silver-grey clouds that seemed to fade out in wispy strands...

Grey just might be my new favorite color :)

 We are digging the soft shimmery quality to this grey...

 And the way it makes the white trim pop :)

 In fact, we liked it so much so, that two more rooms got the same treatment...


And I must tell you...
On our trip to pick up more paint something wonderful happened...
It came home with us in a big black box...
Guesses anyone?
Not to worry, I'll show you in my next post :)

Daily Tide 10.2: Quickie Bathroom Update

Two coats of grey paint...

 A couple new flowers...

And hooray for a quick, easy project that did not require Matt :)