Starting the process of designing and remodeling a space in your home is fun and exciting. But it can also be overwhelming, especially when you’re deciding on paint colors. We recently did a remodel to most of our house, and had to make lots of decisions when it came to paint. Today I’m sharing my favorite paint colors, and hope it helps you narrow down your search for the best neutral paint colors for your home.
Neutral Paint Colors for Your Home
It’s usually the same story. You’re standing in front of the gigantic wall of paint swatches at your local paint store, and it feels like there’s no less than one million options. You’re usually having a full blown conversation with yourself in your head. Will this look different in the light in my home? Is this too dark or too light? And your thoughts just go around and around. I wanted to share my best tips for choosing paint, and I’ll also break down each color I used throughout most of my home.
Tips for Choosing a Paint Color
One of the biggest tips I give someone is to always, always get a paint sample for a color or colors you’re thinking about. Then paint a swatch on the wall of the room to see how it looks in the lighting in the day and night. If there’s not a small sample jar you can take home to use, then I’d suggest getting a paper swatch and tape it on your wall.
You also want to consider your decor you’re incorporating into the room. Will that paint color match? Using a very neutral color like a shade of white, gray or taupe are all pretty safe to stick with. The great thing about using a neutral color like these is you can change out your decor over the seasons and years, and the paint color will usually go with most any decor you use. Neutral colors allow you to get longevity out of your paint, so you don’t have to paint every time you redecorate. That saves you time and money. 🙂
Paint Colors I Used Throughout My Home
Main Floor
For our main floor, I used Benjamin Moore Simply White. This is a very popular shade of white. Benjamin Moore’s website says this color is great for walls, trim and ceilings, and we ended up painting all of those things in our home Simply White. However, we did do different sheens. Flat is on the ceiling, eggshell is on the walls and trim and satin is on the doors and shiplap.
My Office
My office is painted Benjamin Moore Simply White on three the walls, and the accent wall is painted Sherwin Williams Iron Ore. It’s a softer black, almost like a smokey gray.
Guest Room
Our guest room is Sherwin Williams Requisite Gray. This color is a warm gray, which is sometimes lovingly referred to as a greige. Sometimes gray can come out too light and cold-looking. Requisite Gray has some warm undertones. When it’s painted on a wall, it looks like a clean, fresh gray.
Kitchen
Four our kitchen desk area and office built-ins, we chose Sherwin Williams Dorian Gray. This is another warmer gray, but it’s a deeper shade than the Requisite Gray.
Our kitchen cabinets have a custom mix made by our cabinet maker that was created to compliment our floors. Unfortunately, I don’t have that formula.
Exterior
We painted our entire exterior Benjamin Moore Simply White too. What can I say? It’s a versatile color. Our timbers and tongue and groove are painted a semi-solid stain to match Sherwin Williams Morris Room Grey – a warm, hearty color. It’s a great color to use on cabinets as well.
I think that covers most of our house! If you have any other paint color questions, please let me know. Happy to answer any questions.
Do you have a favorite paint color you use in your home? Let me know in the comments below!
