Our home is nearly completely painted! All that’s left are bedrooms and bathrooms. I am so excited that our home now feels more like “us.”
We ended up choosing Benjamin Moore’s “Revere Pewter” for the majority of our home. When your home is as open-concept as ours is, you really need to use a paint color that transitions well from space to space—so, because our kitchen, dining room and living room don’t have any walls in between them, we opted for something fresh, crisp and airy.
You may remember when I posted about choosing the perfect gray and I truly think that Revere Pewter is the lightest gray you can get that doesn’t have blue, green or purple undertones to it. It truly is a clean, gorgeous light gray. It looks very…elegant. I guess that’s a good way to describe it. It’s also very subtle…but in a good way. It contrasts nicely against bright white trim, but it’s not dramatic like darker colors can be (we are saving those for the bedrooms).
The one thing we did add is an accent wall where the double doors go out to our balcony. We wanted to have one wall that was a bit darker and we absolutely love it. We love the color so much that we are also going to use it in our master bedroom and my closet. It’s Martha Stewart’s “Flagstone” matched to BEHR’s Ultra paint.
Here are some photos of our main living area and entryway:
Other colors we are using in our home will be:
Guest Bedroom & Bath: Fashion Gray by BEHR
Half Bath: Fashion Gray by BEHR
Master Bedroom & Closet: Flagstone by Martha Stewart
Master Bath: Seine by Valspar color matched to BEHR paint
More painting updates will come as they happen! I love that I can decorate more now and put artwork on the walls. It feels good to have a home painted just like you want it.
Just as a side note, we hired painters (the same ones who painted half of our last home). They do a great job and we have high ceilings so it can be hard for just the two of us to do it. We really like how crisp and clean everything is when professionals do it, but of course it’s a total DIY project if you want it to be (we painted half of our last home).
xoxo,
Veronika.
So beautiful! Love your house!
Looks beautiful! I love the color! We used a color called "Stonehenge Greige" around the house as an accent color and we love it.
These pictures are a million times better in quality! Did you change settings? 🙂
-W.
I had it on ISO 400—BUT I was just using my camera normally, not on a tripod with a remote. That is my main issue. I tried this morning to take pics on a lower ISO with my remote and they still suck and the coloring is off 🙁
So beautiful. That color looks great with your dark wood!
Laura
It looks great! I also love the mat in your entryway. Where is it from?
Marshall's Home Goods
I know I posted on your FB about the paint color already, but I'm going to comment again. I LOVE the color!! Such a gorgeous neutral color! You've made my decision between revere pewter and cumulus cloud an easy one! Can't wait to paint our master bedroom. 🙂
Your house is so elegant and stunning…just like you!
Thanks so much for the pictures and the recommendations. We are currently building our first home and I have been stressing over what color gray to use. The Revere Pewter looks like the perfect shade. Can't wait to see more pictures!
It looks very fresh and modern! Love how light it is, and yet the gray shows through nicely! Really pulls the rooms together! 🙂
It looks great. I love gray, and your sofa and accent pillows go really well with the paint.
-Sarah
Looks great with your dark floors.
Your house is gorgeous! Love the color you chose. We painted our bedroom a similar color and we love it.
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Wow, your house looks stunning!I really like the marble kitchen island.
It's actually granite 🙂
Just curious, seeing your blog pictures from 2012 now in 2016. Your kitchen is the inspiration for my currently “under renovation” kitchen. I would love to know the color and manufacture of your granite if you still remember from that long ago.
I’m sorry but I don’t know the name of the granite because we bought our last home as the model home so all finishes had already been selected. I wish I could help! My recommendation is to go to a granite yard and see what they have— so many options and you can pick your own slabs!
I am in love with gray walls and am working on painting our apartment gray right now!
Looks fantastic!!! I love the color you picked, and it goes really well with the purple accents you have around the house (pillows, frame, etc.).
It looks great! I know it must feel amazing to have a large part of the painting done! I totally understand about hiring the pros, too! We have a few high ceilings in our town home that would have been super dangerous for us to paint ourselves, so we hired someone for those areas!
Looks awesome!! Random question, but did you paint the ceilings that color too?
Nope the ceiling is just an off white builder paint
Oh just saw this comment! Good to know! laura
It looks so beautiful! Everything is so open, airy, and crisp. I love the way it looks when professionals paint as well. Every time we change the colors in our home, we opt for professionals simply because it looks so much better and we hate painting. Lol
Vonae Deyshawn
http://www.myvirtueplace.com
Your home is just gorgeous, and magazine worthy. Do you have any photos of the exterior? Would love to see the outside 🙂
I don't post outdoor photos of it because it's very identifiable and I want to just protect our privacy in that regard. I know someone will say "if someone googled enough they could find out where you live" but I just don't like to put it out there because it's just one little thing I like to keep private 🙂 hope everyone understands!
You have such a beautiful home! Love the purple/lilac cushions with the grey couch… Stunning!
Beautiful!!! I am in love with all the grey and your chevron rug 🙂
I really love what you've done to your home. The gray tones are very subtle and goes with everything, especially when planing to decorate each room a different color pop.
Very cute, great job!
A very nice shade of gray. Everything looks absolutely beautiful!!
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The gray looks great! makes everything looks soothing & modern… it also complements the hardwood floors nicely 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous! I've followed your blog for awhile but never commented, but I just had to jump in and say how beautiful your photos turned out and how lovely your home is! 🙂
V, loved the photos! I think it's great that your husband doesn't mind the feminine colors in your living room! Purples and grays are such a refreshing mix (especially with that dark wood interior)! xo, tasha
LOVE grey walls! We did a very similar grey throughout or open floor plan condo a year+ ago using the Galveston Grey pallette (my mom is from Galveston, so the name was also a big plus!). We started with the darkest shade of the same color in our living where we have all floor-to-ceiling windows, transitioned to the medium shade into the kitchen where it's only partial windows, and then the lightest in the hallways where there are no windows. The whole thing looks like one continuous color because of it. With white trim and dark wood floors it's just beautiful…just like your place! =) Great pics.
– Erin Leigh
I love it! Looks really great. My favorite color combination is the soft purple with the gray walls, it is gorgeous!
Have a wonderful week!
Your home belongs on HGTV!
Looks beautiful, great color choice! LOVE your new living room "chevron" rug! Where's that baby from, if you don't mind me asking? 🙂
believe it or not, Urban Outfitters! Under $100!!! 🙂
your home looks so beautiful Veronika, i love the paint colors you chose. i recently moved into a new place with my boyfriend and we are thinking about painting our bedroom gray. it's such a nice neutral that pairs nicely with bright colors (like yellow & teal!)
Love the paint color! Neutral and classy!
Love it!
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Lovely house! It's really decorated very well.
I really like that paint color! My husband and I just purchased our first home and I can't wait to move in and get started on painting. It gets a lot of light in every room so I think that a light gray like that without any undertones would look fantastic when the sunlight comes in.
Loving the color. Its perfect with your trim and floor color!!
IT looks AWESOME V, I love the colour and sooo nice to hire professionals (you already are familiar with) and get it done & done 😉
Looks great!!
I really love it! It looks elegant and chic, yet still liveable 😉 Great job!
Your home looks like a model home. It's gorgeous!
I really love that color! I've been thinking about going grey for our kitchen walls. We have horrid wallpaper on the kitchen walls right now.
You have a beautiful home and I adore that chandelier. I love the clean and crisp effect of the colour scheme. I might steal the idea :-).
Just found your blog and I absolutely love it. I have many of the same interests and will have lots of fun following. Love your style and your home.
your home is so pretty! we have revere pewter in most of our home too and we love it, so calming!
https://andrea-clare.blogspot.ca/
I love your home Veronika – I'm planning on doing grays, as well, when I get a place. 😉
Beautiful! Do you know the name of your granite in your kitchen? It's stunning!
How many square feet is your house? It looks very spacious. Are your hardwood floors made out of oak, maple…? I like the colour very much.
My H and I are building our first house. It will be ready by December. 5,000 square feet, I think I'll get lost 😉
I live in a rented house, so unfortunately, the house is a boring box.
Allie
thefashionroute.blogspot.com
your house is beautiful!!
I love the colors you choose- gorgeous home! XOXO
What a stunning home! If I may ask, where did you get the chairs for the island in the kitchen?
Take care, Sindy.
Hi there, I have stubbled across ur blog and I love it…it will be my must check everyday!!! I was looking thru your pics and saw the beautiful pink flower arrangement in your kitchen, where did you get the arrangement? I assume its fake right? I just love love it, can you please let me know bc I am looking for something like this or did you make it?
Thanks and congrats on the lovely blog
___Ale
Indeed, the Revere Pewter shade is a commonly used color for open-concept interior designs. It is also known for having a calming and restoring ambiance when used on walls. In fact, using hues like Revere Pewter makes your pieces stand out. You mentioned you hired painters… Well, hiring painters can save you time, unnecessary mess, and energy. And, you can always suggest your preferences to them! By the way, what else from Benjamin Moore would you prefer for your next painting projects? Good luck on that.
Max Boughner
Gorgeous!! What color is your ceiling fan? Do you remember where you got it?
I am on the gray-go-round myself right now.
I had bypassed getting a sample of Revere Pewter because it looked so…. beige …. on the paint chip…. but I read where you said that, on the wall, it is grey. I am going to have white trim, white cabinets, black kitchen island, and maybe black doors. I want paint that looks gray, but, like you, do not want blue/lavendar/green. I think I will go get a sample on the way to the house….thanks for posting this!
What color of trim paint did you use?
Beautiful home. I was wondering what the name of that granite is. Is that Kashmir White?
I'm sorry I don't know what the granite is because our house was a model home so we didn't select it
your home is beautiful! you're right, Revere Pewter gives an elegant look. thanks for sharing!
We totally have the same aesthetic! Light grey and purple are my colors! Thank you so much for posting this. That gray is quite literally the PERFECT gray!
What color is your kitchen walls? Is it also fashion
all of the paint colors are in this post 🙂
THank you! I posted similar shades of gray ! What color are your ceilings on main level?
I don't know- our house was already painted because it was a model home. We only painted the walls— not the trim or ceilings. Sorry about that!
This post is cracking me up because I have been in the EXACT same boat on choosing a color. I have samples all over my walls and most look too blue or neon. I had almost decided on Revere Pewter for our open floor plan and then last minute began to second guess myself. Reading this post and then seeing your pictures helps me to feel better about it. I was a little worried Revere Pewter might go to dark in my space but I think it will be perfect. Your house looks beautiful!!!!
I just stumbled upon this post and your house is perfect!! So pretty!! What are your floors made out of? And do you happen to know the color?
They’re hardwood and I’m not sure what the color is called because we didn’t select it! Sorry about that 🙁
Your house is beautiful! I have been obsessed with the color Revere Pewter for a while, I finally went to get some today and when I looked at the color swatch, I freaked out! It looked more like a light khaki, so I didn’t get it. Does it look more like an actual light gray in person?
The swatch does look beige it threw me off too! We used it in our last house and it was a true light gray. I know it can read very greige in some homes but I felt it was a true gray in ours. Our new home is the color first star by Sherwin Williams and I highly recommend it!
I love the way you set up your house! We are moving to an apartment that we are allowed to paint, and I am thinking about revere pewter as a base color for all of the rooms and then to put an accent wall in our bedroom (dark teal) and in the living room (burnt sienna). Do you see any green undertones in the revere pewter? My concern is that next to the burnt sienna, a green undertone will come out in the revere pewter. That might look weird. If you have any suggestions, I’d really appreciate it!
HI. I have almost an identical kitchen scheme as you. My whole house is painted Revere pewter, but I have been reluctant moving forward painting it in my kitchen because the grout in my backsplash, almost identical to yours, is beige. Im worried the Revere pewter wont look good next to it. Can I ask you what color is your grout in your backsplash?
Hi Valerie! I’m sorry we don’t live in this house anymore and didn’t build it, so I’m not sure what they used 🙁