My Five Favorite Paint Colors

Today I’m teaming up with some of my favorite ladies in blogland (Lisa of Shine Your Light, Jennifer of Dimples & Tangles, and Pam of Simple Details) to dish about our five favorite paint colors. I love talking paint!

And since you can never have too many paint color recommendations, we’ve brought in a fabulous guest host to share her five favorite paint colors too – welcome to Cassie of Primitive & Proper! Cassie is a furniture painting goddess and works miracles in bringing dated or worn pieces to life with paint and her own creative touch – this kilim inspired dresser that she transformed is one of my favorites:

Ready to check out my five favorite paint colors? (the image below is Pinnable for future reference!)

1. Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray

It’s a beautiful, not-too-light, not-too-dark gray that’s on the exterior of our home. I wish I could take credit for picking it out but I’ve got to give props to the previous homeowners on this one. Love it!

2. Benjamin Moore Nightfall

This is a dark charcoal gray that looks black in most light – not a “dark hole” kind of black but rather a soft, cozy kind of black. Next to crisp white trim, it looks amazing! You might see this color on Lisa’s favorite paint color list too, since she’s the smart one who recommended it to me when I was on the hunt for a great black paint for our home office. I threw it up on the wall along with 4-5 other samples and it was the clear winner!

3. Benjamin Moore White Dove

I tried LOTS of different white paint samples before deciding that Benjamin Moore’s White Dove is my favorite white. It’s not too stark of a white but not a dirty white either and it has some warmth to it without being too yellowy. We have it on the walls in both our kitchen and foyer.

4. Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in French Linen

I’ve used Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint in French Linen to paint several furniture pieces, including the kitchen table in our previous home (see {this post} for my Annie Sloan chalk painting tips!). It’s simply a great no-fail khaki gray color that looks amazing on whatever you paint it with.

5. Sherwin Williams Keystone Gray

I saved my all-time favorite paint color for last – Sherwin Williams Keystone Gray. It’s a dark gray with a lot of brown in it that has so much depth and beauty. I used it in the dining and living room in our previous house and used it again in those same rooms in our current house. I did tweak the original formula just slightly (but it’s VERY close to the original) – if you want the tweaked formula that I used, you can find it at the end of {this post about our dining room}.

Now it’s time to check out my friends’ five favorite paint colors – I can’t wait to see which colors they picked!

Lisa – Shine Your Light

Pam – Simple Details

Jennifer – Dimples & Tangles

Cassie – Primitive & Proper

Do you have a favorite paint color or two to share? I’d love to know what they are! 

I hope you all have a great day – I’m looking forward to some goofing around time with my girls since they’re off school for the day 🙂 I’ll see you back here on Thursday with the last update on my daughter’s bedroom makeover before the final reveal next week!