One of the most common questions I get is “What’s the paint color in that room?”. I’m always happy to share because when I’m crushing on the way a paint color looks in someone’s space, I want to know the color of it too! I wrote a post several years ago sharing all of the paint colors in our house but since then I’ve painted a bunch more so decided to write an updated post including all of the rooms I’ve gotten to so far. Good paint colors can be tough to find and these are all keepers in my book!
Our Home’s Exterior Paint Color – Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray
The exterior of our home is painted in Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray (flat finish) – I can’t take any credit for choosing it since it’s been this color since we bought the house but I doubt I’ll ever change it! It’s a great midtone gray that looks a bit darker in person than it comes across in photos. One thing to keep in mind when you’re choosing a paint color for the outside of you home is that it will look lighter once it’s on the house than you’d expect from the paint chip (basically the opposite of how it works for interior paint colors).
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Home Office Paint Color – Benjamin Moore Nightfall
Dining & Living Room Paint Color – Sherwin Williams Keystone Gray (tweaked!)
Our dining room and living room are both painted a tweaked version of Sherwin Williams Keystone Gray (Duration Home matte finish) – it’s a color that I used in my previous house and loved so much that I put it on repeat in our current home. It’s a warm, brownish gray (greige) that’s a good choice if you want something versatile (it seems to go well with everything!) and want to go darker than a lot of your typical grays. I did tweak the formula just a hair because it has some slight purple undertones that I wanted to play down. You can see more pics of my dining room and a full source list for the space including a pic of the exact paint formula I used {here} and see pics of our living room {here}.
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Kitchen Paint Color – Benjamin Moore White Dove
Our kitchen is painted Benjamin Moore White Dove (Regal Select matte finish), which is one of my favorite white paint colors (see some of my other favorite white paints in {this post})! It’s a warm white with yellow undertones – I’ve used it several times before and it definitely looks more yellow in some spaces than others depending on the light. For our kitchen, it’s perfect and just enough of a yellow undertone to warm it up without looking yellowy but for our family room, which has totally different lighting, it was too yellowy for my taste.
Powder Room Paint Color – Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray & Platinum Gray
Master Bedroom – Farrow & Ball’s All White
Farrow & Ball’s All White (Estate Eggshell) is the color I used to paint the shiplap walls and trim in our master bedroom (you can see more pics of our bedroom + a full source list for the room {here} and my DIY shiplap tutorial {here}). It’s a very true white without any significant blue or yellow undertones (the bluish tint on some areas of the wall in our bedroom is the reflection of the drapes). Very bright, clean, and fresh without being stark.
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Guest Room Paint Color – Pratt & Lambert Ever Classic
and in a spot with less natural light, it’s looks more like this:
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My Daughter’s Bedroom – Sherwin-Williams Lucky Green
When we madeover my youngest daughter’s bedroom several years ago, she wanted to paint the walls of her room green which is basically a 180 from my usual neutrals. I was actually pretty excited about doing something so bold and after trying several green paint samples we ended up choosing Sherwin-Williams Lucky Green (Duration Home matte finish). It’s a great bright, lively green without being too obnoxiously bright. You can see more pics of this space + a complete source list for it {here}.
Family Room – Benjamin Moore Cloud White
Benjamin Moore Cloud White is the newest white I’ve used in my home and it’s perfect for our family room (see more pics of this space + a full source list for the room {here})! As I mentioned earlier, I was originally planning to use Dove White but it looked too yellowy. I also tested Simply White which is a brighter white that everyone swears by but in my space it was too stark white. Cloud White was somewhere in between – pretty much the Goldilocks of white paint colors! The ceiling and the walls are both painted Cloud White but because the ceilings are painted in satin (using BM Advance) and the walls are painted in matte (Regal Select), the ceiling color looks a good bit brighter than the walls. With white paint, I feel like sheen plays a bigger role in the look of your painted walls than it does with other colors.
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Phew, I didn’t realize how much painting I’ve done over the past few years! I’ve only got one more room in our house to go and I’m jumping into doing that in October. I’ll be sharing more about this fun little space (I’ve never shown it on the blog!) that I’m making over next week. Until then, if you want to be able to find this post easily down the road, I’ve created an image for you to Pin below ->
I’ll see you back on the blog next week!
Angie Riley says
September 27, 2017 at 2:18 pmThank you for sharing your wonderful paint colors and helpful decorating advice that designers would charge thousands of dollars to give. I’ve incorporated many of your shopping finds into my home recently, and I can’t tell you how many compliments I’ve received! Of course, I share your site with them. Haha.
Kris Jarrett says
September 29, 2017 at 9:41 pmAngie, you are the sweetest! Thank you! And thanks so much for sharing my site with your friends – that’s the biggest compliment I could get!
Mary Jo Gallagher says
September 27, 2017 at 8:47 pmI cannot locate Pratt & Lambert’s Ever Classic in my Pratt & Lambert fan decks. Would it be listed under another color?
Kris Jarrett says
September 29, 2017 at 9:43 pmIt’s possible it’s not part of the current paint deck since it’s been a few years since I’ve used it but the color number is 32-24. Hope that helps!
Jane Charpie says
September 27, 2017 at 8:54 pmBeautiful, Kris! I have the 90’s wood trim in my home. What neutral colors go with it? My next project is our dining room. It is on the small side with only 1 window which overlooks a covered porch so it doesn’t get a lot of light. Help!!
Kris Jarrett says
September 29, 2017 at 9:49 pmThanks Jane! It’s hard to pick a winner without being there in person to see what else you have going on in your room, but I’d go with something lighter. You could try one of the whites I talked about in the post or a light gray or greige would be pretty – Sherwin Williams On the Rocks is a good one to get a sample of and try!
Ivory says
September 27, 2017 at 8:57 pmI love these paint colors you selected. I love how they work so well with your deco
Kris Jarrett says
September 29, 2017 at 9:47 pmThank you so much!
Alyaa says
September 28, 2017 at 10:47 amHiya Kris,
Thanks for sharing all your paint colors and sheens which are so important as well.
I am wondering why you chose to put a satin on the ceiling in the beautiful
family room rather than the traditional flat/matte ceiling paint. Were you trying to make it more reflective. And are you happy wth the finish?
I am dealing with painting a low light low ceiling basement and trying to get as much light bouncing around down there as possible.
Thanks much and enjoy the Apple!
Alysa
Kris Jarrett says
September 29, 2017 at 4:18 pmHi Alysa,
I used satin in my family room because the ceiling was planked wood so I treated it the same as the trim. If the ceiling had been a typical drywall ceiling, I wouldn’t have gone that route. I always stick with flat for drywall ceilings – the problem with going with satin or eggshell or a higher sheen is that it tends to show imperfections and roller marks a lot more and these imperfections tend to be more noticeable when they’re on the ceiling than on the walls. Hope that helps!
Susan says
September 28, 2017 at 11:24 amI’m a huge admirer of your grey and white choiceS! What paint colors and sheens have you used on trim?!
Kris Jarrett says
September 29, 2017 at 9:39 pmThanks Susan! The trim colors in my house are mostly Cloud White and Dove White – I like satin finish but semi-gloss is a good choice too!
Toni Mahana says
October 3, 2017 at 3:09 pmThank you for sharing! I’m curious what color your front door is and the sheen. Is the outside the same color as the inside? I’m trying to decide if I want to paint our door black and how it should be done. Thank you
Kris Jarrett says
October 13, 2017 at 9:42 pmHi Toni,
Unfortunately I don’t have any info on our door color – it was painted by the previous owners and they didn’t leave the paint can with us 🙁
Loree Dowse says
January 29, 2018 at 11:44 amHi Kris – I love your site, and have incorporated many of your ideas into our coastal California rancher. We just remodeled our kitchen and went with Keystone Gray for the cabinets. I chose brass for the hardware and lighting, along with white quartz counters and 1 1/2-inch white hex tiles for the backsplash. It turned out beautifully and everyone – I mean, EVERYONE – comments on the paint color when they see it.
Keep up the great work and I can’t wait to see what you do with your kitchen remodel.
All the best,
Loree
Yvonne Aileen says
February 4, 2018 at 7:40 amThank you! I was torn between White Dove and Cloud White and you helped me decide 🙂 I’ll be pretty much using this throughout my house I just purchased, before I move in. I may switch things up eventually but for now I need blank slate to start with.
Kris Jarrett says
February 4, 2018 at 9:26 pmI’m so glad you found it helpful! Good luck with your move!
Becky Lambert says
May 19, 2018 at 3:10 pmWhat is your take on matte vs. flat? I see you use matte a lot….any reason why? I like flat paint and I’m not sure if I would like to do matte or flat? I am painting freshly installed shiplap boards in my new bedroom (probably Cloud White). What would you suggest…flat or matte? I think I will prime first!
Kris Jarrett says
June 9, 2018 at 9:08 pmI have used Matte a lot in the past because it has the flat sheen that I like but it’s more scrubbable. However, I have noticed that for whites the Matte seems to be a bit more yellowy than the Flat in Benjamin Moore colors. For shiplap, I would probably do an eggshell!
Bennett Kirkpatrick says
January 30, 2019 at 10:54 amDo you notice that BM paint also has more yellowish tint in the eggshell also?
Patti says
August 14, 2018 at 10:17 amI’m doing my laundry room and have no idea what I’m doing ! Love your rooms !
Kris Jarrett says
September 9, 2018 at 11:49 pmThank you!!
Pamela says
January 1, 2019 at 7:15 pmHi Kris,
Disregard question regarding trim colors, I noticed that you answered that in earlier post. Thank you for sharing😊
Nancy Dunmyer says
March 15, 2019 at 11:23 amThank you for sharing your beautiful home!! I am interested to know how you tweaked the SW Keystone Gray. We have it in a family room and the color is just not quite right with our Brazilian Cherry flooring. I think it is that undertone you mentioned in your article. Just not sure how to explain to the paint store on how to tweak the Keystone Gray color.
I would look forward to hearing how you did this.
Thank you,
Nancy Dunmyer
Kris Jarrett says
March 25, 2019 at 12:32 amI just had them change the paint formula a tad – you can find the exact formula at the end of this post: https://www.drivenbydecor.com/house-tour-dining-room/ It’s only a small difference from the original formula so if you already have the color on your walls and you’re not happy with it, unfortunately I don’t know if this small tweak will make enough of a difference.