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Sherwin Williams Gray Living Room: The Big Reveal!
This is the big reveal for my Sherwin Williams Gray Living Room, with the Gauntlet Gray paint that I selected! I hope you enjoy this tour, I’m really in love with this color and I’m very pleased with how it turned out.
You may recall that I selected Sherwin-Williams Gauntlet Gray for my walls, and I am thrilled with how gorgeous that color looks in this room!
I love how easily the Chip It! tool brought everything together. I was able to pull from both of the inspiration photos to get the exact look I was hoping for. Sherwin-Williams Bee’s Wax color is represented in the natural tones of the sisal rug, and the horse-print frame is a perfect match for Sherwin-Williams (SW) Tricorn Black!
I used lots of white touches (shown as SW Extra White on the palette) to add some lightness and contrast to the gray. This loveseat was previously in my family room, but it really wasn’t the right size for that space so it worked out great moving it in here. I popped in lots of pieces of Ironstone from my collection and I splurged on the white glass lamps, but it was sooo worth it!
The mirrors, end tables, coffee table, horse art and chairs all came from the shop that I recently closed down. Perfect timing on that one!
I was so excited to find these Ikat Pillows that incorporate the SW Heartthrob red and the SW Dragonfruit pink!
I’ve had that long sofa table in my garage for over a year! I may end up painting it to match the coffee table. The print is a family heirloom and I snagged the antique concrete urn at Lucketts. I love displaying old garden pieces inside my home. I still need to fill the urn with something.
We’ll see! I think the living room looks just as nice as the dining room now!
This was my first inspiration photo. I chipped it and used Gauntlet Gray for the walls. It’s a funny photo of a Swallow bird with a baby. It had a lot of interesting grays in it though, so I thought it would make a good color palette.
This was my second inspiration photo. I chipped it too and used these colors to pull my accessories together. A big thanks again to Chassity from Look Linger Love for letting me use her dining room photo! I hope you enjoyed this tour of my Sherwin Williams Gray Living Room. Don’t be afraid to try a darker color in your home, I highly recommend that Gauntlet Gray Paint color, I get so many compliments on it.
Ivona says
We are about to move into a new house so I’m not lacking in rooms to decorate but I’m really excited about the new family room and library.
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SuzyMcQ says
Karen,
What an incredible transformation and wonderful example of the “wonder” that is
“Chip It!” I especially love your case goods….the coffee table and side table are fantastic, but, those slipper chairs….they are so delicious I could literally EAT them!
Great job, fantastic inspiration….as always!
Gina Luker says
Oh my goodness gracious – it’s GORGEOUS!!! I’d love to use that palette in my upcoming bathroom… it would be perfect.
Love it, girl!
Deanna Schrayer says
Karen, I absolutely LOVE the room! That gray is so soothing. We have just finished redoing our bathroom, (including replacing the vanity, sink and toilet), and I’m beat! But I still need to find something for a blank wall, (I wanted the James Dean portrait of him peeking out from his sweater but my husband refuses to allow a picture of a man “looking at him” in the bathroom). Anyway, we did the room in a deep and light gray and I love the way it turned out.
Now, we need to focus on our boys’ bedrooms – two bedrooms and a bath in the “A” of our A-frame, and both of them have very different tastes so this is going to be quite a challenge….
Lisa at Shine Your Light says
Wow – what a fabulous wall color! I LOVE it combined with the bright pop of color in your pillows, the warmth of the secretary’s wood tones, and the white. You did such a great job making over this room! I hope you’re enjoying it!
We have a finished basement that is basically a blank slate – it has absolutely no decor, just some mismatched furniture and a tv. It definitely needs some life!! I’ll have to try the Chip It tool to pull together ideas for the space!
Thanks for the chance for this fabulous giveaway!
Anonymous says
I currently have paint strip samples hanging from the walls in my living room so that’s definitely the room that’s at the top of my list. I love your room makeover!
materialgirl says
You always give us such great stuff! Now ChipIt!
I would like to make over my daughter’s bedroom. She will be going to university in October and it would be so cool to have a great new fresh decor for her when she comes home for Christmas. The current scheme has been in place for 10 years and was even brought from our last house because of the curtains I had made her and the toning colours of her existing bedding. While she still likes the curtains, she is bored with the bedding and has taken to using a Cath Kidston type print from my stash of guest bedding, which just so does not go with the decor! I am longing to get my hands on that room!
Dinah says
What a nice home. I love the wall collor.
Katharine Devinney says
Sorry to hear that you had to close your store. The silver lining is that you got to use some of the merchandise in your home. Your living room looks amazing!
I need to redo my living room. I’m going to buy new slipcovers and make new pillows. I’ll probably do my chip it from the fabric I choose. I think I want to have aqua accents this time. The last time I redid my living room in 2010 I had one wall with dark pumpkin orange and had amber and gold as accents around the room.
Rhissanna says
I love the strong greys and the pink and red to accent! Very lovely. I need to chip my living room. We just bought caramel brown sofas, just as brown is going out and grey is coming in! So I need to find a way to disguise the brown and make the room look contemporary. This one is still in the last millennium!
Lissa says
Oh wow. That is sick gorgeous. I’d definitely pick my bedroom. I’m okay at doing everything else in the house, but my room is the last to get any attention. All to often “just go throw it in my room” is the solution. The chip it tool looks brilliant. Might have to try that even if I DON’t get picked. :<)
Ann says
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Ann says
We did my son’s room in a similar gray and I love it. Your living room color and redo are gorgeous. I would love to redo my (very dated) living room!
Anna Lorey says
I was thinking of doing my bedroom in a similar gray color but could definitely use some help! I’ll be planning a nursery in te near future too though so its a tough choice.l..
Noelle says
I have just fallen in love with grey walls, this is so beautiful! I would love to redo our bedroom, it’s feeling a bit blah right now. Thanks for the inspiration!