[Painting] Gray for Days

Oh how I'm resisting the urge to use a 50 Shades reference... mainly because I didn't read the book and don't have plans to see the movie. I'll stick to my teen lit over the smut.

Anyway, I have a giant to do list for our home especially now that we know we won't be making any giant halfway across the country moves.  Since kitchen and bathroom renos are on hold due to all the other giant expenses we incurred when we moved in (roof, floors, water heater, dishwasher, range, furniture and other miscellany), we are going to try to knock out some of the easier and cheaper tasks first.

Our bedroom is one of the only rooms that is still completely untouched.  I often complain that it looks like the bachelor pad dump of an apartment my Husband had when we first started dating.  Faded paint, dated pelmets, and bedding from our queen bed that doesn't fit our king. This room basically needs it all. But the starting point will be a fresh coat of paint.

I tinkered for a while with a shade of Tan, like Manchester Tan, but I've since returned to my gray ways.   I had planned on Stonington Gray, the color we would have used in a boy's room, since I really love the shade.  However, I'm a do your homework kind of girl and the room is big and will require quite a bit of paint so I want to make sure we love it from the start.

Here's my (not so) short-list

(all colors are Benjamin Moore)

And some inspiration shots

Stonington Gray via younghouselove

Moonshine via younghouselove

Silver Song via studiomcgee

Wickham Gray via llh design blog

This isn't sponsored by Benjamin Moore, I just seem to have a crazy amount of their swatches saved up  since I'm a paint chip hoarder.  I think I'm still leaning towards Stonington Gray, especially after finding this feature.  Can I live here please?

What's your favorite gray paint? ...(and don't say revere pewter because we already have it in our family room and at 50% strength in our kitchen)!