BUT yesterday I turned that frown upside down when I learned my kitchen inspiration picture is RALPH LAUREN paint!!
Here is the picture:
[kitchen of Jayson House and Home owner via Country Living]
How gorgeous is that paint? So rich and intriguing. Is it brown? Is it gray? I looked at every Benjamin Moore, BEHR and Valspar swatch and there was nothing like it. The Country Living magazine did not source it.
So I went to the wonderful world of the interwebs and checked out countryliving.com and luckily for me, there it was quoted as "Ralph Lauren Mercer". And even more luckily, I ran down to my car where I had stuffed a handful of Ralph Lauren swatches and there it was!
Inspection is next week. If everything goes well, I'm going to buy two gallons of that beautiful paint. I'll be even luckier if it's on sale [Our Martha Stewart paints are coming in May 5th].
EDIT: A very nice representative contacted me from Ralph Lauren [how cool!!!]. She informed me that Ralph Lauren will STILL be available through local Independent Paint Dealers after it leaves Home Depot. This is great news since I adore their colors. They will keep their website, RalphLaurenHome.com, updated on where to get it, etc. As a designer, I am very excited to learn this.
I love how well it works in the kitchen, good luck!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous color - love it!
ReplyDeleteNew Orleans is another "last town" to get Martha at Home D. No sign of it yet! Beautiful color...almost has a purple undertone to it!
ReplyDeleteI might have to kidnap that color - we are thinking of repainting the red fireplace in our home to gray. LOVE it. :)
ReplyDeleteralphs winchester is good too..i have that in my bedroom.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty color! I love that it serves as a neutral without being the least bit boring. Congrats on the house--can't wait to see how you make it your own! It's going to be fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have it either in Nashville. At least you have an arrival date!
ReplyDeleteI have something very similar to that color in my kitchen and it was from the Ralf Lauren Paint line at Home Depot! Although mine looks brown,grey or black depending on the light and angle of the room!
ReplyDeletethat color is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteOoo I am loving that color!
ReplyDeleteLovely lovely lovely color, wow! But it gives me a few questions.
ReplyDelete1. Will you be tired of the dark gray in both your master bedroom and your kitchen?
2. Will you even do dark gray in the bedroom in the new house?
3. Are you sort of dreading painting over the dark grey?
ooh, thanks for the inspiration. i picked up a RL sample pint in Mercer on a whim many, many months ago but never decided where i wanted to use it. i think my kitchen island shall be getting some attention.
ReplyDeleteNice color! Are your kitchen cabinets white?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see you decorate your new house! If all goes well, that is..
Lovely color. Thanks for the update on where to get Ralph Lauren paint.
ReplyDeleteWhen I posted about the Ralph Lauren color I used in my guest room,(http://anewnest.blogspot.com/2010/03/be-our-guest.html) and how Ralph Lauren was now defunct at Home Depot, they contacted me too!
ReplyDeleteThey must have someone who just spends all day doing this.
I'm thrilled RL paint will still be at other retailers. After searching for the perfect navy, I found it in their line-up - just to find out that Home Depot would no longer carry it. At least I still have hope!
ReplyDeleteIn the kitchen picture the color looks similar to Silver Fox by Benjamin Moore. I have that in my dining room and it makes me happy every time I go in there -- not quite gray, not quite brown, and neutral but never boring.
ReplyDeleteWhen I posted about the Ralph Lauren color I used in my guest room,(http://anewnest.blogspot.com/2010/03/be-our-guest.html) and how Ralph Lauren was now defunct at Home Depot, they contacted me too!
ReplyDeleteThey must have someone who just spends all day doing this.
that color is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThat is my dining room & entry way color!! I LOVE IT!! Tried it in my master bedroom, but it was a little too "plum gray" looking. Went with Martha Stewart's Cement Gray in there. Love both rooms!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice.