Gray is a fabulous neutral... sophisticated and chic, masculine and feminine, soft and strong. It can be used as the dominate color in a space, or a soft neutral backdrop that makes color POP!
Many people are afraid of gray, afraid it will make their room feel dark and depressing, but that is a common misconception. Warm gray's can easily warm up any space while cool gray's can be very calming.
Warm gray's have underlying tones of yellow, red or orange.
While cool grays have undertones of blue, violet or green...
It can make a dramatic statement...
or quietly fade into the background
I feel like I've been MIA the past few weeks. It was nice to get back to WV to visit family and friends, but now I'm back in NM and back in the blogging business. I can't wait to catch up on your blogs, I feel like I've been gone way too long.
beautiful spaces, elizabeth! I LOVE gray and totally agree - it is the perfect neutral that makes color POP! :)
ReplyDeleteTotally agree! I actually have my blog post today about my playroom 'redo' and I painted it gray with yellow accents. Love gray!!
ReplyDeleteOH you had me at the title of this post. You know I love a good gray! Beautiful photos!
ReplyDeletemmm... love that Elle Decor image with the graphic blue rug. And I love grey. When I see people (friends) pick generic tan for their homes, I want to say... "grey, pick grey!".
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! I'm liking gray more and more these days. These are all such great examples.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE gray! My office makeover is being done in shades of gray and I can't get enough. Glad you're back in action!
ReplyDeleteGray is my favorite neutral ! Looks amazing with pops of color and classic with black & white !!
ReplyDeletexxLily
goldandgray.com
I'm totally loving gray right now, those are great images.
ReplyDeleteAll of these are beautiful. I'm a sucker for greige! Our guest bedroom is painted that color, but unfortunately it is just a junk room at the moment :(.
ReplyDeletei could go on and on about gray- love it soooo much!!!!! light, dark, charcoal.... sigh.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! You are so singing my song with the gray-- I'm planning to repaint our dining room in a nice cool gray. Hope I can get to it before the holidays!
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday ~ Heidi @ Show Some Decor
Love the different shades of grey.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! I love all of the these images and really itching to use grey somewhere in our home. I really love that first Veranda image.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! I love gray rooms and the images you found are beautiful! I think I would be happy painting every room of my house a shade of gray!
ReplyDeleteyup, the new neutral. Works so well with all the clean color out there... welcome back!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving gray and so glad it has replaced taupe and beige. It's an amazing backdrop for so many other colours.
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