Painting the Guest Bedroom

We finally picked a paint color after months of looking at paint chips and samples on the wall.  The 4 we decided to try samples for are:


Benjamin Moore HC-147:  Woodlawn Blue
Benjamin Moore 1563:  Quiet Moments
Benjamin Moore's HC-143: Wythe Blue
and Benjamin Moore HC-150:  Yarmouth Blue

I spent months agonizing over the color choices available in the blue pallet offered by Behr, Valspar, Glidden, Martha Stewart, and Benjamin Moore.  Benjamin Moore seemed to have the most muted/classic versions of blue so I finally decided to cough up the money for paint samples and made the husband vote on his favorites.


My husband immediately eliminated two of the choices and we were left with Woodlawn Blue and Quiet Moments.  I leaned toward Woodlawn Blue but the husband leaned toward Quiet Moments.  After two weeks of viewing the color swatches in different lights, I finally broke down and bought 1 gallon of the Quiet Moments (only one since we may change colors slightly on the second coat - does anyone else end up having to do this???).


The first coat of Quiet Moments seems to glow in certain lighting, so we will be doing 1-2 Shades darker for the second coat.  I think maybe next time we'll paint larger swatches (2'x2') prior to moving to the next step, maybe this will eliminate color changes after one coat on future projects.