text: Favorite Paint Colors: September 2011
  See other posts on Silver Sage here and here.
  *Also, see Behr's version of Silver Sage here. Thanks, Stacey!
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 6:19 AM 1 comments
  Labels: blue, kitchen, Restoration Hardware
  Labels: Benjamin Moore, dining room, white
  Fall is here! This has got to be one of my favorite times of the year: beautiful weather, gorgeous scenery, yummy recipes , heavenly smells, and the best wardrobe of the year. Here is a small sneak peek of the paint color I chose for our family room and of course my FALL MANTEL! (I don't have a real mantel, but this is what's on top of the armoire in our family room.)
  These are all items I picked up on clearance sales or I got from my Mom. I love pulling out my decorations and seeing what I have written on the bottom. It brings back lots of great memories.
  The hurricane glasses on the side I made from items from the Dollar Store, completely inspired by this tutorial here.
  And the paint color in the background is …. Manchester Tan! It was so hard to pick out one color I loved, I have seen so many gorgeous rooms and colors, but I went with Manchester Tan because I thought it would fit best with the furniture and accessories in my home. It's a warm tan that sometimes looks a little more beigish, but it doesn't have any weird undertones. It's kind of hard to see the true color in this one small picture, but I'm amazed at the difference it made to our living room and I havn't regretted my decision (I'll show more pictures later). This has been the first time in my life where I have gotten one sample, put it on the wall, and went right back to buy enough to paint my room. It was a great feeling and I have to thank Becca from Adventures in Decorating for being my inspiration. She submitted this picture and I fell in love with the color.
  I'm linking up to The Lettered Cottage for their Fall Mantel Party. There is some awesome inspiration there. Happy Fall Y'all! I'll be posting more paint colors tomorrow.
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 6:15 AM 4 comments
  Exterior Paint Colors: Timber Bark, Monterey Taupe, and Graffiti
  Stucco and darker color: Timber Bark by James Hardie
  Lighter color (gray): Monterey Taupe by James Hardie
  Purple color: Graffiti by Kwal Howell
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 6:06 AM 1 comments
  Labels: Exterior Paint, James Hardie, Kwal-Howell
  See another post on Stonington Gray here.
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 5:43 AM 2 comments
  Labels: Benjamin Moore, gray, laundry room
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 5:42 AM 2 comments
  Labels: beige, family room/living room, Sherwin Williams
  This is the first wall I have seen with so many stripes and different colors. Isn't it cool?! Amy @ MoMomma designed this and has a step by step tutorial on how to paint stripes like these.
  The paint colors are below, all from Valspar.
  Brown: Milk Chocolate
  Green: Lafawnduh La Fonda Olive (Napoleon anyone?)
  Orange: Bear Claw
  Blue: Evening Eclipse
  Labels: blue, brown, decorative painting, green, orange, stripes, Valspar
  Winner of the Sherwin Williams Gift Card and Reader's Choice Award
  Labels: Benjamin Moore, Exterior Paint, green, yellow
  Don't forget to enter the giveaway here, it ends on Friday!
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 5:49 AM 2 comments
  Labels: bedroom, blue, Martha Stewart
  Graffiti by Kwal-Howell (purple)
  The other wall color is Glutted, featured here on Monday.
  Pictures taken while touring the Salt Lake Parade of Homes.
  Labels: accent walls, bedroom, family room/living room, Kwal-Howell, purple
  It's been 6 months since I launched this blog and it has been soo much fun compiling the paint colors on this site. To thank each one of you for visiting, leaving comments, sending me pictures of your homes and submitting paint colors, I am having a giveaway to celebrate our 6 month anniversary here at Favorite Paint Colors!
  I am going to send some lucky reader a $40 gift card to Sherwin Williams to help you get started on your next painting project.
  There are some beautiful colors by Sherwin Williams which you can see here.
  Before I explain the rules, I want to highlight some of my favorite rooms and colors that have been featured these past few months.
  Stongington Gray by Benjamin Moore
  Universal Khaki by Sherwin Williams
  Latte by Restoration Hardware
  Now it's your turn. You have a chance to be entered 3 times in the giveaway. Here's how:
  1. Tell me YOUR favorite paint color that has been featured on this site, or one that has inspired you.
  2. Become a follower or a subscriber, if you havn't already, and leave me a comment telling me that you did so.
  3. Tell a friend (or friends) about Favorite Paint Colors and leave me a comment.
  The giveaway will run through Friday evening and will be chosen next Monday through random.org.
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 6:11 AM 94 comments
  Also, come back tomorrow because I'm having a GIVEAWAY! Something to help you get started on your next project - I'm excited. I hope you have a great Monday!
  Labels: bedroom, beige, kitchen, Kwal-Howell, neutral, neutrals
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 5:54 AM 0 comments
  Labels: blue, Exterior Paint, Paint tips, Sherwin Williams
  Bamboo EB11-1 by Eddie Bauer
  Nenny Tales
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 6:49 AM 0 comments
  Labels: beige, Eddie Bauer, family room/living room
  Empire State (Gray) and Ultra White by Dutch Boy
  Posted by Kristin Williams at 6:12 AM 1 comments
  Labels: bedroom, decorative painting, Dutch Boy, gray
  A few weeks ago when I was visiting Utah I was able to go to the Salt Lake Parade of Homes with my sis-in-laws and Mom. We had a great time and saw some beautiful houses (even barged in on a dinner party, thinking it was a Parade of Homes – funny story, anyone else ever done that or are we the only ones??) but my favorite part of the tour was visiting the "Up" house. It was a re-make of the home used in the Disney movie "Up" and it was adorable!
  We got there later in the evening, I wish we would have been there earlier so I could have gotten some better pictures, but I was able to snag the paint colors and I'm going to share them with you.
  Isn't it cute? I love the white picket fence and you know what, I even love the paint colors. They are fun and they put a smile on my face. Wouldn't this be every kids dream house?
  Below I listed the paint colors – all from Kwal.
  1. Centered CL1793M
  2. Ice Wine CL2352W
  3. Taffeta CL 2463W
  4. Nolan CL 1532W
  5. Sedum CL1973D
  We were there on one of the last nights of the tour, and it was busy, with lots of people.
  I loved all of the balloons.
  The mailbox was adorable.
  Carl and Russell even greeted us on the steps.
  Only a few of the pictures I took turned out, there were so many people and the lighting wasn't that great, but here is the sweet nursery Ellie was seen painting in the movie.
  Paint color: Banana Cream by Sherwin Williams (makes me want to lick the walls!)
  Carl and Ellie's room.
  This was one of the main bathrooms upstairs.
  I especially love the kitchen! Don't you love those bright blue appliances?
  The main paint color that was used throughout the house was Kilim Beige by Sherwin Williams.
  Another adorable room.
  Paint color: Possibly Pink by Sherwin Williams
  Vast Sky by Sherwin Williams
  Very fitting name, don't you think?
  What a great movie – they even had it playing downstairs in the theater room.
  If you want more information on the "Up" house, visit Bangerter Homes. Apparently it's selling for $399,000 and when we were there I heard there were already 4 offers. You can have the same home built for $299,000, without the "Up" charm.