I love to decorate my home and it never ceases to amaze me how much color can transform a room – from paint to accessories. For years (seriously, I think for a whole decade), my house was draped in paint from Hirshfield’s with names like Tobacco Road, Accessible Beige and Golden Thread.

When I built a new home a few years back, gray had come on the scene, taking over from the tried and trusted beige tones and I was excited to try a new hue!

I spent hours looking at paint samples, and I learned that gray can be a tricky color to choose as it can skew either blue or brown – and, depending on what accessories and furniture you have, it’s important to lean one way or another.

I decided to paint all my walls with a neutral greige (a bit softer and warmer then gray), and I love it.

And with painted gray cabinets (I chose Benjamin Moore’s Cinder AF-705 and Smoke Embers AC-28 aka 1466) I feel like I have an updated and modern version of the decade-long attachment I had to beige tones.

The professionals at Hirshfield’s always know what colors are on-trend, and more importantly, what colors will really make the room pop. You can even have a color stylist come to your home. But if you want to do a little more research before picking out colors, check out some of our other blogs – like this one on the many shades of gray, or this one on greige.

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