Going Granny Chic

Hello out there, lovelies!  I seem to be all-about-blogging for a week or two, then I drop off the face of the Earth for another week or two!  But I’m not sitting around eating Bon-Bons…I’m trying to wrap my brain around all of the projects I’ve got going – AND spend time with my two favorite people in the world!  I’m glad they love me so much and understand my lack-of-boundaries at the moment.    I thought I’d share a small project I’m working on, and I’m loving the challenge.  Picking paint colors for a (in my words) ‘Granny Chic’ loft.  Imagine this – an amazing loft space for visiting family with lots of light and a spiral staircase leading up to it.  But it includes some super cozy and soft rose-colored carpet (that is 12 years old but in brand new condition as the room is never used) – and yes, I said rose as in PINK! – with a few brand new coats of barely-there chamomile paint on the ceiling.  So neither will be changed.  Hmm.  The room also has a ton of oak furniture and a brand new bedding set that will also be the basis for choosing paint.  Double hmm.  Check it out.

The lightest paint color on the strip is the ceiling color: Chamomile by Sherwin Williams (SW 6399).  And that is the pillowcase that matches the duvet from the bedding set.  So ‘Granny Chic,’ right?  I really think it could be pretty, and I’m hoping my choices will help make the loft everything she wants it to be!  And I know my ‘Photobooth’ webcam shot doesn’t do the colors justice, but it will do for now I suppose!

Here are the paint color choices I’m mulling over…plus one more sample coming in the mail…

It’s not often that I get to work with such a girly palette.  And it’s a nice change of pace because most designing that I’m doing is for both sexes and has to be a compromise.  And I know it is in my house anyway!  So I’m enjoying it.

Unfortunately I’m not going to share the paint colors themselves, as my client is paying for those color names*, but left to right is a golden yellow that still feels like a neutral, a muddy olive, a tan with a little green undertone, and a light smoky blue.  What do you like best? I’m actually loving the blue, or the yellow, but I’m hoping it wouldn’t feel like a big easter basket with the rose carpet, ha!  That’s why they’re on the neutral side and not too bright.  But I’m guessing it will be the green or the tan that gets chosen.  I guess we’ll have to wait and see!

*I’m sure you understand.