Grey or Gray?

I’m trying to resist titling this one ’50 shades of grey’, but I’ve spent the past weeks looking at more than that many shades of grey trying to decide on our exterior colour. Thankfully it only took 2 sample pots to decide on the grey for the exterior brick work. We didn’t want too much contrast between the exterior walls and trims as then our ‘Coastal’ style would move into the trendy ‘Hampton’s’ style.  Our focus is to create a relaxed beach home that will not date.

What it all means on a practical level is that there’s no excuse to not be painting.

Cast your discerning eye on the image above and you may notice the subtle difference in the two colours – Newlook ‘Mighty Spark’ or Dulux ‘Salinger’.  We are going for the ‘Salinger’ grey on the left of the image with a crisp white for gutters, fascia and barge boards etc.

Off to pick up a plank and some trestles to set myself off for the slow but transforming work…  also to find my headphones for some unplugged karaoke to keep me going (poor Peter).